diff --git a/plugin/plugin.jelly b/plugin/plugin.jelly
index b7e8db5b..650d10e1 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.jelly
+++ b/plugin/plugin.jelly
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
     
       <j:if test="${pluginScript}">
         <!-- generate docs based on plugin.jelly -->
-        <x:parse xml="${basedir}/plugin.jelly" var="def"/>
+        <u:file name="${basedir}/plugin.jelly" var="script" />
+        <x:parse xml="${script}" var="def"/>
         <echo>Generating file '${fileName}'</echo>
         <j:set var="template" value="${plugin.resources}/templates/goals.jelly"/>
       </j:if>