diff --git a/changelog/plugin.jelly b/changelog/plugin.jelly
index c02c75a8..5e865511 100644
--- a/changelog/plugin.jelly
+++ b/changelog/plugin.jelly
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
           <ant:echo>Generating the changelog report</ant:echo>
 
           <changelog:changelog
-            basedir="${basedir}"
+            basedir="${maven.changelog.basedir}"
             developers="${pom.developers}"
             factory="${maven.changelog.factory}"
             output="${maven.build.dir}/changelog.xml"
diff --git a/changelog/plugin.properties b/changelog/plugin.properties
index 8c7b78d9..afff7dc0 100644
--- a/changelog/plugin.properties
+++ b/changelog/plugin.properties
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # These three don't belong here.
+maven.changelog.basedir=${basedir}
 maven.build.dir = ${basedir}/target
 maven.gen.docs = ${maven.build.dir}/generated-xdocs
 maven.docs.outputencoding = ISO-8859-1
diff --git a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
index 9931f990..43e446ca 100644
--- a/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/changelog/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
   <body>
 
   	<release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
+  	  <action dev="evenisse" type="update">
+  	    Add maven.changelog.basedir property.
+  	  </action>
  	  <action dev="epugh" type="update">
         If, using the cvslib, fails, then fall back to using
         the command line call to the cvs executable.
diff --git a/changelog/xdocs/properties.xml b/changelog/xdocs/properties.xml
index de5bab8a..8bd65118 100644
--- a/changelog/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/changelog/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
           <th>Optional?</th>
           <th>Description</th>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.changelog.basedir</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Specifies the basedir for changelog execution.
+            This is used by the "changelog" goal.  The default value is
+            <code>basedir</code>.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
           <td>maven.changelog.range</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
diff --git a/developer-activity/plugin.jelly b/developer-activity/plugin.jelly
index 353d30a9..b1dab31e 100644
--- a/developer-activity/plugin.jelly
+++ b/developer-activity/plugin.jelly
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
           
           <j:if test="${changelogPresent != 'true'}">
             <changelog:changelog
-              basedir="${basedir}"
+              basedir="${maven.changelog.basedir}"
               developers="${pom.developers}"
               factory="${factory}"
               output="${maven.build.dir}/changelog.xml"
diff --git a/developer-activity/plugin.properties b/developer-activity/plugin.properties
index 25b03fbe..f40f5a0c 100644
--- a/developer-activity/plugin.properties
+++ b/developer-activity/plugin.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # Activity log plugin.
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+maven.changelog.basedir=${basedir}
+
 maven.build.dir = ${basedir}/target
 
 maven.docs.outputencoding = ISO-8859-1
diff --git a/developer-activity/project.xml b/developer-activity/project.xml
index 1fd8dd0a..e1b5cf5b 100644
--- a/developer-activity/project.xml
+++ b/developer-activity/project.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-developer-activity-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Developer Activity Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.3</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.4-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>This document provides a report of activity in terms of CVS commits and breaks it out by developer.</description>
   <shortDescription>Developer Activity report</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/developer-activity/</url>
diff --git a/developer-activity/xdocs/changes.xml b/developer-activity/xdocs/changes.xml
index 82f9e9c3..3cd2273d 100644
--- a/developer-activity/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/developer-activity/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
   </properties>
 
   <body>
+	<release version="1.4" date="In CVS">
+  	  <action dev="evenisse" type="update">
+  	    Add maven.changelog.basedir property.
+  	  </action>
+    </release>
 	<release version="1.3" date="2003-09-29">
       <action dev="evenisse" type="add">
         Add link with team list.
diff --git a/file-activity/plugin.jelly b/file-activity/plugin.jelly
index 421c9793..b30b8e8a 100644
--- a/file-activity/plugin.jelly
+++ b/file-activity/plugin.jelly
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
           
           <j:if test="${changelogPresent != 'true'}">
             <changelog:changelog
-              basedir="${basedir}"
+              basedir="${maven.changelog.basedir}"
               developers="${pom.developers}"
               factory="${factory}"
               output="${maven.build.dir}/changelog.xml"
diff --git a/file-activity/plugin.properties b/file-activity/plugin.properties
index 25b03fbe..f40f5a0c 100644
--- a/file-activity/plugin.properties
+++ b/file-activity/plugin.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # Activity log plugin.
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+maven.changelog.basedir=${basedir}
+
 maven.build.dir = ${basedir}/target
 
 maven.docs.outputencoding = ISO-8859-1
diff --git a/file-activity/project.xml b/file-activity/project.xml
index bb0a57cf..25278cbd 100644
--- a/file-activity/project.xml
+++ b/file-activity/project.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-file-activity-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven File Activity Plug-in</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.3</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.4-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <!-- Gump integration -->
 
   <gumpRepositoryId>jakarta</gumpRepositoryId>
diff --git a/file-activity/xdocs/changes.xml b/file-activity/xdocs/changes.xml
index 0032a5e7..163634c8 100644
--- a/file-activity/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/file-activity/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
   </properties>
 
   <body>
+	<release version="1.4" date="In CVS">
+  	  <action dev="evenisse" type="update">
+  	    Add maven.changelog.basedir property.
+  	  </action>
+    </release>
 	<release version="1.3" date="2003-09-29">
       <action dev="evenisse" type="fix">
         Fix url generation when pom.repository.url isn't empty.
