diff --git a/antlr/plugin.jelly b/antlr/plugin.jelly
index c2c7543e..18faab8c 100644
--- a/antlr/plugin.jelly
+++ b/antlr/plugin.jelly
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <goal name="antlr:prepare-filesystem"
         description="Make any necessary directories for antlr processing">
     <j:if test="${!antlrSrcDir.equals('MAVEN_ANTLR_SRC_DIR_NOT_SET')}">
-      <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.build.dir}/antlr"/>
+      <ant:mkdir dir="${maven.antlr.target.dir}"/>
     </j:if>
   </goal>
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <j:if test="${!antlrSrcDir.equals('MAVEN_ANTLR_SRC_DIR_NOT_SET')}">
 
       <ant:path id="maven.antlr.compile.src.set"
-            location="${maven.build.dir}/antlr"/>
+            location="${maven.antlr.target.dir}"/>
 
       <maven:addPath id="maven.compile.src.set"
                      refid="maven.antlr.compile.src.set"/>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
          ${maven.antlr.grammars}
       </util:tokenize>
 
-      <antlr:antlr outputDir="${maven.build.dir}/antlr">
+      <antlr:antlr outputDir="${maven.antlr.target.dir}">
         <j:forEach var="grammar" items="${grammars.iterator()}">
           <antlr:grammar>${grammar}</antlr:grammar>
         </j:forEach>
diff --git a/antlr/plugin.properties b/antlr/plugin.properties
index 2dfceb3b..2608e6ef 100644
--- a/antlr/plugin.properties
+++ b/antlr/plugin.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 maven.antlr.src.dir=MAVEN_ANTLR_SRC_DIR_NOT_SET
+maven.antlr.target.dir=${maven.build.dir}/antlr
diff --git a/antlr/xdocs/changes.xml b/antlr/xdocs/changes.xml
index bd5e801d..90f19e53 100644
--- a/antlr/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/antlr/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
       <action dev="dion" type="add">
         Added documentation for navigation, changes, properties and goals
       </action>
+      <action dev="bwalding" type="update">
+        Can now use maven.antlr.target.dir to set where generated files are placed. Defaults to ${maven.build.dir}/antlr
+      </action>
     </release>
 
     <release version="1.0" date="2002-07-16">
diff --git a/antlr/xdocs/properties.xml b/antlr/xdocs/properties.xml
index e5687617..8c1dc516 100644
--- a/antlr/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/antlr/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,13 @@
           <td>No</td>
           <td>
             Must be set to allow antlr processing to happen.
-            <strong>FIXME: It appears this property isn't used?</strong>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.antlr.target.dir</td>
+          <td>Yes - defaults to ${maven.build.dir}/antlr</td>
+          <td>
+            Defines where antlr will process .g files to.
           </td>
         </tr>
       </table>