diff --git a/clover/plugin.jelly b/clover/plugin.jelly
index 4e19a857..8fdda7af 100644
--- a/clover/plugin.jelly
+++ b/clover/plugin.jelly
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@
     <ant:clover-setup 
         initstring="${maven.clover.database}"
         flushpolicy="${maven.clover.flushpolicy}"
-        flushinterval="${maven.clover.flushinterval}">
+        flushinterval="${maven.clover.flushinterval}"
+        relative="${maven.clover.relative}">
 
       <j:forEach var="srcDir" items="${srcDirs}">
         <ant:fileset dir="${srcDir}" 
diff --git a/clover/plugin.properties b/clover/plugin.properties
index f5711235..3818de1a 100644
--- a/clover/plugin.properties
+++ b/clover/plugin.properties
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ maven.clover.database = ${maven.clover.build}/database/clover_coverage.db
 maven.clover.flushpolicy = threaded
 maven.clover.flushinterval = 5000
 
+# Controls whether the initstring parameter is treated as a relative path or not.
+maven.clover.relative = false
+
 # Default ordering for the generated Clover reports.
 maven.clover.orderBy = PcCoveredAsc
 
diff --git a/clover/xdocs/changes.xml b/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
index 1e152175..c3d0d0dd 100644
--- a/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.11-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPCLOVER-45">Allow to specify the "relative" property for clover-setup.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="update" issue="MPCLOVER-52">Upgrade to Clover 1.3.11.</action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="update" issue="MPCLOVER-53">Use new clover license.</action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="fix" issue="MPCLOVER-48" due-to="Brendan Humphreys">Allow override of flushpolicy, flushinterval in <code>&lt;clover-setup&gt;</code>, change default values.</action>