diff --git a/clover/plugin.jelly b/clover/plugin.jelly
index a5509c5d..86c22d8e 100644
--- a/clover/plugin.jelly
+++ b/clover/plugin.jelly
@@ -598,8 +598,9 @@
   <goal name="clover:merge" prereqs="clover:init" 
       description="Merge Clover databases">
 
+    <maven:get var="_multiproject_basedir" plugin="maven-multiproject-plugin" property="maven.multiproject.basedir" />
     <ant:clover-merge initString="${maven.clover.database}">
-      <ant:cloverDbSet dir=".">
+      <ant:cloverDbSet dir="${_multiproject_basedir}">
         <ant:include name="${maven.clover.merge.databases}"/>
       </ant:cloverDbSet>
     </ant:clover-merge>
diff --git a/clover/project.xml b/clover/project.xml
index b1b1f1af..75add582 100644
--- a/clover/project.xml
+++ b/clover/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-clover-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Clover Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.11</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.12-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>The Clover plugin allows measuring test coverage using Clover (http://www.cenqua.com/clover).</description>
   <shortDescription>Produce Clover reports</shortDescription>
   <versions>
diff --git a/clover/xdocs/changes.xml b/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
index 9cb81f6d..b1085268 100644
--- a/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/clover/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     <author email="evenisse@ifrance.com">Emmanuel Venisse</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.12-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPCLOVER-57"><code>clover:merge</code> should use <code>maven.multiproject.basedir</code>.</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.11" date="2006-02-05">
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPCLOVER-50">Add support for span attribute.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPCLOVER-45">Allow to specify the "relative" property for clover-setup.</action>
