diff --git a/checkstyle/plugin.jelly b/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
index fe03e031..0bee9dd4 100644
--- a/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
+++ b/checkstyle/plugin.jelly
@@ -150,7 +150,12 @@
 
         </ant:fileset>
 
-        <ant:formatter type="xml" 
+        <ant:classpath>
+            <ant:path refid="maven.dependency.classpath"/>
+            <ant:pathelement path="${maven.build.dest}"/>
+        </ant:classpath>
+
+        <ant:formatter type="xml"
           toFile="${maven.build.dir}/checkstyle-raw-report.xml"/>
 
         <j:choose>
diff --git a/checkstyle/xdocs/current/changes.xml b/checkstyle/xdocs/current/changes.xml
index 96dd9e3b..d40e3d2b 100644
--- a/checkstyle/xdocs/current/changes.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/xdocs/current/changes.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="2.1" date="In CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="fix">
+        Apply MAVEN-843. Allow checkstyle access to the classpath
+      </action>
       <action dev="dion" type="update">Add test project</action>
     </release>