diff --git a/plugin-parent/maven.xml b/plugin-parent/maven.xml
index 1eec0f3c..c83df835 100644
--- a/plugin-parent/maven.xml
+++ b/plugin-parent/maven.xml
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
        in main POM? -->
   <postGoal name="scm:checkout">
     <maven:pluginVar plugin="maven-scm-plugin" property="maven.scm.checkout.dir" var="dir" />
-    <ant:mkdir dir="${dir}/plugin-parent" />
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/plugin-parent">
+    <ant:mkdir dir="${dir}/../plugin-parent" />
+    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/../plugin-parent">
       <ant:fileset dir="${pom.parent.file.parent}" />
     </ant:copy>
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}" file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/LICENSE.txt" />
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}" file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/NOTICE.txt" />
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}" file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/checkstyle.xml" />
-    <ant:copy todir="${dir}" file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/checkstyle-license.txt" />
+    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/.." file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/LICENSE.txt" />
+    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/.." file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/NOTICE.txt" />
+    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/.." file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/checkstyle.xml" />
+    <ant:copy todir="${dir}/.." file="${pom.parent.file.parent}/checkstyle-license.txt" />
     <j:set var="executionDir" value="${basedir}" scope="parent" />
   </postGoal>
 
diff --git a/plugin-parent/project.properties b/plugin-parent/project.properties
index 7588bb27..f9bf282b 100644
--- a/plugin-parent/project.properties
+++ b/plugin-parent/project.properties
@@ -71,3 +71,5 @@ maven.changelog.factory=org.apache.maven.svnlib.SvnChangeLogFactory
 # TODO: derive from SCM URL
 maven.scm.svn.tag.base=https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/maven-1/plugins/tags
 
+
+maven.scm.checkout.dir=${maven.build.dir}/scm/checkout