diff --git a/maven.xml b/maven.xml
index dd260cc..f1d90ea 100644
--- a/maven.xml
+++ b/maven.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
     -
     -  This goal assumes that commons-build is checked out as a sibling
     -  to the directory we are doing the build in. 
+    -
+    -  Copy the release notes into the target directory, so that they
+    -  are available on the website.
     ================================================================== -->
 
   <postGoal name="xdoc:copy-resources">  
@@ -35,6 +38,11 @@
       	<include name='**/*'/>
       </fileset>
     </copy>
+    <copy todir="${basedir}/target/docs/" failonerror="false">
+      <fileset dir="${basedir}">
+      	<include name='RELEASE-NOTES.txt'/>
+      </fileset>
+    </copy>
   </postGoal>
 
   <!-- ==================================================================
diff --git a/xdocs/navigation.xml b/xdocs/navigation.xml
index bbee620..9c7765d 100755
--- a/xdocs/navigation.xml
+++ b/xdocs/navigation.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
             href="/tech.html"/>
       <item name="Wiki"
             href="http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-commons/Logging"/>
+      <item name="Release Notes"
+            href="/RELEASE-NOTES.txt"/>
       <item name='1.0.4 Release'>
             <item   name='Documentation'
                     href='http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging/commons-logging-1.0.4/docs/'/>