diff --git a/gson/pom.xml b/gson/pom.xml
index bafdcb50..c863b226 100644
--- a/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/gson/pom.xml
@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@
           <xmlOutputDirectory>target/site</xmlOutputDirectory>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <!--  if this fails, it means you have no svn installed -->
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-changelog-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <type>range</type>
+          <range>3650</range>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>