diff --git a/maven-repository-reports-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/reporting/DefaultArtifactReporter.java b/maven-repository-reports-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/reporting/DefaultArtifactReporter.java
index 2769dc59a..6136fbf4c 100644
--- a/maven-repository-reports-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/reporting/DefaultArtifactReporter.java
+++ b/maven-repository-reports-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/reporting/DefaultArtifactReporter.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
- * 
+ * @plexus.component role-hint="default"
  */
 public class DefaultArtifactReporter
     implements ArtifactReporter
diff --git a/maven-repository-reports-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/reporting/DuplicateArtifactFileReportProcessor.java b/maven-repository-reports-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/reporting/DuplicateArtifactFileReportProcessor.java
index e865e8cec..6c86e3ddb 100644
--- a/maven-repository-reports-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/reporting/DuplicateArtifactFileReportProcessor.java
+++ b/maven-repository-reports-standard/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/reporting/DuplicateArtifactFileReportProcessor.java
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ public class DuplicateArtifactFileReportProcessor
             //@todo remove hard-coded value; current value enables tests to pass!
             File indexPath = new File( "target/.index" );
 
+            if ( !indexPath.exists() )
+            {
+                indexPath.mkdirs();
+            }
+
             RepositoryIndex index;
             try
             {