diff --git a/maven-repository-indexer/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactory.java b/maven-repository-indexer/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactory.java
index cab0b91fd..e422afb71 100644
--- a/maven-repository-indexer/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactory.java
+++ b/maven-repository-indexer/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactory.java
@@ -125,7 +125,17 @@ public class StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactory
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    populatePomEntries( readPom( file ), record );
+                    Model model = readPom( file );
+
+                    if ( !"pom".equals( model.getPackaging() ) )
+                    {
+                        // Don't return a record for a POM that is does not belong on its own
+                        record = null;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        populatePomEntries( model, record );
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/maven-repository-indexer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/MinimalArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest.java b/maven-repository-indexer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/MinimalArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest.java
index bffd0ca15..6a91d3da7 100644
--- a/maven-repository-indexer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/MinimalArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest.java
+++ b/maven-repository-indexer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/MinimalArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest.java
@@ -107,6 +107,29 @@ public class MinimalArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest
         assertNull( "Check no record", record );
     }
 
+    public void testNonIndexedPom()
+        throws RepositoryIndexException
+    {
+        // If we pass in only the POM that belongs to a JAR, then expect null not the POM
+        Artifact artifact = createArtifact( "test-jar-and-pom", "1.0", "pom" );
+
+        RepositoryIndexRecord record = factory.createRecord( artifact );
+
+        assertNull( "Check no record", record );
+
+        artifact = createArtifact( "test-plugin", "1.0", "pom" );
+
+        record = factory.createRecord( artifact );
+
+        assertNull( "Check no record", record );
+
+        artifact = createArtifact( "test-archetype", "1.0", "pom" );
+
+        record = factory.createRecord( artifact );
+
+        assertNull( "Check no record", record );
+    }
+
     public void testIndexedPlugin()
         throws RepositoryIndexException, IOException, XmlPullParserException
     {
diff --git a/maven-repository-indexer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest.java b/maven-repository-indexer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest.java
index 8c345752b..27219f877 100644
--- a/maven-repository-indexer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest.java
+++ b/maven-repository-indexer/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/repository/indexing/record/StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest.java
@@ -139,6 +139,29 @@ public class StandardArtifactIndexRecordFactoryTest
         assertEquals( "check record", expectedRecord, record );
     }
 
+    public void testNonIndexedPom()
+        throws RepositoryIndexException
+    {
+        // If we pass in only the POM that belongs to a JAR, then expect null not the POM
+        Artifact artifact = createArtifact( "test-jar-and-pom", "1.0", "pom" );
+
+        RepositoryIndexRecord record = factory.createRecord( artifact );
+
+        assertNull( "Check no record", record );
+
+        artifact = createArtifact( "test-plugin", "1.0", "pom" );
+
+        record = factory.createRecord( artifact );
+
+        assertNull( "Check no record", record );
+
+        artifact = createArtifact( "test-archetype", "1.0", "pom" );
+
+        record = factory.createRecord( artifact );
+
+        assertNull( "Check no record", record );
+    }
+
     public void testIndexedPlugin()
         throws RepositoryIndexException, IOException, XmlPullParserException
     {