diff --git a/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/EditPomAction.java b/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/EditPomAction.java
index f4c4c9bcf..fa82c3368 100644
--- a/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/EditPomAction.java
+++ b/archiva-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/archiva/web/action/admin/EditPomAction.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class EditPomAction
         {
             companyModel = new Model();
             companyModel.setModelVersion( "4.0.0" );
+            companyModel.setPackaging( "pom" );
 
             if ( companyPom != null )
             {
@@ -120,4 +121,4 @@ public class EditPomAction
     {
         return companyModel;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}