diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/AbstractGeneratorMojo.java b/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/AbstractGeneratorMojo.java
index 0214b3edff..6f24071a1d 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/AbstractGeneratorMojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-plugin-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/plugin/AbstractGeneratorMojo.java
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractGeneratorMojo
     public void execute()
         throws MojoExecutionException
     {
+        if ( !project.getPackaging().equals( "maven-plugin" ) )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         String defaultGoalPrefix = PluginDescriptor.getGoalPrefixFromArtifactId( project.getArtifactId() );
         if ( goalPrefix == null )
         {