diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
index 75c07a7602..6994adcdee 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/ModelUtils.java
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ public final class ModelUtils
         newModel.setVersion( model.getVersion() );
         newModel.setArtifactId( model.getArtifactId() );
         newModel.setGroupId( model.getGroupId() );
+        newModel.setPackaging( model.getPackaging() );
         newModel.setModules( cloneModules( model.getModules() ) );
         assembler.copyModel( newModel, model );
         return newModel;