diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java
index d0ded69f06..1cad7008d2 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class EclipsePluginTest
             // replace some vars in the expected line, to account
             // for absolute paths that are different on each installation.
 
-            expected = StringUtils.replace( expected, "${basedir}", basedir );
+            expected = StringUtils.replace( expected, "${basedir}", basedir.replace( '\\', '/' ) );
 
             if ( actualLines.size() < i )
             {
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project
index 8c7600147d..c74783adcc 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
       <type>1</type>
       <location>${basedir}/src/test/projects/project-4/project.xml</location>
     </link>
-    <link>
-      <name>src-main-java</name>
-      <type>2</type>
-      <location>${basedir}/src/test/projects/project-4/src/main/java</location>
-    </link>
     <link>
       <name>src-test-resources</name>
       <type>2</type>
@@ -37,5 +32,10 @@
       <type>2</type>
       <location>${basedir}/src/test/projects/project-4/src/main/resources</location>
     </link>
+    <link>
+      <name>src-main-java</name>
+      <type>2</type>
+      <location>${basedir}/src/test/projects/project-4/src/main/java</location>
+    </link>
   </linkedResources>
 </projectDescription>