diff --git a/its/pom.xml b/its/pom.xml
index 8ac52abd09..9d8f3faa50 100644
--- a/its/pom.xml
+++ b/its/pom.xml
@@ -124,4 +124,40 @@ under the License.
       </reporting>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings 
+          only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+          <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0.0</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+              <pluginExecutions>
+                <pluginExecution>
+                  <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>
+                      apache-rat-plugin
+                    </artifactId>
+                    <versionRange>
+                      [0.11,)
+                    </versionRange>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>check</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                  </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                  <action>
+                    <ignore></ignore>
+                  </action>
+                </pluginExecution>
+              </pluginExecutions>
+            </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
 </project>