diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
index aebb63494c..e2d4ddda3a 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class DefaultLifecycleExecutor
     private void processPluginConfiguration( MavenProject project, MavenSession mavenSession, Map phaseMap )
         throws LifecycleExecutionException, ArtifactResolutionException
     {
-        for ( Iterator i = project.getPlugins().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        for ( Iterator i = project.getBuildPlugins().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
         {
             Plugin plugin = (Plugin) i.next();
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
index cfe083270f..ad3a8b46ee 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager
 
             org.apache.maven.model.Plugin pluginConfig = null;
 
-            for ( Iterator it = project.getPlugins().iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+            for ( Iterator it = project.getBuildPlugins().iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
             {
                 org.apache.maven.model.Plugin plugin = (org.apache.maven.model.Plugin) it.next();
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java
index 7b4029ce70..3bfdc79479 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.codehaus.plexus.util.introspection.ReflectionValueExtractor;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
@@ -84,11 +85,15 @@ public class PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator
             try
             {
                 PluginManager pluginManager = (PluginManager) context.lookup( role );
-                for ( Iterator it = context.getProject().getReports().getPlugins().iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+                List reportPlugins = context.getProject().getReportPlugins();
+                if ( reportPlugins != null )
                 {
-                    org.apache.maven.model.Plugin plugin = (org.apache.maven.model.Plugin) it.next();
-                    pluginManager.verifyPlugin( plugin.getGroupId(), plugin.getArtifactId(), plugin.getVersion(),
-                                                context );
+                    for ( Iterator it = reportPlugins.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+                    {
+                        org.apache.maven.model.Plugin plugin = (org.apache.maven.model.Plugin) it.next();
+                        pluginManager.verifyPlugin( plugin.getGroupId(), plugin.getArtifactId(), plugin.getVersion(),
+                                                    context );
+                    }
                 }
             }
             catch ( ComponentLookupException cle )
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
index a50a74bbc2..ed1bd73b79 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
@@ -677,7 +677,16 @@ public class MavenProject
     // Plugins
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    public List getPlugins()
+    public List getReportPlugins()
+    {
+        if ( model.getReports() == null )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return model.getReports().getPlugins();
+
+    }
+    public List getBuildPlugins()
     {
         if ( model.getBuild() == null )
         {
@@ -811,9 +820,9 @@ public class MavenProject
         // for now I have to iterate through and see what we have.
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-        if ( getPlugins() != null )
+        if ( getBuildPlugins() != null )
         {
-            for ( Iterator iterator = getPlugins().iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); )
+            for ( Iterator iterator = getBuildPlugins().iterator(); iterator.hasNext(); )
             {
                 Plugin plugin = (Plugin) iterator.next();
 
@@ -845,4 +854,5 @@ public class MavenProject
     {
         return model.getPluginRepositories();
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/canonical/CanonicalProjectBuilderTest.java b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/canonical/CanonicalProjectBuilderTest.java
index 0350dbb931..d29e424cab 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/canonical/CanonicalProjectBuilderTest.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/canonical/CanonicalProjectBuilderTest.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class CanonicalProjectBuilderTest
         // Plugins
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-        List plugins = project.getPlugins();
+        List plugins = project.getBuildPlugins();
 
         // Plugin0 [plexus]