diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginMappingManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginMappingManager.java
index 2fdaf86a40..13c08b2388 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginMappingManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginMappingManager.java
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ private void loadPluginMappings( List groupIds, List pluginRepositories, Artifac
         {
             pluginGroupIds.add( "org.apache.maven.plugins" );
         }
+        if ( !pluginGroupIds.contains( "org.codehaus.mojo" ) )
+        {
+            pluginGroupIds.add( "org.codehaus.mojo" );
+        }
 
         for ( Iterator it = pluginGroupIds.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
         {