diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/DefaultPluginVersionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/DefaultPluginVersionRequest.java
index 77c466e29c..f4422b896d 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/DefaultPluginVersionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/DefaultPluginVersionRequest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultRepositoryRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.RepositoryCache;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.RepositoryRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.ArtifactTransferListener;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ public class DefaultPluginVersionRequest
 
     private String artifactId;
 
+    private Model pom;
+
     private RepositoryRequest repositoryRequest;
 
     /**
@@ -126,6 +129,18 @@ public class DefaultPluginVersionRequest
         return this;
     }
 
+    public Model getPom()
+    {
+        return pom;
+    }
+
+    public DefaultPluginVersionRequest setPom( Model pom )
+    {
+        this.pom = pom;
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public RepositoryCache getCache()
     {
         return repositoryRequest.getCache();
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/PluginVersionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/PluginVersionRequest.java
index 087212faf0..3774cf6e0a 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/PluginVersionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/PluginVersionRequest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.RepositoryCache;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.RepositoryRequest;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.ArtifactTransferListener;
 
 /**
@@ -65,6 +66,23 @@ public interface PluginVersionRequest
      */
     PluginVersionRequest setArtifactId( String artifactId );
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the POM whose build plugins are to be scanned for the version.
+     * 
+     * @return The POM whose build plugins are to be scanned for the verion or {@code null} to only search the plugin
+     *         repositories.
+     */
+    Model getPom();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the POM whose build plugins are to be scanned for the version.
+     * 
+     * @param pom The POM whose build plugins are to be scanned for the version, may be {@code null} to only search the
+     *            plugin repositories.
+     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
+     */
+    PluginVersionRequest setPom( Model pom );
+
     /**
      * Indicates whether network access to remote repositories has been disabled.
      * 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/internal/DefaultPluginVersionResolver.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/internal/DefaultPluginVersionResolver.java
index 39b74b6e93..8dcea96dfb 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/internal/DefaultPluginVersionResolver.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/internal/DefaultPluginVersionResolver.java
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@ package org.apache.maven.plugin.version.internal;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Metadata;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.MetadataReader;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Build;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.version.PluginVersionResolver;
@@ -63,6 +66,38 @@ public class DefaultPluginVersionResolver
     {
         logger.debug( "Resolving plugin version for " + request.getGroupId() + ":" + request.getArtifactId() );
 
+        PluginVersionResult result = resolveFromProject( request );
+
+        if ( result == null )
+        {
+            result = resolveFromRepository( request );
+
+            if ( StringUtils.isEmpty( result.getVersion() ) )
+            {
+                throw new PluginVersionResolutionException( request.getGroupId(), request.getArtifactId(),
+                                                            request.getLocalRepository(),
+                                                            request.getRemoteRepositories(),
+                                                            "Plugin not found in any plugin repository" );
+            }
+            else if ( logger.isDebugEnabled() )
+            {
+                logger.debug( "Resolved plugin version for " + request.getGroupId() + ":" + request.getArtifactId()
+                    + " to " + result.getVersion() + " from repository "
+                    + ( result.getRepository() != null ? result.getRepository().getId() : "null" ) );
+            }
+        }
+        else if ( logger.isDebugEnabled() )
+        {
+            logger.debug( "Resolved plugin version for " + request.getGroupId() + ":" + request.getArtifactId()
+                + " to " + result.getVersion() + " from POM " + request.getPom() );
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private PluginVersionResult resolveFromRepository( PluginVersionRequest request )
+        throws PluginVersionResolutionException
+    {
         DefaultPluginVersionResult result = new DefaultPluginVersionResult();
 
         Metadata mergedMetadata = new Metadata();
@@ -155,13 +190,6 @@ public class DefaultPluginVersionResolver
                                                         "Plugin not found in any plugin repository" );
         }
 
-        if ( logger.isDebugEnabled() )
-        {
-            logger.debug( "Resolved plugin version for " + request.getGroupId() + ":" + request.getArtifactId()
-                + " to " + result.getVersion() + " from repository "
-                + ( result.getRepository() != null ? result.getRepository().getId() : "null" ) );
-        }
-
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -209,4 +237,43 @@ public class DefaultPluginVersionResolver
         return target.merge( source );
     }
 
+    private PluginVersionResult resolveFromProject( PluginVersionRequest request )
+    {
+        PluginVersionResult result = null;
+
+        if ( request.getPom() != null && request.getPom().getBuild() != null )
+        {
+            Build build = request.getPom().getBuild();
+
+            result = resolveFromProject( request, build.getPlugins() );
+
+            if ( result == null && build.getPluginManagement() != null )
+            {
+                result = resolveFromProject( request, build.getPluginManagement().getPlugins() );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private PluginVersionResult resolveFromProject( PluginVersionRequest request, List<Plugin> plugins )
+    {
+        for ( Plugin plugin : plugins )
+        {
+            if ( request.getGroupId().equals( plugin.getGroupId() )
+                && request.getArtifactId().equals( plugin.getArtifactId() ) )
+            {
+                if ( plugin.getVersion() != null )
+                {
+                    return new DefaultPluginVersionResult( plugin.getVersion() );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/internal/DefaultPluginVersionResult.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/internal/DefaultPluginVersionResult.java
index 24116a1cb9..3277d1ffd3 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/internal/DefaultPluginVersionResult.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/version/internal/DefaultPluginVersionResult.java
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ class DefaultPluginVersionResult
 
     private ArtifactRepository repository;
 
+    public DefaultPluginVersionResult()
+    {
+        // does nothing
+    }
+
+    public DefaultPluginVersionResult( String version )
+    {
+        this.version = version;
+    }
+
     public String getVersion()
     {
         return version;