diff --git a/apache-maven/pom.xml b/apache-maven/pom.xml
index e990866563..8e02f0cc4b 100644
--- a/apache-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-maven/pom.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
       <groupId>org.sonatype.aether</groupId>
       <artifactId>aether-connector-wagon</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/classrealm/DefaultClassRealmManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/classrealm/DefaultClassRealmManager.java
index 2ddbd45c68..b1c6d9e6ae 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/classrealm/DefaultClassRealmManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/classrealm/DefaultClassRealmManager.java
@@ -198,6 +198,26 @@ private void importMavenApi( Map<String, ClassLoader> imports )
         imports.put( "org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParser", coreRealm );
         imports.put( "org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException", coreRealm );
         imports.put( "org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlSerializer", coreRealm );
+
+        // javax.inject, sisu-inject (JSR-330)
+        imports.put( "javax.inject.*", coreRealm );
+        imports.put( "javax.enterprise.inject.*", coreRealm );
+        imports.put( "org.sonatype.inject.*", coreRealm );
+        imports.put( "org.slf4j.*", coreRealm );
+        
+        // com.google
+        //
+        // We may potentially want to export these, but right now I'm not sure that anything Guice specific needs
+        // to be made available to plugin authors. If we find people are getting fancy and want to take advantage
+        // of Guice specifics we can expose that later. Really some testing needs to be done to see full hiding
+        // of Guice has any impact on what we may categorize as a standard JSR-330 based Tesla/Maven plugin.
+        //
+        // imports.put( "com.google.inject.*", coreRealm );
+        // imports.put( "com.google.inject.binder.*", coreRealm );
+        // imports.put( "com.google.inject.matcher.*", coreRealm );
+        // imports.put( "com.google.inject.name.*", coreRealm );
+        // imports.put( "com.google.inject.spi.*", coreRealm );
+        // imports.put( "com.google.inject.util.*", coreRealm );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/maven-embedder/pom.xml b/maven-embedder/pom.xml
index 4d71019999..76ce3a842c 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-embedder/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
       <groupId>org.sonatype.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-cipher</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- CLI -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index d1780acfb4..981b6f8040 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -59,12 +59,14 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.ContainerConfiguration;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultContainerConfiguration;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusConstants;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.ClassWorld;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.realm.ClassRealm;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;
 import org.sonatype.aether.transfer.TransferListener;
 import org.sonatype.plexus.components.cipher.DefaultPlexusCipher;
 import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.DefaultSecDispatcher;
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@
 import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.SecUtil;
 import org.sonatype.plexus.components.sec.dispatcher.model.SettingsSecurity;
 
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+
 // TODO: push all common bits back to plexus cli and prepare for transition to Guice. We don't need 50 ways to make CLIs
 
 /**
@@ -372,17 +376,29 @@ private PlexusContainer container( CliRequest cliRequest )
         {
             logger = setupLogger( cliRequest );
 
+            final MavenLoggerManager loggerManager = new MavenLoggerManager( logger ) ;
+
             ContainerConfiguration cc = new DefaultContainerConfiguration()
                 .setClassWorld( cliRequest.classWorld )
                 .setRealm( setupContainerRealm( cliRequest ) )
+                .setClassPathScanning( PlexusConstants.SCANNING_INDEX )
+                .setAutoWiring( true )
                 .setName( "maven" );
 
-            container = new DefaultPlexusContainer( cc );
+            container = new DefaultPlexusContainer( cc, new AbstractModule()
+            {
+
+                protected void configure()
+                {
+                    bind( ILoggerFactory.class ).toInstance( new PlexusLoggerFactory( loggerManager ) );
+                }
+
+            } );
 
             // NOTE: To avoid inconsistencies, we'll use the TCCL exclusively for lookups
             container.setLookupRealm( null );
 
-            container.setLoggerManager( new MavenLoggerManager( logger ) );
+            container.setLoggerManager( loggerManager );
 
             customizeContainer( container );
 
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/PlexusLogger.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/PlexusLogger.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75f09ab0a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/PlexusLogger.java
@@ -0,0 +1,358 @@
+package org.apache.maven.cli;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.Marker;
+import org.slf4j.helpers.FormattingTuple;
+import org.slf4j.helpers.MessageFormatter;
+
+/**
+ * A Slf4j logger bridged onto a Plexus logger.
+ */
+class PlexusLogger
+    implements Logger
+{
+
+    private final org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger logger;
+
+    public PlexusLogger( org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger logger )
+    {
+        this.logger = logger;
+    }
+
+    public String getName()
+    {
+        return logger.getName();
+    }
+
+    public boolean isTraceEnabled()
+    {
+        return isDebugEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void trace( String msg )
+    {
+        debug( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void trace( String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        debug( format, arg );
+    }
+
+    public void trace( String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        debug( format, arg1, arg2 );
+    }
+
+    public void trace( String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        debug( format, argArray );
+    }
+
+    public void trace( String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        debug( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isTraceEnabled( Marker marker )
+    {
+        return isTraceEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void trace( Marker marker, String msg )
+    {
+        trace( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void trace( Marker marker, String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        trace( format, arg );
+    }
+
+    public void trace( Marker marker, String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        trace( format, arg1, arg2 );
+    }
+
+    public void trace( Marker marker, String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        trace( format, argArray );
+    }
+
+    public void trace( Marker marker, String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        trace( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isDebugEnabled()
+    {
+        return logger.isDebugEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void debug( String msg )
+    {
+        logger.debug( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void debug( String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.format( format, arg );
+        logger.debug( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void debug( String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.format( format, arg1, arg2 );
+        logger.debug( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void debug( String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.arrayFormat( format, argArray );
+        logger.debug( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void debug( String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        logger.debug( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isDebugEnabled( Marker marker )
+    {
+        return isDebugEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void debug( Marker marker, String msg )
+    {
+        debug( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void debug( Marker marker, String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        debug( format, arg );
+    }
+
+    public void debug( Marker marker, String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        debug( format, arg1, arg2 );
+    }
+
+    public void debug( Marker marker, String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        debug( format, argArray );
+    }
+
+    public void debug( Marker marker, String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        debug( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isInfoEnabled()
+    {
+        return logger.isInfoEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void info( String msg )
+    {
+        logger.info( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void info( String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.format( format, arg );
+        logger.info( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void info( String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.format( format, arg1, arg2 );
+        logger.info( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void info( String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.arrayFormat( format, argArray );
+        logger.info( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void info( String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        logger.info( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isInfoEnabled( Marker marker )
+    {
+        return isInfoEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void info( Marker marker, String msg )
+    {
+        info( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void info( Marker marker, String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        info( format, arg );
+    }
+
+    public void info( Marker marker, String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        info( format, arg1, arg2 );
+    }
+
+    public void info( Marker marker, String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        info( format, argArray );
+    }
+
+    public void info( Marker marker, String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        info( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isWarnEnabled()
+    {
+        return logger.isWarnEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void warn( String msg )
+    {
+        logger.warn( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void warn( String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.format( format, arg );
+        logger.warn( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void warn( String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.format( format, arg1, arg2 );
+        logger.warn( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void warn( String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.arrayFormat( format, argArray );
+        logger.warn( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void warn( String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        logger.warn( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isWarnEnabled( Marker marker )
+    {
+        return isWarnEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void warn( Marker marker, String msg )
+    {
+        warn( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void warn( Marker marker, String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        warn( format, arg );
+    }
+
+    public void warn( Marker marker, String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        warn( format, arg1, arg2 );
+    }
+
+    public void warn( Marker marker, String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        warn( format, argArray );
+    }
+
+    public void warn( Marker marker, String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        warn( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isErrorEnabled()
+    {
+        return logger.isErrorEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void error( String msg )
+    {
+        logger.error( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void error( String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.format( format, arg );
+        logger.error( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void error( String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.format( format, arg1, arg2 );
+        logger.error( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void error( String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        FormattingTuple ft = MessageFormatter.arrayFormat( format, argArray );
+        logger.error( ft.getMessage(), ft.getThrowable() );
+    }
+
+    public void error( String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        logger.error( msg, t );
+    }
+
+    public boolean isErrorEnabled( Marker marker )
+    {
+        return isErrorEnabled();
+    }
+
+    public void error( Marker marker, String msg )
+    {
+        error( msg );
+    }
+
+    public void error( Marker marker, String format, Object arg )
+    {
+        error( format, arg );
+    }
+
+    public void error( Marker marker, String format, Object arg1, Object arg2 )
+    {
+        error( format, arg1, arg2 );
+    }
+
+    public void error( Marker marker, String format, Object[] argArray )
+    {
+        error( format, argArray );
+    }
+
+    public void error( Marker marker, String msg, Throwable t )
+    {
+        error( msg, t );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/PlexusLoggerFactory.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/PlexusLoggerFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf4f44b2bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/PlexusLoggerFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.apache.maven.cli;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.LoggerManager;
+import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * A Slf4j logger factory bridged onto a Plexus logger manager.
+ */
+public class PlexusLoggerFactory
+    implements ILoggerFactory
+{
+
+    private LoggerManager loggerManager;
+
+    public PlexusLoggerFactory( LoggerManager loggerManager )
+    {
+        this.loggerManager = loggerManager;
+    }
+
+    public void setLoggerManager( LoggerManager loggerManager )
+    {
+        this.loggerManager = loggerManager;
+    }
+
+    public Logger getLogger( String name )
+    {
+        return new PlexusLogger( loggerManager.getLoggerForComponent( name, null ) );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19db0abf42..485e5ba9f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     <modelloVersion>1.4.1</modelloVersion>
     <jxpathVersion>1.3</jxpathVersion>
     <aetherVersion>1.13.1</aetherVersion>
+    <slf4jVersion>1.6.1</slf4jVersion>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <!-- Control the name of the distribution and information output by mvn -->
     <distributionId>apache-maven</distributionId>
@@ -203,6 +204,17 @@
         <artifactId>plexus-interpolation</artifactId>
         <version>${plexusInterpolationVersion}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
+        <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <!--  Wagon -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>