diff --git a/maven-compat/compatibility.cfl b/maven-compat/compatibility.cfl
index c42f55e445..69445d8e36 100644
--- a/maven-compat/compatibility.cfl
+++ b/maven-compat/compatibility.cfl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ h2. Maven Remote Resources Plugin
   functionality has been superceded by the model properties-based system for POM construction. We provide the same functionality using the model
   properties-based system but have just placed the component as-is in the maven-compat package to ensure the default lifecycle functions.
 * org.apache.maven.project.ProjectUtils: placed in the maven-compat package.
+* org.apache.maven.project.MissingRepositoryElementException ... used by ProjectUtils
 
 h2. Maven Help Plugin
 * org.apache.maven.project.path.PathTranslator: used as a parameter in the EvaluateMojo. The path translator has been replaced the model builder
diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MissingRepositoryElementException.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MissingRepositoryElementException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17c267e3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MissingRepositoryElementException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.apache.maven.project;
+
+/*
+ * 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.apache.maven.artifact.InvalidRepositoryException;
+
+public class MissingRepositoryElementException
+    extends InvalidRepositoryException
+{
+
+    public MissingRepositoryElementException( String message, String repositoryId )
+    {
+        super( message, repositoryId );
+    }
+
+    public MissingRepositoryElementException( String message )
+    {
+        super( message, "-unknown-" );
+    }
+
+}