diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index b5088156d9..331e585a9a 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -884,6 +884,8 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         superModel.setVersion( STANDALONE_SUPERPOM_VERSION );
 
         MavenProject project = new MavenProject( superModel );
+        
+        project.setOriginalModel( superModel );
 
         try
         {
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 0b32a2dabc..dd6670e7f8 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
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ public class MavenProject
         this.profileProperties = new Properties( project.profileProperties );
 
         this.model = ModelUtils.cloneModel( project.model );
+        
+        if ( project.originalModel != null )
+        {
+            this.originalModel = ModelUtils.cloneModel( project.originalModel );
+        }
 
         // TODO: need to clone this too?
         this.artifact = project.artifact;