diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
index 760ab18a62..5a4bd8b30f 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager
             // adding for MNG-3012 to try to work around problems with Xpp3Dom (from plexus-utils)
             // spawning a ClassCastException when a mojo calls plugin.getConfiguration() from maven-model...
             componentRealm.importFrom( componentRealm.getParentRealm().getId(), Xpp3Dom.class.getName() );
+            componentRealm.importFrom( componentRealm.getParentRealm().getId(), "plexus.core", "org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull" );            
         }
         catch ( PlexusContainerException e )
         {