diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidator.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidator.java
index ca89ce3b30..33b2f26139 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidator.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidator.java
@@ -356,11 +356,18 @@ public class DefaultModelValidator
         {
             String key = dependency.getManagementKey();
 
-            if ( "pom".equals( dependency.getType() ) && "import".equals( dependency.getScope() )
-                && StringUtils.isNotEmpty( dependency.getClassifier() ) )
+            if ( "import".equals( dependency.getScope() ) )
             {
-                addViolation( problems, errOn30, prefix + ".classifier", key,
-                              "must be empty, imported POM cannot have a classifier.", dependency );
+                if ( !"pom".equals( dependency.getType() ) )
+                {
+                    addViolation( problems, Severity.WARNING, prefix + ".type", key,
+                                  "must be 'pom' to import the managed dependencies.", dependency );
+                }
+                else if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( dependency.getClassifier() ) )
+                {
+                    addViolation( problems, errOn30, prefix + ".classifier", key,
+                                  "must be empty, imported POM cannot have a classifier.", dependency );
+                }
             }
             else if ( "system".equals( dependency.getScope() ) )
             {
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java b/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
index 0bbebfa55f..c93f0c305e 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
@@ -561,4 +561,26 @@ public class DefaultModelValidatorTest
                         "'dependencies.dependency.exclusions.exclusion.artifactId' for gid:aid:jar is missing" );
     }
 
+    public void testBadImportScopeType()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        SimpleProblemCollector result = validateRaw( "bad-import-scope-type.xml" );
+
+        assertViolations( result, 0, 0, 1 );
+
+        assertContains( result.getWarnings().get( 0 ),
+                        "'dependencyManagement.dependencies.dependency.type' for test:a:jar must be 'pom'" );
+    }
+
+    public void testBadImportScopeClassifier()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        SimpleProblemCollector result = validateRaw( "bad-import-scope-classifier.xml" );
+
+        assertViolations( result, 0, 1, 0 );
+
+        assertContains( result.getErrors().get( 0 ),
+                        "'dependencyManagement.dependencies.dependency.classifier' for test:a:pom:cls must be empty" );
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-import-scope-classifier.xml b/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-import-scope-classifier.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..833134511d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-import-scope-classifier.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>aid</artifactId>
+  <groupId>gid</groupId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1</version>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <classifier>cls</classifier>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-import-scope-type.xml b/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-import-scope-type.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb505c5429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-import-scope-type.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>aid</artifactId>
+  <groupId>gid</groupId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1</version>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+        <!-- missing type=pom -->
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+</project>