diff --git a/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.sh b/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.sh
index 72cb00fb2c..2c7d0b8208 100755
--- a/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.sh
+++ b/maven-meeper/src/bin/synchronize.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ retval=$?; if [ $retval != 0 ]; then exit $retval; fi
 )
 retval=$?; if [ $retval != 0 ]; then exit $retval; fi
 
+# get poms from svn and generate checksums
+(
+  /home/projects/maven/components/maven-meeper/src/bin/update-poms.sh
+  retval=$?; if [ $retval != 0 ]; then exit $retval; fi
+)
+retval=$?; if [ $retval != 0 ]; then exit $retval; fi
+
 (
   cd $TOOLS_BASE/ibiblio-sync
   ./synchronize-codehaus-to-ibiblio.sh