diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePlugin.java b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePlugin.java
index c96211a5bb..a34e804214 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePlugin.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePlugin.java
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public void setProject( MavenProject project )
     public void execute()
         throws MojoExecutionException
     {
+        if ( project.getFile() == null || !project.getFile().exists() )
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( "There must be a POM in the current working directory for the Eclipse plugin to work." );
+        }
+
         try
         {
             eclipseWriter.write( project );
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-1/.classpath b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-1/.classpath
index e1b10830c5..1d941a2d3d 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-1/.classpath
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-1/.classpath
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/java"/>
   <classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
   <classpathentry kind="var" rootpath="JRE_SRCROOT" path="JRE_LIB" sourcepath="JRE_SRC"/>
-  <classpathentry kind="lib" path="c:/home/Brett/cvs/maven-2/maven-components/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/repository/maven/jars/maven-core-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="lib" path="/home/jvanzyl/js/org.apache.maven/components/trunk/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/repository/maven/jars/maven-core-2.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"/>
 </classpath>
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diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-2/.classpath b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-2/.classpath
index 65275a7070..693dd3ca71 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-2/.classpath
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-2/.classpath
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
   <classpathentry kind="src" path="src/test/resources" output="target/test-classes"/>
   <classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
   <classpathentry kind="var" rootpath="JRE_SRCROOT" path="JRE_LIB" sourcepath="JRE_SRC"/>
-  <classpathentry kind="lib" path="c:/home/Brett/cvs/maven-2/maven-components/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/repository/junit/jars/junit-2.0.jar"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="lib" path="/home/jvanzyl/js/org.apache.maven/components/trunk/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/repository/junit/jars/junit-2.0.jar"/>
 </classpath>
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