diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
index e0dc2fe81e..4121c6039b 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
@@ -97,7 +97,17 @@ public class DefaultMaven
     {
         MavenSession session = createSession( request );
 
-        MavenProject project = getProject( (File) request.getProjectFiles().get( 0 ), request.getLocalRepository() );
+        List projectFiles = request.getProjectFiles();
+        
+        MavenProject project = null;
+        if(projectFiles != null && !projectFiles.isEmpty())
+        {
+            project = getProject( (File) request.getProjectFiles().get( 0 ), request.getLocalRepository() );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            project = projectBuilder.buildSuperProject( request.getLocalRepository() );
+        }
 
         session.setProject( project );
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenInitializingExecutionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenInitializingExecutionRequest.java
index 085446fdd9..905d8aa362 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenInitializingExecutionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenInitializingExecutionRequest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.model.user.UserModel;
 import org.apache.maven.monitor.event.EventDispatcher;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +40,6 @@ extends AbstractMavenExecutionRequest
 
     public List getProjectFiles()
     {
-        return null;
+        return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
     }
 }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
index f8b8c82feb..2da6a0558c 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/lifecycle/DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolver;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenExecutionResponse;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.PluginManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.monitor.event.EventDispatcher;
 import org.apache.maven.monitor.event.MavenEvents;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginExecutionResponse;
@@ -81,9 +82,11 @@ public class DefaultLifecycleExecutor
 
         try
         {
+            MavenProject project = session.getProject();
+            
             // TODO: should enrich this with the type handler, but for now just
             // use "type" as is
-            ArtifactHandler handler = artifactHandlerManager.getArtifactHandler( session.getProject().getPackaging() );
+            ArtifactHandler handler = artifactHandlerManager.getArtifactHandler( project.getPackaging() );
 
             if ( handler != null )
             {
@@ -96,6 +99,11 @@ public class DefaultLifecycleExecutor
                 }
                 if ( handler.additionalPlugin() != null )
                 {
+                    String additionalPluginGroupId = "maven";
+                    String additionalPluginArtifactId = "maven-" + handler.additionalPlugin() + "-plugin";
+
+                    injectHandlerPluginConfiguration( project, additionalPluginGroupId, additionalPluginArtifactId );
+
                     processPluginPhases( "maven", "maven-" + handler.additionalPlugin() + "-plugin", session );
                 }
             }
@@ -139,6 +147,31 @@ public class DefaultLifecycleExecutor
         return response;
     }
 
+    private void injectHandlerPluginConfiguration( MavenProject project, String groupId, String artifactId )
+    {
+        PluginManagement mgmt = project.getPluginManagement();
+        if( mgmt != null )
+        {
+            List pluginList = mgmt.getPlugins();
+
+            Plugin handlerPlugin = null;
+            for ( Iterator it = pluginList.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                Plugin plugin = (Plugin) it.next();
+                if ( groupId.equals( plugin.getGroupId() ) && artifactId.equals( plugin.getArtifactId() ) )
+                {
+                    handlerPlugin = plugin;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ( handlerPlugin != null )
+            {
+                project.addPlugin( handlerPlugin );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // TODO: don't throw Exception
     private void processPluginConfiguration( MavenProject project, MavenSession mavenSession )
         throws Exception
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index 8a991d2937..e520fbdb21 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.Repository;
 import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
 import org.apache.maven.project.inheritance.ModelInheritanceAssembler;
 import org.apache.maven.project.injection.ModelDefaultsInjector;
+import org.apache.maven.project.interpolation.ModelInterpolationException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.interpolation.ModelInterpolator;
 import org.apache.maven.project.path.PathTranslator;
 import org.apache.maven.project.validation.ModelValidationResult;
@@ -118,57 +119,11 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
                 previous = current;
             }
 
-            Model model = modelInterpolator.interpolate( project.getModel() );
-
-            // interpolation is before injection, because interpolation is off-limits in the injected variables
-            modelDefaultsInjector.injectDefaults( model );
-
-            MavenProject parentProject = project.getParent();
-
-            project = new MavenProject( model );
-            project.setFile( projectDescriptor );
-            project.setParent( parentProject );
-            project.setArtifacts( artifactFactory.createArtifacts( project.getDependencies(), localRepository, null ) );
-
-            // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-            // Typically when the project builder is being used from maven proper
-            // the transitive dependencies will not be resolved here because this
-            // requires a lot of work when we may only be interested in running
-            // something simple like 'm2 clean'. So the artifact collector is used
-            // in the dependency resolution phase if it is required by any of the
-            // goals being executed. But when used as a component in another piece
-            // of code people may just want to build maven projects and have the
-            // dependencies resolved for whatever reason: this is why we keep
-            // this snippet of code here.
-            // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-            if ( resolveDependencies )
-            {
-                List repos = buildArtifactRepositories( project.getRepositories() );
-
-                MavenMetadataSource sourceReader = new MavenMetadataSource( artifactResolver, this );
-
-                ArtifactResolutionResult result = artifactResolver.resolveTransitively( project.getArtifacts(), repos,
-                                                                                        localRepository, sourceReader );
-
-                project.getArtifacts().addAll( result.getArtifacts().values() );
-            }
-
-            ModelValidationResult validationResult = validator.validate( project.getModel() );
-
-            if ( validationResult.getMessageCount() > 0 )
-            {
-                throw new ProjectBuildingException( "Exception while building project: " + validationResult.toString() );
-            }
+            project = processProjectLogic( project, localRepository, resolveDependencies );
 
             project.setFile( projectDescriptor );
-
             pathTranslator.alignToBaseDirectory( project.getModel(), projectDescriptor );
 
-            project.addCompileSourceRoot( project.getBuild().getSourceDirectory() );
-            project.addScriptSourceRoot( project.getBuild().getScriptSourceDirectory() );
-            project.addTestCompileSourceRoot( project.getBuild().getTestSourceDirectory() );
-
             return project;
         }
         catch ( Exception e )
@@ -177,8 +132,61 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         }
     }
 
+    private MavenProject processProjectLogic( MavenProject project, ArtifactRepository localRepository,
+                                             boolean resolveDependencies )
+        throws ProjectBuildingException, ModelInterpolationException, ArtifactResolutionException
+    {
+        Model model = modelInterpolator.interpolate( project.getModel() );
+
+        // interpolation is before injection, because interpolation is off-limits in the injected variables
+        modelDefaultsInjector.injectDefaults( model );
+
+        MavenProject parentProject = project.getParent();
+
+        project = new MavenProject( model );
+        project.setParent( parentProject );
+        project.setArtifacts( artifactFactory.createArtifacts( project.getDependencies(), localRepository, null ) );
+
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Typically when the project builder is being used from maven proper
+        // the transitive dependencies will not be resolved here because this
+        // requires a lot of work when we may only be interested in running
+        // something simple like 'm2 clean'. So the artifact collector is used
+        // in the dependency resolution phase if it is required by any of the
+        // goals being executed. But when used as a component in another piece
+        // of code people may just want to build maven projects and have the
+        // dependencies resolved for whatever reason: this is why we keep
+        // this snippet of code here.
+        // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+        if ( resolveDependencies )
+        {
+            List repos = buildArtifactRepositories( project.getRepositories() );
+
+            MavenMetadataSource sourceReader = new MavenMetadataSource( artifactResolver, this );
+
+            ArtifactResolutionResult result = artifactResolver.resolveTransitively( project.getArtifacts(), repos,
+                                                                                    localRepository, sourceReader );
+
+            project.getArtifacts().addAll( result.getArtifacts().values() );
+        }
+
+        ModelValidationResult validationResult = validator.validate( project.getModel() );
+
+        if ( validationResult.getMessageCount() > 0 )
+        {
+            throw new ProjectBuildingException( "Exception while building project: " + validationResult.toString() );
+        }
+
+        project.addCompileSourceRoot( project.getBuild().getSourceDirectory() );
+        project.addScriptSourceRoot( project.getBuild().getScriptSourceDirectory() );
+        project.addTestCompileSourceRoot( project.getBuild().getTestSourceDirectory() );
+
+        return project;
+    }
+
     private MavenProject assembleLineage( File projectDescriptor, ArtifactRepository localRepository,
-                                          LinkedList lineage, List aggregatedRemoteWagonRepositories )
+                                         LinkedList lineage, List aggregatedRemoteWagonRepositories )
         throws ProjectBuildingException
     {
         Model model = readModel( projectDescriptor );
@@ -245,8 +253,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         return repos;
     }
 
-    private Model readModel( File file )
-        throws ProjectBuildingException
+    private Model readModel( File file ) throws ProjectBuildingException
     {
         try
         {
@@ -259,12 +266,12 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         catch ( Exception e )
         {
             throw new ProjectBuildingException(
-                "Error while reading model from file '" + file.getAbsolutePath() + "'.", e );
+                                                "Error while reading model from file '" + file.getAbsolutePath() + "'.",
+                                                e );
         }
     }
 
-    private Model readModel( URL url )
-        throws ProjectBuildingException
+    private Model readModel( URL url ) throws ProjectBuildingException
     {
         try
         {
@@ -293,8 +300,8 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         catch ( ArtifactResolutionException e )
         {
             // @todo use parent.toString() if modello could generate it, or specify in a code segment
-            throw new ProjectBuildingException( "Missing parent POM: " + parent.getGroupId() + ":" +
-                                                parent.getArtifactId() + "-" + parent.getVersion(), e );
+            throw new ProjectBuildingException( "Missing parent POM: " + parent.getGroupId() + ":"
+                + parent.getArtifactId() + "-" + parent.getVersion(), e );
         }
 
         return artifact.getFile();
@@ -311,8 +318,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
      * <li>do a topo sort on the graph that remains.</li>
      * </ul>
      */
-    public List getSortedProjects( List projects )
-        throws CycleDetectedException
+    public List getSortedProjects( List projects ) throws CycleDetectedException
     {
         DAG dag = new DAG();
 
@@ -360,15 +366,45 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         return sortedProjects;
     }
 
+    public MavenProject buildSuperProject( ArtifactRepository localRepository )
+    throws ProjectBuildingException
+    {
+            return buildSuperProject( localRepository, false );
+    }
+    
+    public MavenProject buildSuperProject( ArtifactRepository localRepository, boolean resolveDependencies )
+        throws ProjectBuildingException
+    {
+        MavenProject project = new MavenProject( getSuperModel() );
+
+        try
+        {
+            project = processProjectLogic( project, localRepository, resolveDependencies );
+            
+            File projectFile = new File( ".", "pom.xml" );
+            project.setFile( projectFile );
+            pathTranslator.alignToBaseDirectory( project.getModel(), projectFile );
+
+            return project;
+        }
+        catch ( ModelInterpolationException e )
+        {
+            throw new ProjectBuildingException( "Error building super-project", e );
+        }
+        catch ( ArtifactResolutionException e )
+        {
+            throw new ProjectBuildingException( "Error building super-project", e );
+        }
+    }
+
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     //
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    private Model getSuperModel()
-        throws ProjectBuildingException
+    private Model getSuperModel() throws ProjectBuildingException
     {
         URL url = DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.class.getResource( "pom-" + MavenConstants.MAVEN_MODEL_VERSION + ".xml" );
 
         return readModel( url );
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
index 1525613788..d013d5662a 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.License;
 import org.apache.maven.model.MailingList;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Organization;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Plugin;
+import org.apache.maven.model.PluginManagement;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Reports;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Scm;
 
@@ -522,5 +524,32 @@ public class MavenProject
         }
         return model.getBuild().getPlugins();
     }
+
+    public PluginManagement getPluginManagement()
+    {
+        PluginManagement pluginMgmt = null;
+
+        Build build = model.getBuild();
+        if ( build != null )
+        {
+            pluginMgmt = build.getPluginManagement();
+        }
+
+        return pluginMgmt;
+    }
+
+    public void addPlugin( Plugin plugin )
+    {
+        Build build = model.getBuild();
+
+        if ( build == null )
+        {
+            build = new Build();
+
+            model.setBuild( build );
+        }
+
+        build.addPlugin( plugin );
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
index 454d35a9a3..a8d03804a8 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ public interface MavenProjectBuilder
     MavenProject build( File project, ArtifactRepository localRepository, boolean transitive )
         throws ProjectBuildingException;
 
+    MavenProject buildSuperProject( ArtifactRepository localRepository )
+        throws ProjectBuildingException;
+
+    MavenProject buildSuperProject( ArtifactRepository localRepository, boolean transitive )
+        throws ProjectBuildingException;
+
     // take this out
 
     List getSortedProjects( List projects )
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
index f0dc87d467..03e7b1549e 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler.java
@@ -219,66 +219,83 @@ public class DefaultModelInheritanceAssembler
 
     private void assemblePluginManagementInheritance( Model child, Model parent )
     {
-        PluginManagement parentPluginMgmt = parent.getPluginManagement();
+        Build parentBuild = parent.getBuild();
+        Build childBuild = parent.getBuild();
 
-        PluginManagement childPluginMgmt = child.getPluginManagement();
-
-        if ( parentPluginMgmt != null )
+        if ( childBuild == null )
         {
-            if ( childPluginMgmt == null )
+            if ( parentBuild != null )
             {
-                child.setPluginManagement( parentPluginMgmt );
+                child.setBuild( parentBuild );
             }
             else
             {
-                List childPlugins = childPluginMgmt.getPlugins();
+                childBuild = new Build();
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            PluginManagement parentPluginMgmt = parentBuild.getPluginManagement();
 
-                Map mappedChildPlugins = new TreeMap();
-                for ( Iterator it = childPlugins.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+            PluginManagement childPluginMgmt = childBuild.getPluginManagement();
+
+            if ( parentPluginMgmt != null )
+            {
+                if ( childPluginMgmt == null )
                 {
-                    Plugin plugin = (Plugin) it.next();
-                    mappedChildPlugins.put( constructPluginKey( plugin ), plugin );
+                    childBuild.setPluginManagement( parentPluginMgmt );
                 }
-
-                for ( Iterator it = parentPluginMgmt.getPlugins().iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
+                else
                 {
-                    Plugin plugin = (Plugin) it.next();
-                    if ( !mappedChildPlugins.containsKey( constructPluginKey( plugin ) ) )
+                    List childPlugins = childPluginMgmt.getPlugins();
+
+                    Map mappedChildPlugins = new TreeMap();
+                    for ( Iterator it = childPlugins.iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
                     {
-                        childPluginMgmt.addPlugin( plugin );
+                        Plugin plugin = (Plugin) it.next();
+                        mappedChildPlugins.put( constructPluginKey( plugin ), plugin );
                     }
-                    else
+
+                    for ( Iterator it = parentPluginMgmt.getPlugins().iterator(); it.hasNext(); )
                     {
-                        Plugin childPlugin = (Plugin) mappedChildPlugins.get( constructPluginKey( plugin ) );
-
-                        Map mappedChildGoals = new TreeMap();
-                        for ( Iterator itGoals = childPlugin.getGoals().iterator(); itGoals.hasNext(); )
+                        Plugin plugin = (Plugin) it.next();
+                        if ( !mappedChildPlugins.containsKey( constructPluginKey( plugin ) ) )
                         {
-                            Goal goal = (Goal) itGoals.next();
-                            mappedChildGoals.put( goal.getId(), goal );
+                            childPluginMgmt.addPlugin( plugin );
                         }
-
-                        for ( Iterator itGoals = plugin.getGoals().iterator(); itGoals.hasNext(); )
+                        else
                         {
-                            Goal parentGoal = (Goal) itGoals.next();
-                            Goal childGoal = (Goal) mappedChildGoals.get( parentGoal.getId() );
+                            Plugin childPlugin = (Plugin) mappedChildPlugins.get( constructPluginKey( plugin ) );
 
-                            if ( childGoal == null )
+                            Map mappedChildGoals = new TreeMap();
+                            for ( Iterator itGoals = childPlugin.getGoals().iterator(); itGoals.hasNext(); )
                             {
-                                childPlugin.addGoal( parentGoal );
+                                Goal goal = (Goal) itGoals.next();
+                                mappedChildGoals.put( goal.getId(), goal );
                             }
-                            else
+
+                            for ( Iterator itGoals = plugin.getGoals().iterator(); itGoals.hasNext(); )
                             {
-                                Boolean disabled = childGoal.isDisabled();
-                                if ( disabled == null )
+                                Goal parentGoal = (Goal) itGoals.next();
+                                Goal childGoal = (Goal) mappedChildGoals.get( parentGoal.getId() );
+
+                                if ( childGoal == null )
                                 {
-                                    childGoal.setDisabled( parentGoal.isDisabled() );
+                                    childPlugin.addGoal( parentGoal );
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    Boolean disabled = childGoal.isDisabled();
+                                    if ( disabled == null )
+                                    {
+                                        childGoal.setDisabled( parentGoal.isDisabled() );
 
-                                    Properties conf = new Properties( childGoal.getConfiguration() );
+                                        Properties conf = new Properties( childGoal.getConfiguration() );
 
-                                    conf.putAll( parentGoal.getConfiguration() );
+                                        conf.putAll( parentGoal.getConfiguration() );
 
-                                    childGoal.setConfiguration( conf );
+                                        childGoal.setConfiguration( conf );
+                                    }
                                 }
                             }
                         }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/injection/DefaultModelDefaultsInjector.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/injection/DefaultModelDefaultsInjector.java
index f14f0abf82..078c946c67 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/injection/DefaultModelDefaultsInjector.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/injection/DefaultModelDefaultsInjector.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class DefaultModelDefaultsInjector
         injectDependencyDefaults( model.getDependencies(), model.getDependencyManagement() );
         if ( model.getBuild() != null )
         {
-            injectPluginDefaults( model.getBuild().getPlugins(), model.getPluginManagement() );
+            injectPluginDefaults( model.getBuild().getPlugins(), model.getBuild().getPluginManagement() );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml b/maven-core/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
index ec1b735fd7..327c7661db 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/resources/org/apache/maven/project/pom-4.0.0.xml
@@ -30,53 +30,55 @@
       </testResource>
     </testResources>
     <!-- Default plugins -->
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-pom-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>maven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-pom-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>maven</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
   </build>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/maven-model/maven.mdo b/maven-model/maven.mdo
index 106e9efd1f..1428a726f5 100644
--- a/maven-model/maven.mdo
+++ b/maven-model/maven.mdo
@@ -413,17 +413,6 @@
             <type>DependencyManagement</type>
           </association>
         </field>
-        <!-- [ jdcasey:06-Mar-2005 ] Added to handle version management, etc. for
-         | plugins to be used in sub-projects. -->
-        <field>
-          <name>pluginManagement</name>
-          <version>4.0.0</version>
-          <required>false</required>
-          <description><![CDATA[Default plugin information for grouped projects inheriting from this one.]]></description>
-          <association>
-            <type>PluginManagement</type>
-          </association>
-        </field>
         <field>
           <name>properties</name>
           <version>3.0.0</version>
@@ -682,6 +671,17 @@
             <multiplicity>*</multiplicity>
           </association>
         </field>
+        <!-- [ jdcasey:06-Mar-2005 ] Added to handle version management, etc. for
+         | plugins to be used in sub-projects. -->
+        <field>
+          <name>pluginManagement</name>
+          <version>4.0.0</version>
+          <required>false</required>
+          <description><![CDATA[Default plugin information for grouped projects inheriting from this one.]]></description>
+          <association>
+            <type>PluginManagement</type>
+          </association>
+        </field>
       </fields>
     </class>
     <class>
diff --git a/maven-model/pom.xml b/maven-model/pom.xml
index b291fc6647..7674d0c4dc 100644
--- a/maven-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-model/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-modello-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
           <version>4.0.0</version>
           <model>maven.mdo</model>
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</model>
\ No newline at end of file
+</model>
diff --git a/maven-user-model/pom.xml b/maven-user-model/pom.xml
index dc945a84d7..e90e039d75 100644
--- a/maven-user-model/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-user-model/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>maven</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-modello-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <configuration>
           <version>4.0.0</version>
           <model>maven-user.mdo</model>
@@ -19,4 +20,4 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-</model>
\ No newline at end of file
+</model>