diff --git a/hibernate-envers/hibernate-envers.gradle b/hibernate-envers/hibernate-envers.gradle
index f11d694bd8..10d0b458ac 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/hibernate-envers.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-envers/hibernate-envers.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     provided( [group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-tools', version: '3.2.0.ga'] )
     provided( libraries.ant )
+    provided( project( ':hibernate-jpamodelgen' ) )
 
     testCompile( project(':hibernate-testing') )
     testCompile( project(path: ':hibernate-entitymanager', configuration: 'tests') )
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@ dependencies {
 mavenPom {
     name = 'ENtity VERSioning support'
     description = 'ENtity VERSioning support'
-
 }
 
 def osgiDescription() {
diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/envers/test/JpaStaticMetamodelTest.java b/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/envers/test/JpaStaticMetamodelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0a0a127ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/envers/test/JpaStaticMetamodelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.envers.test;
+
+import org.hibernate.envers.DefaultRevisionEntity_;
+import org.hibernate.envers.DefaultTrackingModifiedEntitiesRevisionEntity_;
+import org.hibernate.envers.enhanced.SequenceIdRevisionEntity_;
+import org.hibernate.envers.enhanced.SequenceIdTrackingModifiedEntitiesRevisionEntity_;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Just a test to make sure that the generated "JPA static metamodel" classes continue to be generated.
+ *
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+public class JpaStaticMetamodelTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
+	@Test
+	public void testStaticMetamodelGenerationHappened() {
+		// Really in a regression scenario, this class wont even compile...
+		assertNotNull( DefaultRevisionEntity_.class );
+		assertNotNull( DefaultTrackingModifiedEntitiesRevisionEntity_.class );
+		assertNotNull( SequenceIdRevisionEntity_.class );
+		assertNotNull( SequenceIdTrackingModifiedEntitiesRevisionEntity_.class );
+	}
+}