diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb2e57e5db9..cf5af718751 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ docs/build.log
 ## will correctly set the classpath based on the declared dependencies.
 .project
 .classpath
+eclipse-build
 */.project
 */.classpath
 */eclipse-build
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f4bcf8d35ec..9f8e4fccb8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -970,6 +970,13 @@
                         </lifecycleMappingMetadata>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <configuration>
+                      <buildOutputDirectory>eclipse-build</buildOutputDirectory>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>