diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ab3569ef6c7..f7931e9c6c2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Contributing to the Elasticsearch codebase
 
 Make sure you have [Maven](http://maven.apache.org) installed, as Elasticsearch uses it as its build system. Integration with IntelliJ and Eclipse should work out of the box. Eclipse users can automatically configure their IDE by running `mvn eclipse:eclipse` and then importing the project into their workspace: `File > Import > Existing project into workspace`.
 
+Elasticsearch also works perfectly with Eclipse's [http://www.eclipse.org/m2e/](m2e).  Once you've installed m2e you can import Elasticsearch as an `Existing Maven Project`.
+
 Please follow these formatting guidelines:
 
 * Java indent is 4 spaces
diff --git a/dev-tools/ElasticSearch.launch b/dev-tools/ElasticSearch.launch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..803024339e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-tools/ElasticSearch.launch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.localJavaApplication">
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_PATHS">
+<listEntry value="/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/ElasticSearch.java"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_TYPES">
+<listEntry value="1"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<mapAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.environmentVariables">
+<mapEntry key="ES_HOME" value="${target_home}"/>
+</mapAttribute>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.CLASSPATH_PROVIDER" value="org.eclipse.m2e.launchconfig.classpathProvider"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.ElasticSearch"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="elasticsearch"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.SOURCE_PATH_PROVIDER" value="org.eclipse.m2e.launchconfig.sourcepathProvider"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-Xms256m -Xmx1g -Xss256k -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=logs/heapdump.hprof -Delasticsearch -Des.foreground=yes -Djava.library.path=lib/sigar -ea"/>
+</launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e236287497d..d337c2562c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1016,7 +1016,50 @@
                                         </goals>
                                     </pluginExecutionFilter>
                                     <action>
-                                        <ignore/>
+                                        <execute />
+                                    </action>
+                                </pluginExecution>
+                                <!-- forbidden-apis plugin -->
+                                <pluginExecution>
+                                    <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                        <groupId>de.thetaphi</groupId>
+                                        <artifactId>forbiddenapis</artifactId>
+                                        <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
+                                        <goals>
+                                            <goal>testCheck</goal>
+                                            <goal>check</goal>
+                                        </goals>
+                                    </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                    <action>
+                                        <execute />
+                                    </action>
+                                </pluginExecution>
+                                <!-- exec-maven plugin -->
+                                <pluginExecution>
+                                    <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                                        <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
+                                        <goals>
+                                            <goal>exec</goal>
+                                        </goals>
+                                    </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                    <action>
+                                        <execute />
+                                    </action>
+                                </pluginExecution>
+                                <!-- copy-dependency plugin -->
+                                <pluginExecution>
+                                    <pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                                        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+                                        <versionRange>[1.0.0,)</versionRange>
+                                        <goals>
+                                            <goal>enforce</goal>
+                                        </goals>
+                                    </pluginExecutionFilter>
+                                    <action>
+                                        <execute />
                                     </action>
                                 </pluginExecution>
                             </pluginExecutions>