m2eclipse supports this. First, add the path to your build path: <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.8</version> <executions> <execution> <id>add-source</id> <phase>generate-sources</phase> <goals> <goal>add-source</goal> </goals> <configuration> <sources> <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java/</source> </sources> </configuration> </execution> </executions> </plugin> Second, add support for that to m2e: <pluginManagement> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId> <artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId> <version>1.0.0</version> <configuration> <lifecycleMappingMetadata> <pluginExecutions> <pluginExecution> <pluginExecutionFilter> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId> <versionRange>[1.0,)</versionRange> <goals> <goal>parse-version</goal> <goal>add-source</goal> <goal>maven-version</goal> … Read more