diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9954d5ce0..2ab877a41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -276,6 +276,28 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
+
+			<!--
+			     Jacoco plugin redeclared to make sure it's downloaded and
+			     the agents can be explicitly added to the test executions.
+			-->
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${jacoco}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<destFile>${jacoco.destfile}</destFile>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>jacoco-initialize</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -337,7 +359,7 @@
 								<exclude>**/OpenJpa*</exclude>
 								<exclude>**/EclipseLink*</exclude>
 							</excludes>
-							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/springframework/spring-instrument/${spring}/spring-instrument-${spring}.jar</argLine>
+							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/springframework/spring-instrument/${spring}/spring-instrument-${spring}.jar -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/jacoco/org.jacoco.agent/${jacoco}/org.jacoco.agent-${jacoco}-runtime.jar=destfile=${jacoco.destfile}</argLine>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 					<execution>
@@ -350,7 +372,7 @@
 							<includes>
 								<include>**/EclipseLink*Tests.java</include>
 							</includes>
-							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/eclipse/persistence/org.eclipse.persistence.jpa/${eclipselink}/org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-${eclipselink}.jar -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/springframework/spring-instrument/${spring}/spring-instrument-${spring}.jar</argLine>
+							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/jacoco/org.jacoco.agent/${jacoco}/org.jacoco.agent-${jacoco}-runtime.jar=destfile=${jacoco.destfile} -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/eclipse/persistence/org.eclipse.persistence.jpa/${eclipselink}/org.eclipse.persistence.jpa-${eclipselink}.jar -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/springframework/spring-instrument/${spring}/spring-instrument-${spring}.jar</argLine>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 					<execution>
@@ -363,7 +385,7 @@
 							<includes>
 								<include>**/OpenJpa*Tests.java</include>
 							</includes>
-							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/apache/openjpa/openjpa/${openjpa}/openjpa-${openjpa}.jar</argLine>
+							<argLine>-javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/jacoco/org.jacoco.agent/${jacoco}/org.jacoco.agent-${jacoco}-runtime.jar=destfile=${jacoco.destfile} -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/org/apache/openjpa/openjpa/${openjpa}/openjpa-${openjpa}.jar</argLine>
 							<classpathDependencyExcludes>
 								<classpathDepencyExclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</classpathDepencyExclude>
 							</classpathDependencyExcludes>