diff --git a/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.boot.ide.main.feature/feature.xml b/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.boot.ide.main.feature/feature.xml
index 392e87f90..f1b58da85 100644
--- a/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.boot.ide.main.feature/feature.xml
+++ b/eclipse-extensions/org.springframework.boot.ide.main.feature/feature.xml
@@ -91,4 +91,11 @@
           version="0.0.0"
           unpack="false"/>
 
+    <plugin
+          id="org.springframework.ide.eclipse.maven.pom"
+          download-size="0"
+          install-size="0"
+          version="0.0.0"
+          unpack="false"/>
+
 </feature>