diff --git a/oxm-tiger/build-maven2.xml b/oxm-tiger/build-maven2.xml
index a0b2861c..1567fdbc 100644
--- a/oxm-tiger/build-maven2.xml
+++ b/oxm-tiger/build-maven2.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <project name="spring-oxm-maven2-targets" default="generate-test-sources">
 
+    <condition property="skip">
+        <equals arg1="${maven.test.skip}" arg2="true"/>
+    </condition>
+
     <property name="schema" value="${basedir}/src/test/resources/org/springframework/oxm/flight.xsd"/>
     <property name="generate.target.directory" value="${basedir}/target/generated-sources/test/java"/>
 
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@
         <mkdir dir="${generate.target.directory}"/>
     </target>
 
-    <target name="generate-test-jaxb" depends="generate-test-init">
+    <target name="generate-test-jaxb" depends="generate-test-init" unless="skip">
         <taskdef name="xjc" classname="com.sun.tools.xjc.XJCTask"
                  classpathref="maven.test.classpath"/>
         <xjc destdir="${generate.target.directory}"
diff --git a/oxm-tiger/pom.xml b/oxm-tiger/pom.xml
index a24abfa8..ffdc24de 100644
--- a/oxm-tiger/pom.xml
+++ b/oxm-tiger/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
                                 <ant antfile="${basedir}/build-maven2.xml" inheritRefs="true">
+                                    <property name="maven.test.skip" value="${maven.test.skip}"/>
                                     <target name="generate-test-sources"/>
                                 </ant>
                             </tasks>