diff --git a/mvnw b/mvnw
index e351148..e9df15e 100755
--- a/mvnw
+++ b/mvnw
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ if [ -z "$MAVEN_SKIP_RC" ] ; then
 
 fi
 
+VERSION=$(sed `dirname $0`/pom.xml -e '/<parent/,+4d' | grep '<version' | head -1 | sed -e 's/.*>\(.*\)<.*/\1/')
+if echo $VERSION | egrep -q 'M|RC'; then
+    echo Activating \"milestone\" profile for version=\"$VERSION\"
+    echo $MAVEN_OPTS | grep -q milestone || MAVEN_OPTS="$MAVEN_OPTS -Pmilestone"
+else
+    echo Deactivating \"milestone\" profile for version=\"$VERSION\"
+    echo $MAVEN_OPTS | grep -q milestone && MAVEN_OPTS=$(echo $MAVEN_OPTS | sed -e 's/-Pmilestone//')
+fi
+
 # OS specific support.  $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
 cygwin=false;
 darwin=false;