diff --git a/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/logical/AbstractLogicalTypeContainer.java b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/logical/AbstractLogicalTypeContainer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0201e07454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/logical/AbstractLogicalTypeContainer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package org.apache.avro.logical;
+
+import org.apache.avro.LogicalTypes;
+import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract container for LogicalType support
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractLogicalTypeContainer implements LogicalTypeContainer {
+
+  /**
+   * Performs integration with Avro ecosystem
+   */
+  public void register() {
+    LogicalTypes.LogicalTypeFactory factory = this.getFactory();
+    LogicalTypes.register(getTypeName(), factory);
+    GenericData.get().addLogicalTypeConversion(getConversion());
+  }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/logical/LogicalTypeContainer.java b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/logical/LogicalTypeContainer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..527a91c8567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/logical/LogicalTypeContainer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package org.apache.avro.logical;
+
+import org.apache.avro.Conversion;
+import org.apache.avro.LogicalTypes;
+
+/**
+ * Container for LogicalType support
+ */
+public interface LogicalTypeContainer {
+
+  /**
+   * Return logical type factory
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  LogicalTypes.LogicalTypeFactory getFactory();
+
+  /**
+   * Return Conversion for logical type
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  Conversion getConversion();
+
+  /**
+   * Get type name
+   */
+  String getTypeName();
+
+  /**
+   * Performs integration with Avro ecosystem
+   */
+  void register();
+
+}
diff --git a/lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/SpecificCompiler.java b/lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/SpecificCompiler.java
index 295949313d1..685532a461b 100644
--- a/lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/SpecificCompiler.java
+++ b/lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/SpecificCompiler.java
@@ -826,6 +826,10 @@ public static boolean hasBuilder(Schema schema) {
     }
   }
 
+  public static void addLogicalTypeConversion(Conversion<?> conversion) {
+    SPECIFIC.addLogicalTypeConversion(conversion);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Generates the name of a field Builder accessor method.
    * @param schema the schema in which the field is defined.
diff --git a/lang/java/compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/idl/TestIdl.java b/lang/java/compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/idl/TestIdl.java
index 52403a220a3..c0a48b05cda 100644
--- a/lang/java/compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/idl/TestIdl.java
+++ b/lang/java/compiler/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/idl/TestIdl.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public String testName() {
     public void run() throws Exception {
       String output = generate();
       String slurped = slurp(expectedOut);
-      assertEquals(slurped.trim(), output.replace("\r", "").trim());
+      assertEquals(slurped.trim(), output.replace("\\r", "").trim());
     }
 
     public void write() throws Exception {
diff --git a/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/SchemaMojo.java b/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/SchemaMojo.java
index 9a849207f33..00f23deb457 100644
--- a/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/SchemaMojo.java
+++ b/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/SchemaMojo.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
  * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
  * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@
 
 package org.apache.avro.mojo;
 
+import org.apache.avro.Schema;
+import org.apache.avro.compiler.specific.SpecificCompiler;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData.StringType;
+import org.apache.avro.logical.LogicalTypeContainer;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.apache.avro.Schema;
-import org.apache.avro.compiler.specific.SpecificCompiler;
-
 /**
  * Generate Java classes from Avro schema files (.avsc)
  *
@@ -38,16 +39,16 @@ public class SchemaMojo extends AbstractAvroMojo {
    * A parser used to parse all schema files. Using a common parser will
    * facilitate the import of external schemas.
    */
-   private Schema.Parser schemaParser = new Schema.Parser();
+  private Schema.Parser schemaParser = new Schema.Parser();
 
-   /**
+  /**
    * A set of Ant-like inclusion patterns used to select files from the source
    * directory for processing. By default, the pattern
    * <code>**&#47;*.avsc</code> is used to select grammar files.
    *
    * @parameter
    */
-  private String[] includes = new String[] { "**/*.avsc" };
+  private String[] includes = new String[]{"**/*.avsc"};
 
   /**
    * A set of Ant-like inclusion patterns used to select files from the source
@@ -56,8 +57,22 @@ public class SchemaMojo extends AbstractAvroMojo {
    *
    * @parameter
    */
-  private String[] testIncludes = new String[] { "**/*.avsc" };
+  private String[] testIncludes = new String[]{"**/*.avsc"};
 
+  /**
+   * A set of custom LogicalTypeContainers fully qualified class names to be used for code generation in maven plugin;
+   * expecting public constructors with no parameters
+   *
+   * @parameter
+   */
+  private String[] logicalTypeContainers = new String[]{};
+
+  /**
+   * @param filename
+   * @param sourceDirectory
+   * @param outputDirectory
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
   @Override
   protected void doCompile(String filename, File sourceDirectory, File outputDirectory) throws IOException {
     File src = new File(sourceDirectory, filename);
@@ -83,6 +98,25 @@ protected void doCompile(String filename, File sourceDirectory, File outputDirec
     compiler.compileToDestination(src, outputDirectory);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
+    registerContainers();
+    super.execute();
+  }
+
+  private void registerContainers() {
+    try {
+      for (String logicalTypeContainer : logicalTypeContainers) {
+        LogicalTypeContainer container = (LogicalTypeContainer) Class.forName(logicalTypeContainer).newInstance();
+        SpecificCompiler.addLogicalTypeConversion(container.getConversion());
+        container.register();
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected String[] getIncludes() {
     return includes;