diff --git a/.project b/.project
index 822a2840..88470c56 100644
--- a/.project
+++ b/.project
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@
 	<projects>
 	</projects>
 	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
 	</buildSpec>
 	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
 	</natures>
 	<filteredResources>
 		<filter>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99f26c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f897a7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+version=1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69c31aa3..3f02bda3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -304,6 +304,31 @@
 					<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>2.10.1</version>
 				</plugin>
+				<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+					<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+					<version>1.0.0</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+							<pluginExecutions>
+								<pluginExecution>
+									<pluginExecutionFilter>
+										<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+										<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+										<versionRange>[1.9.1,)</versionRange>
+										<goals>
+											<goal>parse-version</goal>
+										</goals>
+									</pluginExecutionFilter>
+									<action>
+										<ignore></ignore>
+									</action>
+								</pluginExecution>
+							</pluginExecutions>
+						</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>