diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/resources/META-INF/m2e/lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/resources/META-INF/m2e/lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-maven/src/main/resources/META-INF/m2e/lifecycle-mapping-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+  <pluginExecutions>
+    <pluginExecution>
+      <pluginExecutionFilter>
+        <goals>
+          <goal>generate</goal>
+        </goals>
+      </pluginExecutionFilter>
+      <action>
+        <execute>
+          <runOnIncremental>false</runOnIncremental>
+          <runOnConfiguration>true</runOnConfiguration>
+        </execute>
+      </action>
+    </pluginExecution>
+  </pluginExecutions>
+</lifecycleMappingMetadata>