diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/StructureImportingTest.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/StructureImportingTest.java
index e64421a1f57e..0bc6b534f340 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/StructureImportingTest.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/StructureImportingTest.java
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ public class StructureImportingTest extends MavenImportingTestCase {
 
     createModulePom("../parent", "<groupId>test</groupId>" +
                                  "<artifactId>parent</artifactId>" +
-                                 "<version>1</version>");
+                                 "<version>1</version>" +
+                                 "<packaging>pom</packaging>");
 
     importProject();
     assertModules("project");
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/importing/MavenProjectsManagerTest.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/importing/MavenProjectsManagerTest.java
index 85c06fc6850b..0277ee8587aa 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/importing/MavenProjectsManagerTest.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/importing/MavenProjectsManagerTest.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class MavenProjectsManagerTest extends MavenImportingTestCase {
     importProject("<groupId>test</groupId>" +
                   "<artifactId>parent</artifactId>" +
                   "<version>1</version>" +
+                  "<packaging>pom</packaging>" +
 
                   "<modules>" +
                   "  <module>m</module>" +
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ public class MavenProjectsManagerTest extends MavenImportingTestCase {
     importProject("<groupId>test</groupId>" +
                   "<artifactId>parent</artifactId>" +
                   "<version>1</version>" +
+                  "<packaging>pom</packaging>" +
 
                   "<modules>" +
                   "  <module>m</module>" +
@@ -281,6 +283,7 @@ public class MavenProjectsManagerTest extends MavenImportingTestCase {
     importProject("<groupId>test</groupId>" +
                   "<artifactId>parent</artifactId>" +
                   "<version>1</version>" +
+                  "<packaging>pom</packaging>" +
 
                   "<modules>" +
                   "  <module>m</module>" +
@@ -303,7 +306,9 @@ public class MavenProjectsManagerTest extends MavenImportingTestCase {
 
     createProjectPom("<groupId>test</groupId>" +
                      "<artifactId>parent</artifactId>" +
-                     "<version>1</version>");
+                     "<version>1</version>" +
+                     "<packaging>pom</packaging>" +
+                     "");
     waitForReadingCompletion();
 
     assertEquals(2, myProjectsTree.getRootProjects().size());