diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/model/MavenDomBuild.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/model/MavenDomBuild.java
index db1282c8b0a5..964ae827236e 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/model/MavenDomBuild.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/model/MavenDomBuild.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.intellij.util.xml.GenericDomValue;
 import com.intellij.util.xml.Required;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.references.MavenDirectoryPathReferenceConverter;
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.references.MavenSourceDirectoryConverter;
 
 /**
  * http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0:Build interface.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public interface MavenDomBuild extends MavenDomBuildBase {
    */
   @NotNull
   @Required(value = false, nonEmpty = true)
-  @Convert(value = MavenDirectoryPathReferenceConverter.class, soft = false)
+  @Convert(value = MavenSourceDirectoryConverter.class, soft = false)
   GenericDomValue<PathReference> getSourceDirectory();
 
   /**
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public interface MavenDomBuild extends MavenDomBuildBase {
    */
   @NotNull
   @Required(value = false, nonEmpty = true)
-  @Convert(value = MavenDirectoryPathReferenceConverter.class, soft = false)
+  @Convert(value = MavenSourceDirectoryConverter.class, soft = false)
   GenericDomValue<PathReference> getScriptSourceDirectory();
 
   /**
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public interface MavenDomBuild extends MavenDomBuildBase {
    */
   @NotNull
   @Required(value = false, nonEmpty = true)
-  @Convert(value = MavenDirectoryPathReferenceConverter.class, soft = false)
+  @Convert(value = MavenSourceDirectoryConverter.class, soft = false)
   GenericDomValue<PathReference> getTestSourceDirectory();
 
   /**
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenSourceDirectoryConverter.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenSourceDirectoryConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07a78f5166c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenSourceDirectoryConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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
+ *
+ * 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.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.references;
+
+import com.intellij.util.xml.DomElement;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.converters.MavenDomSoftAwareConverter;
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.model.MavenDomBuild;
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.model.MavenDomProjectModel;
+
+/**
+ * @author Sergey Evdokimov
+ */
+public class MavenSourceDirectoryConverter extends MavenDirectoryPathReferenceConverter implements MavenDomSoftAwareConverter {
+  @Override
+  public boolean isSoft(@NotNull DomElement element) {
+    DomElement buildElement = element.getParent();
+    if (!(buildElement instanceof MavenDomBuild)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    DomElement mavenProject = buildElement.getParent();
+    if (!(mavenProject instanceof MavenDomProjectModel)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return "pom".equals(((MavenDomProjectModel)mavenProject).getPackaging().getStringValue());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/MavenDomSoftReferencesInParentTest.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/MavenDomSoftReferencesInParentTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ce4d7e638d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/MavenDomSoftReferencesInParentTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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
+ *
+ * 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.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom;
+
+/**
+ * @author Sergey Evdokimov
+ */
+public class MavenDomSoftReferencesInParentTest extends MavenDomTestCase {
+
+  public void testDoNotHighlightSourceDirectoryInParentPom() throws Throwable {
+    importProject("<groupId>test</groupId>\n" +
+                  "<artifactId>project</artifactId>\n" +
+                  "<version>1</version>\n" +
+
+                  "<packaging>pom</packaging>\n" +
+                  "<build>\n" +
+                  "<sourceDirectory>dsfsfd/sdfsdf</sourceDirectory>\n" +
+                  "<testSourceDirectory>qwqwq/weqweqw</testSourceDirectory>\n" +
+                  "<scriptSourceDirectory>dfsdf/fsdf</scriptSourceDirectory>\n" +
+                  "</build>\n" +
+                  "");
+
+    checkHighlighting();
+  }
+
+  public void testHighlightSourceDirectory() throws Throwable {
+    importProject("<groupId>test</groupId>\n" +
+                  "<artifactId>project</artifactId>\n" +
+                  "<version>1</version>\n" +
+
+                  "<packaging>jar</packaging>\n" +
+
+                  "<build>\n" +
+                  "<sourceDirectory>foo1</sourceDirectory>\n" +
+                  "<testSourceDirectory>foo2</testSourceDirectory>\n" +
+                  "<scriptSourceDirectory>foo3</scriptSourceDirectory>\n" +
+                  "</build>\n" +
+                  "");
+
+    createProjectPom("<groupId>test</groupId>\n" +
+                 "<artifactId>project</artifactId>\n" +
+                 "<version>1</version>\n" +
+
+                 "<packaging>jar</packaging>\n" +
+
+                 "<build>\n" +
+                 //"<sourceDirectory><error descr=\"Cannot resolve file 'foo1'\">foo1</error></sourceDirectory>\n" +
+                 //"<testSourceDirectory><error descr=\"Cannot resolve file 'foo2'\">foo2</error></testSourceDirectory>\n" +
+                 //"<scriptSourceDirectory><error descr=\"Cannot resolve file 'foo3'\">foo3</error></scriptSourceDirectory>\n" +
+
+                 "<sourceDirectory><error>foo1</error></sourceDirectory>\n" +
+                 "<testSourceDirectory><error>foo2</error></testSourceDirectory>\n" +
+                 "<scriptSourceDirectory><error>foo3</error></scriptSourceDirectory>\n" +
+                 "</build>\n" +
+                 "");
+
+    checkHighlighting();
+  }
+
+
+}