diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator.java
index 447873d193b4..9524ef01b81e 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator.java
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ public class MavenResourceCompilerConfigurationGenerator {
     MavenProjectConfiguration projectConfig = new MavenProjectConfiguration();
 
     for (MavenProject mavenProject : myMavenProjectsManager.getProjects()) {
+      // do not add resource roots for 'pom' packaging projects
+      if ("pom".equals(mavenProject.getPackaging())) continue;
+
       VirtualFile pomXml = mavenProject.getFile();
 
       Module module = fileIndex.getModuleForFile(pomXml);