diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/MavenDependencyTypeConverter.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/MavenDependencyTypeConverter.java
index 57c320478706..b4cb4a603368 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/MavenDependencyTypeConverter.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/converters/MavenDependencyTypeConverter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.converters;
 
 import com.intellij.util.xml.ConvertContext;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.model.MavenConstants;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.SupportedRequestType;
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ public class MavenDependencyTypeConverter extends MavenProjectConstantListConver
     Set<String> res = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
 
     res.addAll(MavenProjectsManager.getInstance(context.getProject()).getImportingSettings().getDependencyTypesAsSet());
+
+    res.add(MavenConstants.TYPE_POM);
+
     res.addAll(project.getDependencyTypesFromImporters(SupportedRequestType.FOR_COMPLETION));
 
     return res;
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenImportingSettings.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenImportingSettings.java
index 90cbac13172e..9da6703d3f34 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenImportingSettings.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenImportingSettings.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class MavenImportingSettings implements Cloneable {
 
   private GeneratedSourcesFolder generatedSourcesFolder = GeneratedSourcesFolder.AUTODETECT;
 
-  private String dependencyTypes = "jar, test-jar, maven-plugin, ejb, ejb-client, jboss-har, jboss-sar, war, ear, bundle, client";
+  private String dependencyTypes = "jar, test-jar, maven-plugin, ejb, ejb-client, jboss-har, jboss-sar, war, ear, bundle";
   private Set<String> myDependencyTypesAsSet;
 
   private List<Listener> myListeners = ContainerUtil.createLockFreeCopyOnWriteList();