diff --git a/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/references/PropertyReferenceBase.java b/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/references/PropertyReferenceBase.java
index a6674e841470..bd5a0dc543c1 100644
--- a/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/references/PropertyReferenceBase.java
+++ b/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/references/PropertyReferenceBase.java
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import com.intellij.lang.properties.PropertiesBundle;
 import com.intellij.lang.properties.PropertiesImplUtil;
 import com.intellij.lang.properties.psi.PropertiesFile;
 import com.intellij.lang.properties.xml.XmlPropertiesFileImpl;
+import com.intellij.lang.properties.xml.XmlProperty;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
+import com.intellij.pom.PomTargetPsiElement;
 import com.intellij.pom.references.PomService;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlTag;
@@ -188,6 +190,9 @@ public abstract class PropertyReferenceBase implements PsiPolyVariantReference,
     if (element instanceof IProperty) {
       return true;
     }
+    if (element instanceof PomTargetPsiElement) {
+      return ((PomTargetPsiElement)element).getTarget() instanceof XmlProperty;
+    }
     if (element instanceof XmlTag && ((XmlTag)element).getName().equals(XmlPropertiesFileImpl.ENTRY_TAG_NAME)) {
       return PropertiesImplUtil.isPropertiesFile(element.getContainingFile());
     }