diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/MavenModuleImporter.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/MavenModuleImporter.java
index 64fb51cb8053..c477e4ed2fce 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/MavenModuleImporter.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/importing/MavenModuleImporter.java
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ public class MavenModuleImporter {
         if (defaultMavenProfile == null) {
           defaultMavenProfile = new ProcessorConfigProfileImpl(MAVEN_DEFAULT_ANNOTATION_PROFILE);
           defaultMavenProfile.setEnabled(true);
+          moduleProfile.setOutputRelativeToContentRoot(true);
           defaultMavenProfile.setObtainProcessorsFromClasspath(true);
           defaultMavenProfile.setGeneratedSourcesDirectoryName(DEFAULT_ANNOTATION_PATH_OUTPUT, false);
           defaultMavenProfile.setGeneratedSourcesDirectoryName(DEFAULT_TEST_ANNOTATION_OUTPUT, true);
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ public class MavenModuleImporter {
 
         if (moduleProfile == null) {
           moduleProfile = new ProcessorConfigProfileImpl(moduleProfileName);
+          moduleProfile.setOutputRelativeToContentRoot(true);
           moduleProfile.setEnabled(true);
           moduleProfile.setObtainProcessorsFromClasspath(true);
           moduleProfile.addModuleName(myModule.getName());