diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenPropertyPsiReferenceContributor.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenPropertyPsiReferenceContributor.java
index 6ea57e425bf9..8042b573bf69 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenPropertyPsiReferenceContributor.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenPropertyPsiReferenceContributor.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.dom.model.MavenDomProperties;
 public class MavenPropertyPsiReferenceContributor extends PsiReferenceContributor {
   @Override
   public void registerReferenceProviders(@NotNull PsiReferenceRegistrar registrar) {
-    ElementPattern pattern = XmlPatterns.xmlTag().withParent(DomPatterns.withDom(DomPatterns.domElement(MavenDomProperties.class)));
+    ElementPattern pattern = XmlPatterns.xmlTag().withParent(DomPatterns.tagWithDom("properties", DomPatterns.domElement(MavenDomProperties.class)));
     registrar.registerReferenceProvider(pattern, new MavenPropertyPsiReferenceProvider(), PsiReferenceRegistrar.DEFAULT_PRIORITY);
     registrar.registerReferenceProvider(PlatformPatterns.psiElement(),
                                         new MavenFilteredPropertyPsiReferenceProvider(),
diff --git a/xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/patterns/DomPatterns.java b/xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/patterns/DomPatterns.java
index 94bb8e14442b..4c6ac8cd53de 100644
--- a/xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/patterns/DomPatterns.java
+++ b/xml/dom-openapi/src/com/intellij/patterns/DomPatterns.java
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ public class DomPatterns {
     return new GenericDomValuePattern<T>(aClass);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated use {@link #tagWithDom(String, ElementPattern)} and  {@link #attributeWithDom(String, ElementPattern)}
+   */
   public static XmlElementPattern.Capture withDom(final ElementPattern<? extends DomElement> pattern) {
     return new XmlElementPattern.Capture().with(new PatternCondition<XmlElement>("tagWithDom") {
       @Override
@@ -75,6 +78,10 @@ public class DomPatterns {
     return XmlPatterns.xmlTag().withLocalName(tagName).and(withDom(domPattern));
   }
 
+  public static XmlNamedElementPattern.XmlAttributePattern attributeWithDom(String tagName, ElementPattern<? extends DomElement> domPattern) {
+    return XmlPatterns.xmlAttribute().withLocalName(tagName).and(withDom(domPattern));
+  }
+
   public static PsiElementPattern.Capture<PomTargetPsiElement> domTargetElement(final ElementPattern<? extends DomElement> pattern) {
     return PlatformPatterns.pomElement(withDomTarget(pattern));
   }