diff --git a/maven-verifier-plugin.spec b/maven-verifier-plugin.spec
index d63abe7..9d02525 100644
--- a/maven-verifier-plugin.spec
+++ b/maven-verifier-plugin.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ BuildRequires: maven-parent
 BuildRequires: modello
 BuildRequires: plexus-utils
 
+Patch1:        verifier_mojo.patch
+
 %description
 Assists in integration testing by means of evaluating 
 success/error conditions read from a configuration file.
@@ -29,10 +31,24 @@ API documentation for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q 
+%patch1 -p2
 
 %mvn_file :%{name} %{name}
 %pom_remove_parent
 %pom_add_parent org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-plugins:34
+%pom_xpath_inject "pom:dependencies/pom:dependency[pom:artifactId='maven-plugin-api']" '<scope>provided</scope>'
+%pom_xpath_inject "pom:build/pom:plugins" '<plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-plugin-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1</version>
+            <executions>
+                <execution>
+                    <id>default-descriptor</id>
+                    <phase>process-classes</phase>
+                </execution>
+            </executions>
+        </plugin>
+'
 
 %build
 %mvn_build
diff --git a/verifier_mojo.patch b/verifier_mojo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6c51cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/verifier_mojo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/maven-verifier-plugin-1.0/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/verifier/VerifierMojo.java b/maven-verifier-plugin-1.0/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/verifier/VerifierMojo.java
+index 894cf84..aec776e 100644
+--- a/maven-verifier-plugin-1.0/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/verifier/VerifierMojo.java
++++ b/maven-verifier-plugin-1.0/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/verifier/VerifierMojo.java
+@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ package org.apache.maven.plugin.verifier;
+ 
+ import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+ import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
++import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
++import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
+ import org.apache.maven.plugin.verifier.model.Verifications;
+ import org.apache.maven.plugin.verifier.model.io.xpp3.VerificationsXpp3Reader;
+ import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+  * @author <a href="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</a>
+  * @version $Id: VerifierMojo.java 900472 2010-01-18 17:36:37Z dennisl $
+  */
++@Mojo(name = "verify", defaultPhase = LifecyclePhase.INTEGRATION_TEST )
+ public class VerifierMojo
+     extends AbstractMojo
+ {