diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c12db93fe0..2186d2be42b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@
 					<version>${tycho-version}</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+						<useProjectSettings>true</useProjectSettings>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 				<!-- enable source bundle generation -->