diff --git a/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/IDLMojo.java b/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/IDLMojo.java
index d6db625d1de..54f49b04fb5 100644
--- a/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/IDLMojo.java
+++ b/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/IDLMojo.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ protected void doCompile(String filename, File sourceDirectory, File outputDirec
       Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(projPathLoader);
       try {
         IdlReader parser = new IdlReader();
-        IdlFile idlFile = parser.parse(sourceDirectory.toPath().resolve(filename));
+        Path sourceFilePath = sourceDirectory.toPath().resolve(filename);
+        IdlFile idlFile = parser.parse(sourceFilePath);
         for (String warning : idlFile.getWarnings()) {
           getLog().warn(warning);
         }
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ protected void doCompile(String filename, File sourceDirectory, File outputDirec
           compiler.addCustomConversion(projPathLoader.loadClass(customConversion));
         }
         compiler.setOutputCharacterEncoding(project.getProperties().getProperty("project.build.sourceEncoding"));
-        compiler.compileToDestination(null, outputDirectory);
+        compiler.compileToDestination(sourceFilePath.toFile(), outputDirectory);
       } finally {
         Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(contextClassLoader);
       }
diff --git a/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/TestIDLMojo.java b/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/TestIDLMojo.java
index 94cc5b29e52..ab6cd7c9668 100644
--- a/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/TestIDLMojo.java
+++ b/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/mojo/TestIDLMojo.java
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 package org.apache.avro.mojo;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Collections;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -37,8 +40,15 @@ public class TestIDLMojo extends AbstractAvroMojoTest {
   private File injectingVelocityToolsTestPom = new File(getBasedir(),
       "src/test/resources/unit/idl/pom-injecting-velocity-tools.xml");
 
+  private File incrementalCompilationTestPom = new File(getBasedir(),
+      "src/test/resources/unit/idl/pom-incremental-compilation.xml");
+
   @Test
   public void testIdlProtocolMojo() throws Exception {
+    // Clear output directory to ensure files are recompiled.
+    final File outputDir = new File(getBasedir(), "target/test-harness/idl/test/");
+    FileUtils.deleteDirectory(outputDir);
+
     final IDLMojo mojo = (IDLMojo) lookupMojo("idl", testPom);
     final TestLog log = new TestLog();
     mojo.setLog(log);
@@ -46,7 +56,6 @@ public void testIdlProtocolMojo() throws Exception {
     assertNotNull(mojo);
     mojo.execute();
 
-    final File outputDir = new File(getBasedir(), "target/test-harness/idl/test/");
     final Set<String> generatedFiles = new HashSet<>(
         asList("IdlPrivacy.java", "IdlTest.java", "IdlUser.java", "IdlUserWrapper.java"));
     assertFilesExist(outputDir, generatedFiles);
@@ -60,6 +69,10 @@ public void testIdlProtocolMojo() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   public void testSetCompilerVelocityAdditionalTools() throws Exception {
+    // Clear output directory to ensure files are recompiled.
+    final File outputDir = new File(getBasedir(), "target/test-harness/idl-inject/test/");
+    FileUtils.deleteDirectory(outputDir);
+
     final IDLProtocolMojo mojo = (IDLProtocolMojo) lookupMojo("idl-protocol", injectingVelocityToolsTestPom);
     final TestLog log = new TestLog();
     mojo.setLog(log);
@@ -67,7 +80,6 @@ public void testSetCompilerVelocityAdditionalTools() throws Exception {
     assertNotNull(mojo);
     mojo.execute();
 
-    final File outputDir = new File(getBasedir(), "target/test-harness/idl-inject/test");
     final Set<String> generatedFiles = new HashSet<>(
         asList("IdlPrivacy.java", "IdlTest.java", "IdlUser.java", "IdlUserWrapper.java"));
 
@@ -79,4 +91,37 @@ public void testSetCompilerVelocityAdditionalTools() throws Exception {
     // The previous test already verifies the warnings.
     assertFalse(log.getLogEntries().isEmpty());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testIDLProtocolMojoSupportsIncrementalCompilation() throws Exception {
+    // Ensure that the IDL files have already been compiled once.
+    final IDLMojo mojo = (IDLMojo) lookupMojo("idl", incrementalCompilationTestPom);
+    final TestLog log = new TestLog();
+    mojo.setLog(log);
+
+    assertNotNull(mojo);
+    mojo.execute();
+
+    // Remove one file to ensure it is recreated and the others are not.
+    final Path outputDirPath = Paths.get(getBasedir(), "target/test-harness/idl-incremental/test/");
+    final File outputDir = outputDirPath.toFile();
+
+    final Path idlPrivacyFilePath = outputDirPath.resolve("IdlPrivacy.java");
+    final FileTime idpPrivacyModificationTime = Files.getLastModifiedTime(idlPrivacyFilePath);
+    Files.delete(idlPrivacyFilePath);
+
+    final Path idlUserFilePath = outputDirPath.resolve("IdlUser.java");
+    final FileTime idlUserModificationTime = Files.getLastModifiedTime(idlUserFilePath);
+
+    mojo.execute();
+
+    // Asserting contents is done in previous tests so just assert existence.
+    final Set<String> generatedFiles = new HashSet<>(
+        asList("IdlPrivacy.java", "IdlTest.java", "IdlUser.java", "IdlUserWrapper.java"));
+    assertFilesExist(outputDir, generatedFiles);
+
+    assertTrue(idlPrivacyFilePath.toFile().exists());
+    assertEquals(Files.getLastModifiedTime(idlUserFilePath), idlUserModificationTime);
+    assertTrue(Files.getLastModifiedTime(idlPrivacyFilePath).compareTo(idpPrivacyModificationTime) > 0);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/test/resources/unit/idl/pom-incremental-compilation.xml b/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/test/resources/unit/idl/pom-incremental-compilation.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ddf8ff0bd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/java/maven-plugin/src/test/resources/unit/idl/pom-incremental-compilation.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>avro-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+    <version>1.12.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>../../../../../../../../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin-test</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>testproject</name>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>idl</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>idl-protocol</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/test</sourceDirectory>
+          <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-harness/idl-incremental</outputDirectory>
+          <stringType>String</stringType>
+          <project implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.testing.stubs.MavenProjectStub"/>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
+      <version>${parent.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>