diff --git a/src/it/xjc-plugins/invoker.properties b/src/it/xjc-plugins/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62359c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/xjc-plugins/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.buildResult = failure
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/it/xjc-plugins/pom.xml b/src/it/xjc-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3c4ee5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/xjc-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ org.codehaus.mojo.jaxb2.its
+ xjc-plugins
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+ Test of configuring plugins of the xjc mojo.
+
+
+ UTF-8
+
+
+
+
+ jakarta.xml.bind
+ jakarta.xml.bind-api
+ 3.0.0
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-compiler-plugin
+ 2.5.1
+
+ 1.8
+ 1.8
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.codehaus.mojo
+ jaxb2-maven-plugin
+ @project.version@
+
+
+ xjc
+
+ xjc
+
+
+
+
+ com.example.myschema
+
+ fluent-api
+ inheritance
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/it/xjc-plugins/src/main/xsd/address.xsd b/src/it/xjc-plugins/src/main/xsd/address.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b19e013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/xjc-plugins/src/main/xsd/address.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/it/xjc-plugins/verify.groovy b/src/it/xjc-plugins/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9da9c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/xjc-plugins/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ *
+ * http://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.
+ */
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
+
+File buildLog = new File(basedir, 'build.log');
+List lines = buildLog.readLines();
+/*
+[DEBUG]
++=================== [14 XJC Arguments]
+|
+| [0]: -xmlschema
+| [1]: -extension
+| [2]: -encoding
+| [3]: UTF-8
+| [4]: -p
+| [5]: com.example.myschema
+| [6]: -d
+| [7]: /jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/it/xjc-plugins/target/generated-sources/jaxb
+| [8]: -classpath
+| [9]: file:/jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/local-repo/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-xjc/3.0.2/jaxb-xjc-3.0.2.jar!/META-INF/versions/9/;file:/jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/local-repo/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-core/3.0.2/jaxb-core-3.0.2.jar!/META-INF/versions/9/;file:/jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/local-repo/jakarta/xml/bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api/3.0.1/jakarta.xml.bind-api-3.0.1.jar!/META-INF/versions/9/;file:/jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/local-repo/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-jxc/3.0.2/jaxb-jxc-3.0.2.jar!/META-INF/versions/9/;file:/jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/local-repo/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-impl/3.0.2/jaxb-impl-3.0.2.jar!/META-INF/versions/9/;file:/jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/local-repo/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/4.0.1/plexus-utils-4.0.1.jar!/META-INF/versions/11/;file:/jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/local-repo/jakarta/xml/bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api/3.0.0/jakarta.xml.bind-api-3.0.0.jar!/META-INF/versions/9/
+| [10]: -episode
+| [11]: /jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/it/xjc-plugins/target/generated-sources/jaxb/META-INF/JAXB/episode_xjc.xjb
+| [12]: -Xfluent-api
+| [13]: -Xinheritance
+| [14]: /jaxb2-maven-plugin/target/it/xjc-plugins/src/main/xsd/address.xsd
+|
++=================== [End 14 XJC Arguments]
+*/
+def xjcArgumentPatternPrefix = "\\| \\[\\p{Digit}+\\]: ";
+def fluentApiPlugin = 'fluent-api';
+def inheritancePlugin = 'inheritance';
+
+final Pattern expectedFluentApiPluginPattern = Pattern.compile(xjcArgumentPatternPrefix
+ + "-X${fluentApiPlugin}");
+final Pattern expectedInheritancePluginPattern = Pattern.compile(xjcArgumentPatternPrefix
+ + "-X${inheritancePlugin}");
+
+
+boolean foundFluentApiPluginArgument = false;
+boolean foundInheritancePluginArgument = false;
+boolean foundExpectedErrorMessage = false;
+def expectedErrorMessage = 'Caused by: com.sun.tools.xjc.BadCommandLineException:';
+
+// Act
+for (line in lines) {
+
+ String trimmedLine = line.trim()
+ if (trimmedLine.isEmpty()) {
+ continue
+ };
+
+ if(!foundFluentApiPluginArgument && expectedFluentApiPluginPattern.matcher(trimmedLine).matches()) {
+ foundFluentApiPluginArgument = true;
+ }
+ if(!foundInheritancePluginArgument && expectedInheritancePluginPattern.matcher(trimmedLine).matches()) {
+ foundInheritancePluginArgument = true;
+ }
+ if(line.trim().startsWith(expectedErrorMessage) && line.trim().endsWith("-X${fluentApiPlugin}")) {
+ foundExpectedErrorMessage = true;
+ }
+}
+
+// Assert
+static def missingRequired(Pattern pattern) {
+ return "Missing required pattern: [" + pattern.pattern() + "]" ;
+}
+
+assert foundFluentApiPluginArgument, missingRequired(expectedFluentApiPluginPattern);
+assert foundInheritancePluginArgument, missingRequired(expectedInheritancePluginPattern);
+
+assert foundExpectedErrorMessage, "Expected XJC error message not found."
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/jaxb2/javageneration/AbstractJavaGeneratorMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/jaxb2/javageneration/AbstractJavaGeneratorMojo.java
index 22ca2244..de0fb8e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/jaxb2/javageneration/AbstractJavaGeneratorMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/jaxb2/javageneration/AbstractJavaGeneratorMojo.java
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJavaGeneratorMojo extends AbstractJaxbMojo {
*
* @since 3.2
*/
+ @Parameter(property = "xjc.plugins")
protected List plugins;
/**