diff --git a/hyracks-api/.classpath b/hyracks-api/.classpath
index 1f3c1ff..ae0926c 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/.classpath
+++ b/hyracks-api/.classpath
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <classpath>
 	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.maven.ide.eclipse.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER"/>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/hyracks-api/.project b/hyracks-api/.project
index 4ae9e54..c9a6ed3 100644
--- a/hyracks-api/.project
+++ b/hyracks-api/.project
@@ -15,8 +15,14 @@
 			<arguments>
 			</arguments>
 		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
 	</buildSpec>
 	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
 		<nature>org.maven.ide.eclipse.maven2Nature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
 	</natures>