diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
index f78ad08..2b612d7 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ public class JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor
             mojoDescriptor.setSince( mojo.getSince() );
             mojo.setDeprecated( mojo.getDeprecated() );
 
+            mojoDescriptor.setProjectRequired( mojo.requiresProject() );
+
             mojoDescriptor.setAggregator( mojo.aggregator() );
             mojoDescriptor.setDependencyResolutionRequired( mojo.requiresDependencyResolution().id() );
             mojoDescriptor.setDependencyCollectionRequired( mojo.requiresDependencyCollection().id() );