diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
index ef79be6..6b299f6 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/generator/PluginDescriptorGenerator.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public class PluginDescriptorGenerator
 
             w.startElement( "plugin" );
 
+            PluginUtils.element( w, "name", pluginDescriptor.getName() );
+
             PluginUtils.element( w, "description", pluginDescriptor.getDescription() );
 
             PluginUtils.element( w, "groupId", pluginDescriptor.getGroupId() );