diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
index 97d595291e1a..11ba4f8a4f3b 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ public class MavenProject implements Cloneable {
 
     private File file;
 
+    private File consumerPomFile;
+
     private File basedir;
 
     private Set<Artifact> resolvedArtifacts;
@@ -256,6 +258,17 @@ public void setPomFile(File file) {
         this.file = file;
     }
 
+    public void setConsumerPomFile(File file) {
+        this.consumerPomFile = file;
+    }
+
+    public File getConsumerPomFile() {
+        if (consumerPomFile == null) {
+            return getFile();
+        }
+        return consumerPomFile;
+    }
+
     public File getBasedir() {
         return basedir;
     }
@@ -784,6 +797,7 @@ public Map<String, List<String>> getInjectedProfileIds() {
      * @deprecated Please use {@link MavenProjectHelper}
      * @throws DuplicateArtifactAttachmentException will never happen but leave it for backward compatibility
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void addAttachedArtifact(Artifact artifact) throws DuplicateArtifactAttachmentException {
         // if already there we remove it and add again
         int index = attachedArtifacts.indexOf(artifact);
@@ -1026,6 +1040,7 @@ private void deepCopy(MavenProject project) {
 
         // copy fields
         file = project.file;
+        this.consumerPomFile = project.consumerPomFile;
         basedir = project.basedir;
 
         // don't need a deep copy, they don't get modified or added/removed to/from - but make them unmodifiable to be