diff --git a/eclipse/plugin.jelly b/eclipse/plugin.jelly
index 594fcc2d..7f56bced 100644
--- a/eclipse/plugin.jelly
+++ b/eclipse/plugin.jelly
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@
             </j:otherwise>
           </j:choose>
         </j:forEach>
+        
+      <!-- add the unit test build directory so that any files generated via Maven are available -->  
+      <classpathentry kind="lib" path="target/test-classes"/>  
+      
       <classpathentry kind="output" path="${outputDir}"/>
     </classpath>
   </j:file>