diff --git a/eclipse/plugin.jelly b/eclipse/plugin.jelly
index 0255476d..0e8dc0c8 100644
--- a/eclipse/plugin.jelly
+++ b/eclipse/plugin.jelly
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@
         <j:if test="${unitTestSourcesPresent}">
           <classpathentry kind="src" path="${pom.build.unitTestSourceDirectory}"/>
 	      
-	      <j:if test="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-eclipse-plugin').getVariable('maven.eclipse.junit') != ''}">
-	        <classpathentry kind="var" path="MAVEN_REPO/junit/jars/junit-${pom.getPluginContext('maven-eclipse-plugin').getVariable('maven.eclipse.junit')}.jar"/>
+	      <j:if test="${plugin.getDependencyPath('junit')} != ''">
+            <j:if test="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-eclipse-plugin').getVariable('maven.eclipse.junit') != ''}">
+	          <classpathentry kind="var" path="MAVEN_REPO/junit/jars/junit-${pom.getPluginContext('maven-eclipse-plugin').getVariable('maven.eclipse.junit')}.jar"/>
+            </j:if>
           </j:if>
         </j:if>