Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/install/AbstractInstallMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/install/AbstractInstallMojo.java	(revision 645310)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/install/AbstractInstallMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
  */
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.ArtifactTransformationManager;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.installer.ArtifactInstaller;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataManager;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.digest.Digester;
@@ -48,6 +50,20 @@
     protected ArtifactInstaller installer;
 
     /**
+     * @parameter expression="${component.org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataManager}"
+     * @required
+     * @readonly
+     */
+    protected RepositoryMetadataManager repositoryMetadataManager;
+
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${component.org.apache.maven.artifact.transform.ArtifactTransformationManager}"
+     * @required
+     * @readonly
+     */
+    protected ArtifactTransformationManager transformationManager;
+
+    /**
      * @parameter expression="${localRepository}"
      * @required
      * @readonly
Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/install/InstallMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/install/InstallMojo.java	(revision 645310)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/install/InstallMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataInstallationException;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.installer.ArtifactInstallationException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.metadata.ArtifactMetadata;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
@@ -106,18 +108,14 @@
 
                     if ( createChecksum )
                     {
-                        //create checksums for pom and artifact
-                        File pom = new File( localRepository.getBasedir(),
-                                             localRepository.pathOfLocalRepositoryMetadata( metadata,
-                                                                                            localRepository ) );
-
-                        installCheckSum( pom, true );
+                        //create checksums for artifact
                         installCheckSum( file, artifact, false );
                     }
                 }
                 else if ( !attachedArtifacts.isEmpty() )
                 {
-                    getLog().info( "No primary artifact to install, installing attached artifacts instead." );
+                    getLog().info( "No primary artifact to install, installing standalone pom.xml and attached artifacts instead." );
+                    install( artifact, localRepository );
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -125,6 +123,14 @@
                         "The packaging for this project did not assign a file to the build artifact" );
                 }
             }
+            if ( createChecksum )
+            {
+                //create checksums for pom
+                File pom = new File( localRepository.getBasedir(),
+                                     localRepository.pathOfLocalRepositoryMetadata( metadata,
+                                                                                    localRepository ) );
+                installCheckSum( pom, true );
+            }
 
             for ( Iterator i = attachedArtifacts.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
             {
@@ -143,4 +149,23 @@
             throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
         }
     }
+
+    private void install( Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepository )
+        throws ArtifactInstallationException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            transformationManager.transformForInstall( artifact, localRepository );
+            for ( Iterator i = artifact.getMetadataList().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+            {
+                ArtifactMetadata metadata = (ArtifactMetadata) i.next();
+                repositoryMetadataManager.install( metadata, localRepository );
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( RepositoryMetadataInstallationException e )
+        {
+            throw new ArtifactInstallationException( "Error installing artifact's metadata: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+        }
+    }
+
 }