Index: maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
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--- maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java	(revision 754502)
+++ maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java	(working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -139,10 +140,12 @@
         throws ProjectBuildingException
     {
         MavenProject project = readModelFromLocalPath( "unknown", pomFile, configuration.getLocalRepository(), configuration.getRemoteRepositories(), configuration );
+        List<Profile> activeProfiles = project.getActiveProfiles();
 
         project.setFile( pomFile );
 
         project = buildWithProfiles( project.getModel(), configuration, pomFile, project.getParentFile() );
+        project.getActiveProfiles().addAll( activeProfiles );
 
         Build build = project.getBuild();
         // NOTE: setting this script-source root before path translation, because
@@ -207,7 +210,9 @@
 		}
         */
         project = readModelFromLocalPath( "unknown", artifact.getFile(), config.getLocalRepository(), remoteRepositories, config );
+        List<Profile> activeProfiles = project.getActiveProfiles();
         project = buildWithProfiles( project.getModel(), config, artifact.getFile(), project.getParentFile() );
+        project.getActiveProfiles().addAll( activeProfiles );
         artifact.setFile( artifact.getFile() );
         project.setVersion( artifact.getVersion() );
 
@@ -514,14 +519,13 @@
         }
     }
 
-    protected PomClassicDomainModel buildModel( File pom, Collection<InterpolatorProperty> interpolatorProperties, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories )
+    ModelBuildResult buildModel( File pom, Collection<InterpolatorProperty> interpolatorProperties, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories )
         throws IOException
     {
         return buildModel( pom, interpolatorProperties, null, null, localRepository, remoteRepositories );
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    private PomClassicDomainModel buildModel( File pom, Collection<InterpolatorProperty> interpolatorProperties, Collection<String> activeProfileIds, Collection<String> inactiveProfileIds,
+    private ModelBuildResult buildModel( File pom, Collection<InterpolatorProperty> interpolatorProperties, Collection<String> activeProfileIds, Collection<String> inactiveProfileIds,
                                               ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories )
         throws IOException
     {
@@ -558,8 +562,13 @@
         //Process Profile on most specialized child model
         ProfileContext profileContext = new ProfileContext( new DefaultModelDataSource( domainModel.getModelProperties(), PomTransformer.MODEL_CONTAINER_FACTORIES ), activeProfileIds,
                                                             inactiveProfileIds, properties );
-
-        domainModels.addAll( transformProfiles( profileContext ) );
+        List<ModelBuildResult> profileModels = transformProfiles( profileContext );
+        List<Profile> activeProfiles = new ArrayList<Profile>();
+        for ( ModelBuildResult modelBuildResult : profileModels )
+        {
+            activeProfiles.addAll( modelBuildResult.getActiveProfiles() );
+            domainModels.add( modelBuildResult.getDomainModel() );
+        }
         domainModels.add( domainModel );
 
         File parentFile = null;
@@ -600,7 +609,7 @@
         transformedDomainModel.setLineageCount( lineageCount + 1 );
         transformedDomainModel.setParentFile( parentFile );
 
-        return transformedDomainModel;
+        return new ModelBuildResult( transformedDomainModel, activeProfiles );
     }
 
     private PomClassicDomainModel convertToDomainModel( Model model, boolean isMostSpecialized )
@@ -628,7 +637,7 @@
         return new PomClassicDomainModel( new ByteArrayInputStream( baos.toByteArray() ), isMostSpecialized );
     }
 
-    protected MavenProject buildFromLocalPath( File pom, Collection<InterpolatorProperty> interpolatorProperties, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories,
+    MavenProject buildFromLocalPath( File pom, Collection<InterpolatorProperty> interpolatorProperties, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories,
                                                ProjectBuilderConfiguration projectBuilderConfiguration, MavenProjectBuilder mavenProjectBuilder )
         throws IOException
     {
@@ -640,13 +649,17 @@
             .getGlobalProfileManager().getProfileActivationContext() != null ) ? projectBuilderConfiguration.getGlobalProfileManager().getProfileActivationContext().getExplicitlyInactiveProfileIds()
                                                                               : new ArrayList<String>();
 
-        PomClassicDomainModel domainModel = buildModel( pom, interpolatorProperties, activeProfileIds, inactiveProfileIds, localRepository, remoteRepositories );
+        ModelBuildResult extendedModel =
+            buildModel( pom, interpolatorProperties, activeProfileIds, inactiveProfileIds, localRepository,
+                        remoteRepositories );
+        PomClassicDomainModel domainModel = extendedModel.getDomainModel();
 
         try
         {
             MavenProject mavenProject = new MavenProject( convertFromInputStreamToModel( domainModel.getInputStream() ), repositorySystem, mavenProjectBuilder, projectBuilderConfiguration );
 
             mavenProject.setParentFile( domainModel.getParentFile() );
+            mavenProject.setActiveProfiles( extendedModel.getActiveProfiles() );
 
             return mavenProject;
         }
@@ -740,21 +753,40 @@
         //Process Profiles
         ProfileContext profileContext = new ProfileContext( new DefaultModelDataSource( parentDomainModel.getModelProperties(), PomTransformer.MODEL_CONTAINER_FACTORIES ), activeProfileIds,
                                                             inactiveProfileIds, properties );
-        domainModels.addAll( transformProfiles( profileContext ) );
+        for ( ModelBuildResult modelBuildResult : transformProfiles( profileContext ) )
+        {
+            domainModels.add( modelBuildResult.getDomainModel() );
+        }
 
         domainModels.addAll( getDomainModelParentsFromRepository( parentDomainModel, localRepository, remoteRepositories, properties, activeProfileIds, inactiveProfileIds ) );
         return domainModels;
     }
 
-    private static List<DomainModel> transformProfiles( ProfileContext profileContext )
+    private List<ModelBuildResult> transformProfiles( ProfileContext profileContext )
         throws IOException
     {
-        List<DomainModel> domainModels = new ArrayList<DomainModel>();
+        List<ModelBuildResult> domainModels = new ArrayList<ModelBuildResult>();
 
         Collection<ModelContainer> profileContainers = profileContext.getActiveProfiles();
 
         for ( ModelContainer mc : profileContainers )
         {
+            List<ModelProperty> props = new ArrayList<ModelProperty>( mc.getProperties().size() + 2 );
+            props.add( new ModelProperty( ProjectUri.xUri, null ) );
+            props.add( new ModelProperty( ProjectUri.Profiles.xUri, null ) );
+            props.addAll( mc.getProperties() );
+            String xml = ModelMarshaller.unmarshalModelPropertiesToXml( props, ProjectUri.baseUri );
+            Profile profile;
+            try
+            {
+                Model model = modelReader.read( new StringReader( xml ) );
+                profile = model.getProfiles().get( 0 );
+            }
+            catch ( XmlPullParserException e )
+            {
+                throw new IllegalStateException( "Failed to parse profile", e );
+            }
+
             List<ModelProperty> transformed = new ArrayList<ModelProperty>();
             transformed.add( new ModelProperty( ProjectUri.xUri, null ) );
             for ( ModelProperty mp : mc.getProperties() )
@@ -768,7 +800,7 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            domainModels.add( new PomClassicDomainModel( transformed ) );
+            domainModels.add( new ModelBuildResult( new PomClassicDomainModel( transformed ), profile) );
         }
 
         return domainModels;
@@ -814,7 +846,10 @@
         //Process Profiles
         ProfileContext profileContext = new ProfileContext( new DefaultModelDataSource( parentDomainModel.getModelProperties(), PomTransformer.MODEL_CONTAINER_FACTORIES ), activeProfileIds,
                                                             inactiveProfileIds, properties );
-        domainModels.addAll( transformProfiles( profileContext ) );
+        for ( ModelBuildResult profileModel : transformProfiles( profileContext ) )
+        {
+            domainModels.add( profileModel.getDomainModel() );
+        }
 
         if ( !parentDomainModel.matchesParentOf( domainModel ) )
         {
@@ -859,7 +894,7 @@
 
     private Model superModel;
 
-    protected Model getSuperModel()
+    private Model getSuperModel()
     {
         if ( superModel != null )
         {
@@ -886,4 +921,34 @@
         return superModel;
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    static class ModelBuildResult
+    {
+
+        private PomClassicDomainModel domainModel;
+
+        private List<Profile> activeProfiles;
+
+        public ModelBuildResult( PomClassicDomainModel domainModel, Profile activeProfile )
+        {
+            this( domainModel, new ArrayList<Profile>( Arrays.asList( activeProfile ) ) );
+        }
+
+        public ModelBuildResult( PomClassicDomainModel domainModel, List<Profile> activeProfiles )
+        {
+            this.domainModel = domainModel;
+            this.activeProfiles = activeProfiles;
+        }
+
+        public PomClassicDomainModel getDomainModel()
+        {
+            return domainModel;
+        }
+
+        public List<Profile> getActiveProfiles()
+        {
+            return activeProfiles;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}
Index: maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
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--- maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java	(revision 754086)
+++ maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@
         {
             pomFile = new File( pomFile, "pom.xml" );
         }
-        return new PomTestWrapper( pomFile, mavenProjectBuilder.buildModel( pomFile, null, null, null ) );
+        return new PomTestWrapper( pomFile, mavenProjectBuilder.buildModel( pomFile, null, null, null ).getDomainModel() );
     }
 
     private PomTestWrapper buildPomFromMavenProject( String pomPath, String profileId )