diff --git a/maven-core/pom.xml b/maven-core/pom.xml
index 6b7ad08..aa128ba 100644
--- a/maven-core/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core/pom.xml
@@ -128,5 +128,39 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+        <id>buildnumber-git</id>
+        <activation>
+            <file>
+                <missing>.svn</missing>
+            </file>
+        </activation>
+        <build>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.0-beta-1</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>create</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <doCheck>false</doCheck>
+                        <doUpdate>false</doUpdate>
+                        <format>GIT</format>
+                        <items>
+                            <item>timestamp</item>
+                        </items>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </build>
+    </profile>
+
   </profiles>  
 </project>