diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/bin/m2.conf b/apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/bin/m2.conf
index b1df7f0934b0..b91431dea5f9 100644
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/bin/m2.conf
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/bin/m2.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+set maven.mainClass default org.apache.maven.cling.MavenCling
+
 main is ${maven.mainClass} from plexus.core
 
 set maven.conf default ${maven.home}/conf