diff --git a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/interpolation/AbstractStringBasedModelInterpolator.java b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/interpolation/AbstractStringBasedModelInterpolator.java
index f4a1b5c41af5..102e391cc35f 100644
--- a/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/interpolation/AbstractStringBasedModelInterpolator.java
+++ b/maven-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/interpolation/AbstractStringBasedModelInterpolator.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuilderConfiguration;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilderConfiguration;
 import org.apache.maven.project.path.PathTranslator;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.AbstractValueSource;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.InterpolationException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation.InterpolationPostProcessor;
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractStringBasedModelInterpolator
         TRANSLATED_PATH_EXPRESSIONS = translatedPrefixes;
     }
 
+    @Requirement
     private PathTranslator pathTranslator;
 
     private Interpolator interpolator;