diff --git a/maven-plugins/bnd-maven-plugin/src/main/java/aQute/bnd/maven/plugin/BndMavenPlugin.java b/maven-plugins/bnd-maven-plugin/src/main/java/aQute/bnd/maven/plugin/BndMavenPlugin.java
index c75ad18859..d5f8b51cf8 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/bnd-maven-plugin/src/main/java/aQute/bnd/maven/plugin/BndMavenPlugin.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/bnd-maven-plugin/src/main/java/aQute/bnd/maven/plugin/BndMavenPlugin.java
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import aQute.bnd.osgi.Builder;
+import aQute.bnd.osgi.Constants;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Resource;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
@@ -77,4 +80,10 @@ public boolean isSkip() {
 		return skip;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected void processBuilder(Builder builder) throws MojoFailureException {
+		// pendantic=true causes more log output which maybe important during
+		// building
+		builder.setProperty(Constants.PEDANTIC, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
+	}
 }