diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.releng.tools/plugin.xml b/bundles/org.eclipse.releng.tools/plugin.xml
index 8c98405..f3b3dd9 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.releng.tools/plugin.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.releng.tools/plugin.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
     </markerResolutionGenerator>
  </extension>
  <extension
+       point="org.eclipse.ui.startup">
+    <startup
+        class="org.eclipse.releng.internal.tools.pomversion.RelEngPluginEarlyStartup">
+    </startup>
+ </extension>
+ <extension
        point="org.eclipse.ui.console.consolePageParticipants">
     <consolePageParticipant
           class="org.eclipse.releng.tools.FixPageParticipant"
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.releng.tools/src/org/eclipse/releng/internal/tools/pomversion/RelEngPluginEarlyStartup.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.releng.tools/src/org/eclipse/releng/internal/tools/pomversion/RelEngPluginEarlyStartup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb0488f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.releng.tools/src/org/eclipse/releng/internal/tools/pomversion/RelEngPluginEarlyStartup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2016 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.releng.internal.tools.pomversion;
+
+import org.eclipse.ui.IStartup;
+
+
+public class RelEngPluginEarlyStartup implements IStartup {
+
+	@Override
+	public void earlyStartup() {
+	}
+}