diff --git a/xalan/pom.xml b/xalan/pom.xml
index ba9643a7b..cdeae5220 100644
--- a/xalan/pom.xml
+++ b/xalan/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@
     </resources>
 
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestEntries>
+              <Automatic-Module-Name>org.apache.xalan</Automatic-Module-Name>
+            </manifestEntries>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>