diff --git a/build/maven.go b/build/maven.go
index 970c1394..5cff00bd 100644
--- a/build/maven.go
+++ b/build/maven.go
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ type MavenModule struct {
 	// A pipe to write the maven extractor output to.
 	outputWriter io.Writer
 	// Path to the build info temp file that will be generated by the maven extractor.
-	buildInfoPath string
+	buildInfoPath  string
+	rootProjectDir string
 }
 
 // Maven extractor is the engine for calculating the project dependencies.
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ func (mm *MavenModule) createMvnRunConfig() (*mvnRunConfig, error) {
 		buildInfoProperties: extractorProps,
 		mavenOpts:           mm.extractorDetails.mavenOpts,
 		logger:              mm.containingBuild.logger,
+		rootProjectDir:      mm.rootProjectDir,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -288,6 +290,10 @@ func (mm *MavenModule) extractMavenPath(mavenVersionOutput bytes.Buffer) (mavenH
 	return
 }
 
+func (mm *MavenModule) SetMavenRootDir(rootDir string) {
+	mm.rootProjectDir = rootDir
+}
+
 func downloadMavenExtractor(downloadTo string, downloadExtractorFunc func(downloadTo, downloadPath string) error, logger utils.Log) error {
 	filename := fmt.Sprintf(MavenExtractorFileName, MavenExtractorDependencyVersion)
 	filePath := fmt.Sprintf(MavenExtractorRemotePath, MavenExtractorDependencyVersion)
@@ -313,7 +319,7 @@ func (config *mvnRunConfig) GetCmd() *exec.Cmd {
 	cmd = append(cmd, "-DbuildInfoConfig.propertiesFile="+config.buildInfoProperties)
 	cmd = append(cmd, "-Dm3plugin.lib="+config.pluginDependencies)
 	cmd = append(cmd, "-Dclassworlds.conf="+config.cleassworldsConfig)
-	cmd = append(cmd, "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory="+config.workspace)
+	cmd = append(cmd, "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory="+config.rootProjectDir)
 	if config.mavenOpts != nil {
 		cmd = append(cmd, config.mavenOpts...)
 	}
@@ -334,6 +340,7 @@ type mvnRunConfig struct {
 	mavenOpts           []string
 	logger              utils.Log
 	outputWriter        io.Writer
+	rootProjectDir      string
 }
 
 func (config *mvnRunConfig) SetOutputWriter(outputWriter io.Writer) *mvnRunConfig {
diff --git a/build/maven_test.go b/build/maven_test.go
index a6cb8f60..46b36f06 100644
--- a/build/maven_test.go
+++ b/build/maven_test.go
@@ -180,3 +180,22 @@ func TestAddColorToCmdOutput(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCommandWithRootProjectDir(t *testing.T) {
+	mvnc := &mvnRunConfig{
+		java:                "java",
+		plexusClassworlds:   "plexus",
+		cleassworldsConfig:  "",
+		mavenHome:           "",
+		pluginDependencies:  "",
+		workspace:           "",
+		goals:               nil,
+		buildInfoProperties: "",
+		mavenOpts:           nil,
+		logger:              nil,
+		outputWriter:        nil,
+		rootProjectDir:      "root",
+	}
+	cmd := mvnc.GetCmd()
+	assert.Equal(t, "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=root", cmd.Args[7])
+}