diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0eaa858db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-builder-plugin</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>add-source</id>
+                        <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>add-source</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <sources>
+                                <source>src/main/newsrc/</source>
+                            </sources>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/plugin/MainApp.java b/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/plugin/MainApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..176951e21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/plugin/MainApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.baeldung.maven.plugin;
+
+import com.baeldung.database.DataConnection;
+
+public class MainApp {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]){
+
+        System.out.println(DataConnection.temp());
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/src/main/newsrc/com/baeldung/database/DataConnection.java b/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/src/main/newsrc/com/baeldung/database/DataConnection.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ab05a5658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-builder-plugin/src/main/newsrc/com/baeldung/database/DataConnection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.baeldung.database;
+public class DataConnection {
+
+    public static String temp(){
+        return "secondary source directory";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-modules/pom.xml b/maven-modules/pom.xml
index 0f146e26da..7e8bf20553 100644
--- a/maven-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
         <module>version-overriding-plugins</module>
         <module>versions-maven-plugin</module>
         <module>maven-printing-plugins</module>
+		<module>maven-builder-plugin</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>