diff --git a/plexus-metadata-generator-cli.patch b/plexus-metadata-generator-cli.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e471bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plexus-metadata-generator-cli.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+diff -urEbwBN plexus-containers-plexus-containers-2.1.0/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli.java plexus-containers-plexus-containers-2.1.0.new/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli.java
+--- plexus-containers-plexus-containers-2.1.0/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli.java	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ plexus-containers-plexus-containers-2.1.0.new/plexus-component-metadata/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/metadata/PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli.java	2019-11-22 04:47:34.934070355 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
++package org.codehaus.plexus.metadata;
++
++import java.io.File;
++import java.util.Arrays;
++import java.util.Collections;
++
++import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
++import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder;
++import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
++import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
++import org.codehaus.plexus.tools.cli.AbstractCli;
++
++public class PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli
++    extends AbstractCli
++{
++    public static final char SOURCE_DIRECTORY = 's';
++    public static final char SOURCE_ENCODING = 'e';
++    public static final char CLASSES_DIRECTORY = 'c';
++    public static final char OUTPUT_FILE = 'o';
++    public static final char DESCRIPTORS_DIRECTORY = 'm';
++
++    public static void main( String[] args )
++        throws Exception
++    {
++        new PlexusMetadataGeneratorCli().execute( args );
++    }
++
++    @Override
++    public String getPomPropertiesPath()
++    {
++        return "META-INF/maven/org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-metadata-generator/pom.properties";
++    }
++
++    @Override
++    @SuppressWarnings("static-access")
++    public Options buildCliOptions( Options options )
++    {
++        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "source" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Source directory." ).create( SOURCE_DIRECTORY ) );
++        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "encoding" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Source file encoding." ).create( SOURCE_ENCODING ) );
++        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "classes" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Classes directory." ).create( CLASSES_DIRECTORY ) );
++        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "output" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Output directory." ).create( OUTPUT_FILE ) );
++        options.addOption( OptionBuilder.withLongOpt( "descriptors" ).hasArg().withDescription( "Descriptors directory." ).create( DESCRIPTORS_DIRECTORY ) );
++        return options;
++    }    
++
++    public void invokePlexusComponent( CommandLine cli, PlexusContainer plexus )
++        throws Exception
++    {
++        MetadataGenerator metadataGenerator = plexus.lookup( MetadataGenerator.class );
++        
++        MetadataGenerationRequest request = new MetadataGenerationRequest();        
++        request.classesDirectory = new File( cli.getOptionValue( CLASSES_DIRECTORY ) );
++        request.classpath = Collections.emptyList();
++        request.sourceDirectories = Arrays.asList( new String[]{ new File( cli.getOptionValue( SOURCE_DIRECTORY ) ).getAbsolutePath() } );
++        request.sourceEncoding = cli.getOptionValue( SOURCE_ENCODING );
++        request.useContextClassLoader = true;
++        request.outputFile = new File( cli.getOptionValue( OUTPUT_FILE ) );
++        request.componentDescriptorDirectory = new File( cli.getOptionValue( DESCRIPTORS_DIRECTORY ) );
++        
++        metadataGenerator.generateDescriptor( request );
++    }
++}
diff --git a/plexus-metadata-generator.spec b/plexus-metadata-generator.spec
index a788d44..4533a0e 100644
--- a/plexus-metadata-generator.spec
+++ b/plexus-metadata-generator.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Source1:        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 Source2:        LICENSE.MIT
 Source100:      %{base_name}-build.tar.xz
 Patch0:         plexus-containers-asm6.patch
+Patch1:         plexus-metadata-generator-cli.patch
 Patch1000:      %{name}-nomojo.patch
 BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  apache-commons-cli
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ build-jar-repository -s lib hamcrest/core
 %endif
 
 %patch0 -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %patch1000 -p1