diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
index 1b92d0a0ee59373eb06c5b2b608934e5648bbc74..585686505c19a103a89bec10b053648936b5f333 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import hudson.tasks.Mailer;
 import hudson.Launcher.LocalLauncher;
 import hudson.util.StreamTaskListener;
 import hudson.util.ProcessTreeKiller;
+import hudson.maven.MavenModuleSet;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.test.HudsonHomeLoader.CopyExisting;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.test.recipes.Recipe;
@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@ public abstract class HudsonTestCase extends TestCase {
         return (MatrixProject)hudson.createProject(MatrixProject.DESCRIPTOR,name);
     }
 
+    protected MavenModuleSet createMavenProject(String name) throws IOException {
+        return (MavenModuleSet)hudson.createProject(MavenModuleSet.DESCRIPTOR,name);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates {@link LocalLauncher}. Useful for launching processes.
      */