diff --git a/gnu/packages/java.scm b/gnu/packages/java.scm
index e7d0e34ab1..1ef4e1b9ed 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/java.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/java.scm
@@ -2497,6 +2497,49 @@ reusing it in maven.")
 archives (jar).")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
+(define-public java-plexus-container-default
+  (package
+    (inherit java-plexus-container-default-bootstrap)
+    (name "java-plexus-container-default")
+    (arguments
+     `(#:jar-name "container-default.jar"
+       #:source-dir "plexus-container-default/src/main/java"
+       #:test-dir "plexus-container-default/src/test"
+       #:test-exclude (list ;"**/*Test.java"
+                            "**/Abstract*.java"
+                            ;; Requires plexus-hierarchy
+                            "**/PlexusHierarchyTest.java"
+                            ;; Failures
+                            "**/ComponentRealmCompositionTest.java"
+                            "**/PlexusContainerTest.java")
+       #:jdk ,icedtea-8
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'build 'copy-resources
+           (lambda _
+             (copy-recursively
+               "plexus-container-default/src/main/resources/"
+               "build/classes")
+             #t))
+         (add-before 'check 'fix-paths
+           (lambda _
+             (let ((dir "plexus-container-default/src/test/java/org/codehaus"))
+               (substitute*
+                 (string-append
+                   dir "/plexus/component/composition/"
+                   "ComponentRealmCompositionTest.java")
+                 (("src/test") "plexus-container-default/src/test"))
+               #t))))))
+    (inputs
+     `(("worldclass" ,java-plexus-classworlds)
+       ("xbean" ,java-geronimo-xbean-reflect)
+       ("utils" ,java-plexus-utils)
+       ("junit" ,java-junit)
+       ("guava" ,java-guava)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("archiver" ,java-plexus-archiver)
+       ("hamcrest" ,java-hamcrest-core)))))
+
 (define-public java-asm
   (package
     (name "java-asm")