diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index d7a1ebce8..2d53114e2 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@
                         <failsOnError>true</failsOnError>
                         <violationSeverity>error</violationSeverity>
                         <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
+
+                        <!--
+                            Excluding generated sources; Not required for the Maven build, but the Eclipse CS plug-in
+                            would check the generated files without these exclusions; Note that the exclusions must be
+                            specified as patterns within a source folder, so we can't exclude generated-sources
+                            altogether
+                        -->
+                        <excludes>*Prism.java,*/itest/jaxb/xsd/*</excludes>
                     </configuration>
                     <dependencies>
                         <dependency>