diff --git a/subprojects/maven/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublishPomPackagingIntegTest.groovy b/subprojects/maven/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublishPomPackagingIntegTest.groovy
index 79fcfbd2ea7e..77d4f78f90b3 100644
--- a/subprojects/maven/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublishPomPackagingIntegTest.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/maven/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/MavenPublishPomPackagingIntegTest.groovy
@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ class MavenPublishPomPackagingIntegTest extends AbstractMavenPublishIntegTest {
         mavenModule.assertArtifactsPublished("publishTest-1.9.foo", "publishTest-1.9.pom")
     }
 
+    def "can specify packaging for known jar packaging without changing artifact extension"() {
+        given:
+        createBuildScripts """
+            pom.packaging "ejb"
+
+            artifact("content.txt") {
+                extension "jar"
+            }
+"""
+
+        when:
+        succeeds "publish"
+
+        then:
+        mavenModule.assertPublished()
+        mavenModule.parsedPom.packaging == 'ejb'
+        mavenModule.assertArtifactsPublished("publishTest-1.9.jar", "publishTest-1.9.pom")
+    }
+
     def "can specify packaging with multiple unclassified artifacts"() {
         given:
         createBuildScripts """
diff --git a/subprojects/maven/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/internal/publisher/AbstractMavenPublisher.java b/subprojects/maven/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/internal/publisher/AbstractMavenPublisher.java
index 05d2e9e02a10..4337e1e68097 100644
--- a/subprojects/maven/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/internal/publisher/AbstractMavenPublisher.java
+++ b/subprojects/maven/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/publish/maven/internal/publisher/AbstractMavenPublisher.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.gradle.api.publish.maven.internal.publisher;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Metadata;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Versioning;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.xpp3.MetadataXpp3Reader;
@@ -41,11 +42,13 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import static org.apache.maven.artifact.ArtifactUtils.isSnapshot;
 
 abstract class AbstractMavenPublisher implements MavenPublisher {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MavenPublisher.class);
+    private static final Set<String> JAR_PACKAGINGS = ImmutableSet.of("jar", "ejb", "bundle", "maven-plugin", "eclipse-plugin");
 
     private static final String POM_FILE_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
     private final Factory<File> temporaryDirFactory;
@@ -76,7 +79,9 @@ protected void publish(MavenNormalizedPublication publication, ExternalResourceR
         }
 
         if (publication.getMainArtifact() != null) {
-            artifactPublisher.publish(null, publication.getPackaging(), publication.getMainArtifact().getFile());
+            String packaging = publication.getPackaging();
+            String extension = packaging == null || JAR_PACKAGINGS.contains(packaging) ? publication.getMainArtifact().getExtension() : packaging;
+            artifactPublisher.publish(null, extension, publication.getMainArtifact().getFile());
         }
         artifactPublisher.publish(null, "pom", publication.getPomArtifact().getFile());
         for (MavenArtifact artifact : publication.getAdditionalArtifacts()) {