 <p>I solved this problem by using an activation profile :- </p> <pre><code>&lt;profiles&gt; &lt;profile&gt; &lt;id&gt;ptest&lt;/id&gt; &lt;activation&gt; &lt;property&gt; &lt;name&gt;ptest&lt;/name&gt; &lt;/property&gt; &lt;/activation&gt; &lt;build&gt; &lt;resources&gt; &lt;resource&gt; &lt;directory&gt;src/jmeter&lt;/directory&gt; &lt;/resource&gt; &lt;/resources&gt; &lt;plugins&gt; &lt;plugin&gt; &lt;groupId&gt;com.lazerycode.jmeter&lt;/groupId&gt; &lt;artifactId&gt;jmeter-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt; &lt;version&gt;1.4.1&lt;/version&gt; &lt;executions&gt; &lt;execution&gt; &lt;id&gt;jmeter-tests&lt;/id&gt; &lt;phase&gt;verify&lt;/phase&gt; &lt;goals&gt; &lt;goal&gt;jmeter&lt;/goal&gt; &lt;/goals&gt; &lt;/execution&gt; &lt;/executions&gt; &lt;configuration&gt; &lt;useOldTestEndDetection&gt;true&lt;/useOldTestEndDetection&gt; &lt;/configuration&gt; &lt;/plugin&gt; &lt;/plugins&gt; &lt;/build&gt; &lt;/profile&gt; &lt;/profiles&gt; </code></pre> <p>Using this approach you can install once, not using the profile, and then run subsequently with the profile turned on. </p>