diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/xml/AbstractXmlMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/xml/AbstractXmlMojo.java
index 31d46aa..50bb7b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/xml/AbstractXmlMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/xml/AbstractXmlMojo.java
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@
  * Abstract base class for the plugins Mojo's.
  */
 public abstract class AbstractXmlMojo extends AbstractMojo {
+
     /**
      * The Maven Project.
      */
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractXmlMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "xml.skip", defaultValue = "false")
     private boolean skip;
 
+    @Parameter(readonly = true, defaultValue = "${plugin.artifacts}")
+    private List<Artifact> pluginDependencies;
+
     /**
      * An XML catalog file, or URL, which is being used to resolve entities.  See
      * <a href="examples/catalog.html">Catalog files</a>.
@@ -80,6 +86,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractXmlMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter
     private String[] catalogs;
 
+    /**
+     * Class loader which wraps resources available to the plugin.
+     */
+    private ClassLoader classLoader;
+
     public enum CatalogHandling {
         /**
          * Unmatched entities are resolved through URI resolution
@@ -138,6 +149,18 @@ protected File asAbsoluteFile(File f) {
         return new File(getBasedir(), f.getPath());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Attempt to convert given uri into a classpath resource.
+     *
+     * Resources are looked up using plugin classpath.
+     *
+     * @param catalog Catalog location.
+     * @return URL of resource or null if not found.
+     */
+    private URL asClasspath(String catalog) {
+        return getClassLoader().getResource(catalog);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the plugins catalog files.
      */
@@ -151,6 +174,11 @@ protected void setCatalogs(List<File> pCatalogFiles, List<URL> pCatalogUrls) thr
                 URL url = new URL(catalogs[i]);
                 pCatalogUrls.add(url);
             } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                URL classpath = asClasspath(catalogs[i]);
+                if (classpath != null) {
+                    pCatalogUrls.add(classpath);
+                    continue;
+                }
                 File absoluteCatalog = asAbsoluteFile(new File(catalogs[i]));
                 if (!absoluteCatalog.exists() || !absoluteCatalog.isFile()) {
                     throw new MojoExecutionException("That catalog does not exist:" + absoluteCatalog.getPath(), e);
@@ -347,4 +375,19 @@ void checkCatalogHandling() throws MojoFailureException {
     protected CatalogHandling getCatalogHandling() {
         return catalogHandling;
     }
+
+    private ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
+        if (classLoader == null) {
+            List<URL> urls = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (Artifact artifact : pluginDependencies) {
+                try {
+                    urls.add(artifact.getFile().toURI().toURL());
+                } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                }
+            }
+            classLoader = new URLClassLoader(urls.toArray(new URL[0]));
+        }
+        return classLoader;
+    }
 }