4.0.0 target/generated-sources net.sf.ehcache.x-platform x-platform-parent 1.0.2 thrift-java This module will generate the classes according to the ../thrift-idl configuration On Mac OS X, use brew and type : brew install thrift ; to install the thrift compiler Then replace the thrift.exec property with something like : /usr/local/Cellar/thrift/0.9.0/bin/thrift org.codehaus.mojo build-helper-maven-plugin 1.7 add-thrift-source generate-sources add-source ${thrift.gen.source} maven-antrun-plugin generate-sources generate-sources run org.apache.thrift libthrift ${thrift.lib.version} org.slf4j slf4j-jdk14 1.7.1 junit junit ${junit.version} test com.softwareag.nirvana nClient ${nirvana.maven.version} com.softwareag.nirvana nServer ${nirvana.maven.version}