diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/ProcessAotMojo.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/ProcessAotMojo.java
index 44cd248c4a3..9f75cf1e5a3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/ProcessAotMojo.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/ProcessAotMojo.java
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ public class ProcessAotMojo extends AbstractAotMojo {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void executeAot() throws Exception {
+		if (this.project.getPackaging().equals("pom")) {
+			getLog().debug("process-aot goal could not be applied to pom project.");
+			return;
+		}
 		String applicationClass = (this.mainClass != null) ? this.mainClass
 				: SpringBootApplicationClassFinder.findSingleClass(this.classesDirectory);
 		URL[] classPath = getClassPath();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/ProcessTestAotMojo.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/ProcessTestAotMojo.java
index ea888c59923..a1b93ac3c25 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/ProcessTestAotMojo.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/ProcessTestAotMojo.java
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ public class ProcessTestAotMojo extends AbstractAotMojo {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void executeAot() throws Exception {
+		if (this.project.getPackaging().equals("pom")) {
+			getLog().debug("process-test-aot goal could not be applied to pom project.");
+			return;
+		}
 		if (Boolean.getBoolean("skipTests") || Boolean.getBoolean("maven.test.skip")) {
 			getLog().info("Skipping AOT test processing since tests are skipped");
 			return;