diff --git a/polyglot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/plugin/ExecuteMojo.java b/polyglot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/plugin/ExecuteMojo.java
index 4edc5740..7bbc019a 100644
--- a/polyglot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/plugin/ExecuteMojo.java
+++ b/polyglot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/plugin/ExecuteMojo.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.ResolutionScope;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
 import org.sonatype.maven.polyglot.PolyglotModelManager;
 import org.sonatype.maven.polyglot.execute.ExecuteContext;
 import org.sonatype.maven.polyglot.execute.ExecuteManager;
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ public class ExecuteMojo extends AbstractMojo {
   @Component(role = PolyglotModelManager.class)
   private PolyglotModelManager modelManager;
 
+  @javax.inject.Inject
+  private PlexusContainer container;
+
   @Override
   public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
     Log log = getLog();
@@ -97,6 +101,13 @@ public File getBasedir() {
       public Log getLog() {
         return ExecuteMojo.this.getLog();
       }
+
+      public <T> T lookup(Class<T> clazz) {
+          return container.lookup(clazz);
+      }
+      public Object lookup(String className) {
+          return container.lookup(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(className));
+      }
     };
 
     for (ExecuteTask task : tasks) {
diff --git a/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/DualClassLoader.java b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/DualClassLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a51baa78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/DualClassLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class DualClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
+    
+    // not our real parents, but we try them too
+    List<ClassLoader> fosterParents = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public DualClassLoader(ClassLoader parent) {
+        super("DualClassLoader",parent);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public Class<?> loadClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        for (ClassLoader cl : fosterParents) {
+            try {
+                return cl.loadClass(name);
+            } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+                // ignore
+            }
+        }
+        return getParent().loadClass(name);
+    }
+
+    public void append(ClassLoader additional){
+        fosterParents.add(additional);
+    }
+    
+    //?
+    //protected String findLibrary(String libname) {}
+    
+    @Override
+    protected URL findResource(String name) {
+
+        URL result = null;
+        for (ClassLoader cl : fosterParents) {
+                result = cl.getResource(name);
+                if (result != null)
+                return result;
+        }
+        return getParent().getResource(name);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    protected Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name) throws IOException {
+        List<URL> results = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (ClassLoader cl : fosterParents) {
+                results.addAll(Collections.list(cl.getResources(name)));
+        }
+        return Collections.enumeration(results);
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/RubyParser.java b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/RubyParser.java
index 4a03240c..acfe1b94 100644
--- a/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/RubyParser.java
+++ b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/RubyParser.java
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ public RubyParser( ExecuteManager executeManager ) throws IOException
     {
         this.executeManager = executeManager;
         this.jruby = new IsolatedScriptingContainer();
+        DualClassLoader loader = new DualClassLoader(jruby.getClassLoader())
+        jruby.setClassLoader(loader);
         this.parser = jruby.runScriptlet( PathType.CLASSPATH, "parser.rb" );
-        this.factory = new RubyExecuteTaskFactory( jruby );
+        this.factory = new RubyExecuteTaskFactory( jruby, loader );
     }
 
     // synchronize it since it is not clear how threadsafe everything is
diff --git a/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/execute/RubyExecuteTask.java b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/execute/RubyExecuteTask.java
index ae0452ba..59875b88 100644
--- a/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/execute/RubyExecuteTask.java
+++ b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/execute/RubyExecuteTask.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class RubyExecuteTask extends ExecuteTaskSupport {
     private ScriptingContainer jruby;
     private Object script;
 
-    public RubyExecuteTask(ScriptingContainer jruby) {
+    public RubyExecuteTask(ScriptingContainer jruby, DualClassLoader loader) {
         this.jruby = jruby;
     }
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public void setScript(Object script) {
     }
 
     public void execute(final ExecuteContext context) throws Exception {
+        loader.append(jruby.getProvider().getRubyInstanceConfig().getCurrentThreadClassLoader())
         jruby.callMethod(script, "call", context);
     }
 
diff --git a/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/execute/RubyExecuteTaskFactory.java b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/execute/RubyExecuteTaskFactory.java
index 8b504f9d..8243bec5 100644
--- a/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/execute/RubyExecuteTaskFactory.java
+++ b/polyglot-ruby/src/main/java/org/sonatype/maven/polyglot/ruby/execute/RubyExecuteTaskFactory.java
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ public class RubyExecuteTaskFactory {
     private ScriptingContainer jruby;
     private List<ExecuteTask> tasks = new LinkedList<ExecuteTask>();
 
-    public RubyExecuteTaskFactory( ScriptingContainer jruby ) {
+    public RubyExecuteTaskFactory( ScriptingContainer jruby, DualClassLoader loader ) {
         this.jruby = jruby;
     }
 
     public void addExecuteTask( String id, String phase, String profileId, Object script ){
-        RubyExecuteTask task = new RubyExecuteTask( jruby );
+        RubyExecuteTask task = new RubyExecuteTask( jruby, loader );
         task.setId( id );
         task.setPhase( phase );
         task.setProfileId( profileId );