diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext.xtext.generator/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/generator/StandardLanguage.xtend b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext.xtext.generator/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/generator/StandardLanguage.xtend
index 2b0e40e30..4b8accfbd 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext.xtext.generator/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/generator/StandardLanguage.xtend
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.xtext.xtext.generator/src/org/eclipse/xtext/xtext/generator/StandardLanguage.xtend
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ import org.eclipse.xtext.xtext.generator.ui.projectWizard.SimpleProjectWizardFra
 	SimpleProjectWizardFragment2 newProjectWizardForEclipse = new SimpleProjectWizardFragment2
 	
 	new() {
+		addReferencedResource("platform:/resource/org.eclipse.emf.ecore/model/Ecore.genmodel")
 		try {
 			class.classLoader.loadClass("org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.XbaseRuntimeModule")
 			addReferencedResource("platform:/resource/org.eclipse.xtext.xbase/model/Xbase.genmodel")