diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84a9dc290..3e2edac04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,34 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="MACROMAN"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
   <groupId>org.openhab</groupId>
   <artifactId>docs</artifactId>
   <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <name>openHAB Documentation</name>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>openHAB Documentation</name>
+
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tidy-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>validate-tidy-pom</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.0.0</version>