diff --git a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/osgi/DefaultMaven2OsgiConverter.java b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/osgi/DefaultMaven2OsgiConverter.java
index a622d78..3bbe15a 100644
--- a/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/osgi/DefaultMaven2OsgiConverter.java
+++ b/bundleplugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/osgi/DefaultMaven2OsgiConverter.java
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
      * org.apache.maven:maven -> org.apache.maven</li>
      * <li>if artifactId starts with last section of groupId that portion is removed. eg.
      * org.apache.maven:maven-core -> org.apache.maven.core</li>
+     * <li>if artifactId starts with groupId then the artifactId is removed. eg.
+     * org.apache:org.apache.maven.core -> org.apache.maven.core</li>
      * </ul>
      */
     public String getBundleSymbolicName( Artifact artifact )
@@ -128,6 +130,11 @@
         {
             return artifact.getGroupId();
         }
+        if ( artifact.getArtifactId().equals( artifact.getGroupId() )
+            || artifact.getArtifactId().startsWith( artifact.getGroupId() + "." ) )
+        {
+            return artifact.getArtifactId();
+        }
         if ( artifact.getArtifactId().startsWith( lastSection ) )
         {
             String artifactId = artifact.getArtifactId().substring( lastSection.length() );
diff --git a/bundleplugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/osgi/Maven2OsgiConverterTest.java b/bundleplugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/osgi/Maven2OsgiConverterTest.java
index 3670a6f..340d9a8 100644
--- a/bundleplugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/osgi/Maven2OsgiConverterTest.java
+++ b/bundleplugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/osgi/Maven2OsgiConverterTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
         s = maven2Osgi.getBundleSymbolicName( artifact );
         assertEquals( "org.apache.commons.commons-logging", s );
 
+        artifact.setGroupId( "org.apache" );
+        artifact.setArtifactId( "org.apache.commons-logging" );
+        s = maven2Osgi.getBundleSymbolicName( artifact );
+        assertEquals( "org.apache.commons-logging", s );
+
         artifact.setFile( getTestFile( "junit-3.8.2.jar" ) );
         artifact.setGroupId( "junit" );
         artifact.setArtifactId( "junit" );