You must activate the compiler mojo option compileReport
<project> [...] <build> <plugins> [...] <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.8.1</version> <configuration> <compileReport>true</compileReport> </configuration> </plugin> [...] </plugins> </build> [...] <reporting> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> <artifactId>gwt-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.8.1</version> <reportSets> <reportSet> <reports> <report>compile-report</report> </reports> </reportSet> </reportSets> </plugin> </plugins> </reporting> </project>