diff --git a/project/ValidatePullRequest.scala b/project/ValidatePullRequest.scala
index 32c66c9ba8..cf56fa0e1a 100644
--- a/project/ValidatePullRequest.scala
+++ b/project/ValidatePullRequest.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import scala.util.matching.Regex
 
 object ValidatePullRequest extends AutoPlugin {
 
+  override def trigger = allRequirements
+
+  override def requires = plugins.JvmPlugin
+
   sealed trait BuildMode {
     val Zero = Def.task { () } // when you stare into the void, the void stares back at you
     def task: Def.Initialize[Task[Unit]]
@@ -74,8 +78,6 @@ object ValidatePullRequest extends AutoPlugin {
   // running validation
   val validatePullRequest = taskKey[Unit]("Additional tasks for pull request validation")
 
-  override def trigger = allRequirements
-
   def changedDirectoryIsDependency(changedDirs: Set[String],
                                    target: File,
                                    scalaBinaryVersion: String, version: String,