diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategy.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategy.java
index aace0b6..e869f19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategy.java
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ public ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategy(
     public Location resolve(String locationSpecification, MessageHolder messageHolder) {
         ClassLoader cloader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
-        URL resource = cloader.getResource(locationSpecification);
+        URL resource = cloader != null
+                ? cloader.getResource(locationSpecification)
+                : ClassLoader.getSystemResource(locationSpecification);
 
         Location location = null;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategyTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategyTest.java
index fd18b0b..6dff039 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/io/location/ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategyTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ void shouldFailToResolveMissingClasspathResource() {
         assertEquals(1, mh.size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldResolveWithSystemClassLoaderWhenContextClassLoaderIsNull() {
+        Thread thread = Thread.currentThread();
+        ClassLoader contextClassLoader = thread.getContextClassLoader();
+        MessageHolder messageHolder = new DefaultMessageHolder();
+
+        try {
+            thread.setContextClassLoader(null);
+            Location location =
+                    new ClasspathResourceLocatorStrategy().resolve("META-INF/maven/test.properties", messageHolder);
+
+            assertNotNull(location);
+            assertEquals(0, messageHolder.size());
+        } finally {
+            thread.setContextClassLoader(contextClassLoader);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void shouldResolveExistingClasspathResourceWithoutPrecedingSlash() {
         MessageHolder mh = new DefaultMessageHolder();