diff --git a/daemon/src/main/java/org/mvndaemon/mvnd/daemon/Server.java b/daemon/src/main/java/org/mvndaemon/mvnd/daemon/Server.java
index f140b3730..3281f28b8 100644
--- a/daemon/src/main/java/org/mvndaemon/mvnd/daemon/Server.java
+++ b/daemon/src/main/java/org/mvndaemon/mvnd/daemon/Server.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.maven.cli.DaemonMavenCli;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.mvndaemon.mvnd.builder.SmartBuilder;
 import org.mvndaemon.mvnd.common.DaemonConnection;
 import org.mvndaemon.mvnd.common.DaemonException;
@@ -651,10 +652,22 @@ public void fail(Throwable t) throws Exception {
 
         @Override
         protected void onStartSession(MavenSession session) {
-            queue.add(new BuildStarted(session.getCurrentProject().getName(), session.getProjects().size(),
+            queue.add(new BuildStarted(getCurrentProject(session).getName(), session.getProjects().size(),
                     session.getRequest().getDegreeOfConcurrency()));
         }
 
+        private MavenProject getCurrentProject(MavenSession mavenSession) {
+            // MavenSession.getCurrentProject() does not return the correct value in some cases
+            String executionRootDirectory = mavenSession.getExecutionRootDirectory();
+            if (executionRootDirectory == null) {
+                return mavenSession.getCurrentProject();
+            }
+            return mavenSession.getProjects().stream()
+                    .filter(p -> (p.getFile() != null && executionRootDirectory.equals(p.getFile().getParent())))
+                    .findFirst()
+                    .orElse(mavenSession.getCurrentProject());
+        }
+
         @Override
         protected void onStartProject(String projectId, String display) {
             queue.add(Message.projectStarted(projectId, display));