diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng5659ProjectSettingsTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng5659ProjectSettingsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bca7aab81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng5659ProjectSettingsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.shared.verifier.VerificationException;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.verifier.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.shared.verifier.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class MavenITmng5659ProjectSettingsTest extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase {
+
+ public MavenITmng5659ProjectSettingsTest() {
+ super("[4.0.0-alpha-6,)");
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void testProjectSettings() throws IOException, VerificationException {
+ File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(), "/mng-5659-project-settings");
+ Verifier verifier = newVerifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
+
+ verifier.addCliArgument("validate");
+ verifier.execute();
+ verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+
+ Properties props;
+
+ verifier.verifyFilePresent("target/pom.properties");
+ props = verifier.loadProperties("target/pom.properties");
+ assertEquals(
+ "project.properties.activated",
+ Boolean.TRUE.toString(),
+ props.getProperty("project.properties.activated"));
+ }
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/.mvn/settings.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/.mvn/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32cd8aa60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/.mvn/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ settings-active-default
+
+ true
+
+
+ true
+
+
+
+ git-local
+ file://${session.rootDirectory}/repository
+
+ ignore
+
+
+
+
+
+
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diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/child/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/child/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d34fa2b4e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/child/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ mng5659
+ project
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+ child
+ jar
+
+
+
+ foo
+ bar
+ 1.0
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89da7e242c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ mng5659
+ project
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+ pom
+
+
+ child
+
+
+
+ false
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.plugins
+ maven-it-plugin-expression
+ 2.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+
+ eval
+
+ validate
+
+ target/pom.properties
+
+ project/properties
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/repository/foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/repository/foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..214c630b38
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/repository/foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/repository/foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/repository/foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c10179d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5659-project-settings/repository/foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+ foo
+ bar
+ 1.0
+ jar
+
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