diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 2b01cfb519..5b56771ae6 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public static Test suite()
// suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0109ReleaseUpdateTest.class );
// suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0108SnapshotUpdateTest.class ); -- MNG-3137
+ suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4469AuthenticatedDeploymentToCustomRepoTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4465PluginPrefixFromLocalCacheOfDownRepoTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4461ArtifactUploadMonitorTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4459InMemorySettingsKeptEncryptedTest.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4469AuthenticatedDeploymentToCustomRepoTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4469AuthenticatedDeploymentToCustomRepoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ca044298c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4469AuthenticatedDeploymentToCustomRepoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+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 javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.Handler;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.Request;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.Server;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.handler.AbstractHandler;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerList;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.security.Constraint;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.security.ConstraintMapping;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.security.HashUserRealm;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for MNG-4469.
+ *
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class MavenITmng4469AuthenticatedDeploymentToCustomRepoTest
+ extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+ private Server server;
+
+ private int port;
+
+ private boolean deployed;
+
+ public MavenITmng4469AuthenticatedDeploymentToCustomRepoTest()
+ {
+ super( "[2.0.3,3.0-alpha-3),[3.0-alpha-6,)" );
+ }
+
+ public void setUp()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ super.setUp();
+
+ Handler repoHandler = new AbstractHandler()
+ {
+ public void handle( String target, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, int dispatch )
+ throws IOException, ServletException
+ {
+ System.out.println( "Handling " + request.getMethod() + " " + request.getRequestURL() );
+
+ if ( "PUT".equalsIgnoreCase( request.getMethod() ) )
+ {
+ response.setStatus( HttpServletResponse.SC_OK );
+ deployed = true;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ response.setStatus( HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND );
+ }
+
+ ( (Request) request ).setHandled( true );
+ }
+ };
+
+ Constraint constraint = new Constraint();
+ constraint.setName( Constraint.__BASIC_AUTH );
+ constraint.setRoles( new String[] { "deployer" } );
+ constraint.setAuthenticate( true );
+
+ ConstraintMapping constraintMapping = new ConstraintMapping();
+ constraintMapping.setConstraint( constraint );
+ constraintMapping.setPathSpec( "/*" );
+
+ HashUserRealm userRealm = new HashUserRealm( "TestRealm" );
+ userRealm.put( "testuser", "testtest" );
+ userRealm.addUserToRole( "testuser", "deployer" );
+
+ SecurityHandler securityHandler = new SecurityHandler();
+ securityHandler.setUserRealm( userRealm );
+ securityHandler.setConstraintMappings( new ConstraintMapping[] { constraintMapping } );
+
+ HandlerList handlerList = new HandlerList();
+ handlerList.addHandler( securityHandler );
+ handlerList.addHandler( repoHandler );
+
+ server = new Server( 0 );
+ server.setHandler( handlerList );
+ server.start();
+
+ port = server.getConnectors()[0].getLocalPort();
+
+ deployed = false;
+ }
+
+ protected void tearDown()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ if ( server != null )
+ {
+ server.stop();
+ server = null;
+ }
+
+ super.tearDown();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Test that deployment to a custom repository (i.e. created by a plugin) that requires authentification works.
+ */
+ public void testit()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-4469" );
+
+ Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+ verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+ verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--settings" );
+ verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
+ verifier.setSystemProperty( "file", "settings.xml" );
+ verifier.setSystemProperty( "groupId", "org.apache.maven.its.mng4469" );
+ verifier.setSystemProperty( "artifactId", "it" );
+ verifier.setSystemProperty( "version", "0.1" );
+ verifier.setSystemProperty( "repositoryId", "mng4469" );
+ verifier.setSystemProperty( "repositoryUrl", "http://localhost:" + port + "/repo" );
+ verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin-artifact:2.1-SNAPSHOT:deploy-file" );
+ verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+ verifier.resetStreams();
+
+ assertTrue( deployed );
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4469/settings.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4469/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1485f2cb94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4469/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ mng4469
+ testuser
+ testtest
+
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/DeployFileMojo.java b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/DeployFileMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b13279ec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-support/core-it-plugins/maven-it-plugin-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/DeployFileMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
+
+/*
+ * 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 org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.deployer.ArtifactDeployer;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.factory.ArtifactFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.ArtifactRepositoryLayout;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoFailureException;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * Deploys a user-supplied file to some repository. This mimics part of the Maven Deploy Plugin.
+ *
+ * @goal deploy-file
+ * @requiresProject false
+ *
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class DeployFileMojo
+ extends AbstractMojo
+{
+
+ /**
+ * The file of the artifact to deploy.
+ *
+ * @parameter expression="${file}"
+ */
+ private File file;
+
+ /**
+ * The group id of the artifact.
+ *
+ * @parameter expression="${groupId}"
+ */
+ private String groupId;
+
+ /**
+ * The artifact id of the artifact.
+ *
+ * @parameter expression="${artifactId}"
+ */
+ private String artifactId;
+
+ /**
+ * The version of the artifact.
+ *
+ * @parameter expression="${version}"
+ */
+ private String version;
+
+ /**
+ * The URL of the repository to deploy to.
+ *
+ * @parameter expression="${repositoryUrl}"
+ */
+ private String repositoryUrl;
+
+ /**
+ * The ID of the repository to deploy to.
+ *
+ * @parameter expression="${repositoryId}"
+ */
+ private String repositoryId;
+
+ /**
+ * The repository factory.
+ *
+ * @component
+ */
+ private ArtifactRepositoryFactory repositoryFactory;
+
+ /**
+ * The repository layout.
+ *
+ * @component roleHint="default"
+ */
+ private ArtifactRepositoryLayout repositoryLayout;
+
+ /**
+ * The artifact factory.
+ *
+ * @component
+ */
+ private ArtifactFactory artifactFactory;
+
+ /**
+ * The artifact deployer.
+ *
+ * @component
+ */
+ private ArtifactDeployer deployer;
+
+ /**
+ * The local repository.
+ *
+ * @parameter default-value="${localRepository}"
+ * @readonly
+ * @required
+ */
+ private ArtifactRepository localRepository;
+
+ /**
+ * Runs this mojo.
+ *
+ * @throws MojoExecutionException If any artifact could not be deployed.
+ */
+ public void execute()
+ throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
+ {
+ getLog().info( "[MAVEN-CORE-IT-LOG] Deploying artifacts" );
+
+ try
+ {
+ ArtifactRepository repository =
+ repositoryFactory.createDeploymentArtifactRepository( repositoryId, repositoryUrl, repositoryLayout,
+ true );
+
+ Artifact artifact = artifactFactory.createArtifact( groupId, artifactId, version, null, "jar" );
+
+ deployer.deploy( file, artifact, repository, localRepository );
+ }
+ catch ( Exception e )
+ {
+ throw new MojoExecutionException( "Failed to deploy artifacts: " + e.getMessage(), e );
+ }
+ }
+
+}