diff --git a/m2-bootstrap-all.bat b/m2-bootstrap-all.bat
index 22d23a1e5a..1f05ec68c1 100644
--- a/m2-bootstrap-all.bat
+++ b/m2-bootstrap-all.bat
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ cd ..
 
 %MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS% -jar mboot.jar
 
+echo Running integration tests
+cd maven-core-it
+call maven-core-it
+cd ..
+
 :end
 @REM set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" goto endNT
diff --git a/maven-core-it/maven-core-it.bat b/maven-core-it/maven-core-it.bat
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..34ab25864c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/maven-core-it.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+@REM 
+@REM Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@REM you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@REM You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM 
+@REM      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM 
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@REM distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@REM WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@REM See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@REM limitations under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM 
+
+@ECHO OFF
+@REM This process assumes that maven-core-it-verifier has been built.
+@REM NOTE: for simplicity, only Windows NT/2000/XP is current supported
+@REM This also assumes that M2_HOME and JAVA_HOME are set, which are verified in the bootstrap script only
+
+%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe %* -Dmaven.home=%M2_HOME% -cp "..\maven-core-it-verifier\target\maven-core-it-verifier-1.0.jar" org.apache.maven.it.Verifier
+