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 062917606d..3e5fc7bf6f 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
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ public class IntegrationTestSuite
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng0282NonReactorExecWhenProjectIndependentTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng0249ResolveDepsFromReactorTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng0095ReactorFailureBehaviorTest.class );
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0144LifecycleExecutionOrderTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0143TransitiveDependencyScopesTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0142DirectDependencyScopesTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenIT0140Test.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0144LifecycleExecutionOrderTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0144LifecycleExecutionOrderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a217940162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0144LifecycleExecutionOrderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+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 org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ * @version $Id$
+ */
+public class MavenIT0144LifecycleExecutionOrderTest
+    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+    public MavenIT0144LifecycleExecutionOrderTest()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test that the lifecycle phases execute in proper order.
+     */
+    public void testit0144()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0144" );
+
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.executeGoals( Arrays.asList( new String[] { "post-clean", "deploy", "site-deploy" } ) );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        List expected = new ArrayList();
+
+        expected.add( "pre-clean" );
+        expected.add( "clean" );
+        expected.add( "post-clean" );
+
+        expected.add( "validate" );
+        expected.add( "initialize" );
+        expected.add( "generate-sources" );
+        expected.add( "process-sources" );
+        expected.add( "generate-resources" );
+        expected.add( "process-resources" );
+        expected.add( "compile" );
+        expected.add( "process-classes" );
+        expected.add( "generate-test-sources" );
+        expected.add( "process-test-sources" );
+        expected.add( "generate-test-resources" );
+        expected.add( "process-test-resources" );
+        expected.add( "test-compile" );
+        expected.add( "process-test-classes" );
+        expected.add( "test" );
+        expected.add( "package" );
+        expected.add( "pre-integration-test" );
+        expected.add( "integration-test" );
+        expected.add( "post-integration-test" );
+        expected.add( "verify" );
+        expected.add( "install" );
+        expected.add( "deploy" );
+
+        expected.add( "pre-site" );
+        expected.add( "site" );
+        expected.add( "post-site" );
+        expected.add( "site-deploy" );
+
+        List phases = verifier.loadLines( "target/phases.log", "UTF-8" );
+        assertEquals( expected, phases );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0144/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0144/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..541e75db4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0144/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,401 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0144</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0144</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test that the lifecycle phases execute in proper order.
+  </description>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-log-file</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <!-- default lifecycle -->
+          <execution>
+            <id>validate</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>validate</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>initialize</id>
+            <phase>initialize</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>initialize</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-sources</id>
+            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>generate-sources</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-sources</id>
+            <phase>process-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>process-sources</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-resources</id>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>generate-resources</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-resources</id>
+            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>process-resources</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>compile</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-classes</id>
+            <phase>process-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>process-classes</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-test-sources</id>
+            <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>generate-test-sources</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-test-sources</id>
+            <phase>process-test-sources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>process-test-sources</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>generate-test-resources</id>
+            <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>generate-test-resources</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-test-resources</id>
+            <phase>process-test-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>process-test-resources</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test-compile</id>
+            <phase>test-compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>test-compile</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>process-test-classes</id>
+            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>process-test-classes</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>test</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>package</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>package</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>pre-integration-test</id>
+            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>pre-integration-test</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>integration-test</id>
+            <phase>integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>integration-test</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>post-integration-test</id>
+            <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>post-integration-test</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>verify</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>verify</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>install</id>
+            <phase>install</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>install</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>deploy</id>
+            <phase>deploy</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>deploy</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <!-- clean lifecycle -->
+          <execution>
+            <id>pre-clean</id>
+            <phase>pre-clean</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>pre-clean</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>clean</id>
+            <phase>clean</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>clean</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>post-clean</id>
+            <phase>post-clean</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>post-clean</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <!-- site lifecycle -->
+          <execution>
+            <id>pre-site</id>
+            <phase>pre-site</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>pre-site</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>site</id>
+            <phase>site</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>site</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>post-site</id>
+            <phase>post-site</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>post-site</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>site-deploy</id>
+            <phase>site-deploy</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>log-string</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <logFile>target/phases.log</logFile>
+              <string>site-deploy</string>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- NOTE: Be sure to use stub plugins here to avoid interferences from the production plugins. -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.1-stub-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>