diff --git a/maven-core-it/README.txt b/maven-core-it/README.txt
index ecab116d6a..ed4a92436e 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/README.txt
+++ b/maven-core-it/README.txt
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ it0066: Test that nonstandard POM files will be installed correctly.
 
 it0067: Test activation of a profile from the command line.
 
+it0070: Test a RAR generation.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - generated sources
diff --git a/maven-core-it/integration-tests.txt b/maven-core-it/integration-tests.txt
index 26a626db23..63d90e5824 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/integration-tests.txt
+++ b/maven-core-it/integration-tests.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+it0070
 it0067
 it0066
 it0065
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0070/expected-results.txt b/maven-core-it/it0070/expected-results.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c39e890756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0070/expected-results.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+target/maven-core-it0070-1.0.rar
+target/maven-core-it0070-1.0.rar!/META-INF/ra.xml
+target/maven-core-it0070-1.0.rar!/SomeResource.txt
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0070/goals.txt b/maven-core-it/it0070/goals.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9900519452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0070/goals.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0070/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0070/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de9ccc57a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0070/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<model>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-core-it0070</artifactId>
+  <packaging>rar</packaging>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-rar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+            <includeJar>false</includeJar>
+            <raXmlFile>src/main/custom/ra.xml</raXmlFile>            
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</model>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0070/src/main/custom/ra.xml b/maven-core-it/it0070/src/main/custom/ra.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc34128038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0070/src/main/custom/ra.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<connector>
+  <fake-content></fake-content>
+</connector>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0070/src/main/rar/SomeResource.txt b/maven-core-it/it0070/src/main/rar/SomeResource.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2