diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0047Test.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0047Test.java
index d571163c51..483d423420 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0047Test.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenIT0047Test.java
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ package org.apache.maven.it;
 
 import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
 import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 public class MavenIT0047Test
     extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
@@ -37,11 +40,18 @@ public class MavenIT0047Test
     {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/it0047" );
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "compile" );
-        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/classes/org/apache/maven/it0047/Person.class" );
+        Properties systemProperties = new Properties();
+        systemProperties.put( "depres.compileClassPath", new File( testDir, "target/compile.txt" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setSystemProperties( systemProperties );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution::compile" );
+        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/compile.txt" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
 
+        List lines = verifier.loadLines( "target/compile.txt", "UTF-8" );
+        String paths = StringUtils.join( lines.iterator(), "\t" ).replace( '\\', '/' );
+        assertTrue( paths.indexOf( "org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/1.0/direct-dep-1.0.jar" ) >= 0 );
+        assertTrue( paths.indexOf( "org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/1.1/transitive-dep-1.1.jar" ) >= 0 );
     }
-}
 
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/pom.xml
index 3a4454261d..15fe36d5db 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,56 @@
+<?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>
-  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0047</name> 
+
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0047</groupId>
   <artifactId>maven-it-it0047</artifactId>
-  <description>Test the use case for having a compile time dependency be transitive: 
-        when you extend a class you need its dependencies at compile time.</description>
   <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: it0047</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test the use case for having a compile time dependency be transitive: 
+    when you extend a class you need its dependencies at compile time.
+  </description>
+
   <dependencies>
+    <!-- should bring in transitive-dep, too -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-alpha-7</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0047</groupId>
+      <artifactId>direct-dep</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+      <releases>
+        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
 </project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/1.0/direct-dep-1.0.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/1.0/direct-dep-1.0.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..486b10b560
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/1.0/direct-dep-1.0.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/1.0/direct-dep-1.0.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/1.0/direct-dep-1.0.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf43590d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/1.0/direct-dep-1.0.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?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.it0047</groupId>
+  <artifactId>direct-dep</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+  
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- compile-scoped dependencies should be transitive for the sake of class inheritance -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0047</groupId>
+      <artifactId>transitive-dep</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/maven-metadata.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d22411fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/direct-dep/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0047</groupId>
+  <artifactId>direct-dep</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081001201944</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/1.1/transitive-dep-1.1.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/1.1/transitive-dep-1.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bac491843
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/1.1/transitive-dep-1.1.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/1.1/transitive-dep-1.1.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/1.1/transitive-dep-1.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24d00acb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/1.1/transitive-dep-1.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?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.it0047</groupId>
+  <artifactId>transitive-dep</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/maven-metadata.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a13c2af771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/repo/org/apache/maven/its/it0047/transitive-dep/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.it0047</groupId>
+  <artifactId>transitive-dep</artifactId>
+  <version>1.1</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <versions>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20081001201930</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0047/Person.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0047/Person.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ce8320bf4d..0000000000
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/it0047/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0047/Person.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.maven.it0047;
-
-import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
-
-public class Person
-    extends PlexusTestCase
-{
-    private String name;
-    
-    public void setName( String name )
-    {
-        this.name = name;
-    }
-    
-    public String getName()
-    {
-        return name;
-    }
-}