diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0091/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0091/pom.xml
index 79bf28ded7..bd12a94e14 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0091/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0091/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,17 @@
     <resources>
       <resource>
         <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-        <filtering>${filter.resources}</filtering>
+        <filtering>true</filtering>
+        <!--
+        <filtering>${filtering.resources}</filtering>
+        -->
+      </resource>    
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</directory>
+        <filtering>true</filtering>
+        <includes>
+          <include>**/*.properties</include>
+        </includes>
       </resource>
     </resources>
   </build>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0091/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0091/PomInterpolationTest.java b/maven-core-it/it0091/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0091/PomInterpolationTest.java
index 886d04da27..d97975017d 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0091/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0091/PomInterpolationTest.java
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0091/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0091/PomInterpolationTest.java
@@ -32,4 +32,20 @@ public class PomInterpolationTest
 
         assertEquals( testProperties.getProperty( "name" ), "jason" );
     }
+    
+    public void testInterpolatedProjectSourceDirectory()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        Properties testProperties = new Properties();
+
+        File testPropertiesFile = new File( basedir, "target/classes/source.properties" );
+
+        assertTrue( testPropertiesFile.exists() );
+
+        testProperties.load( new FileInputStream( testPropertiesFile ) );
+
+        File projectBuildDirectory = new File( basedir, "target" );
+
+        assertEquals( testProperties.getProperty( "name" ), "jason" );
+    }    
 }