diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java
index 41fc90140b..bc6c6454ad 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/eclipse/EclipsePluginTest.java
@@ -78,6 +78,19 @@ public class EclipsePluginTest
         testProject( "project-6", null );
     }
 
+    public void testProject7()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        testProject( "project-7", null );
+    }
+
+    // @todo testcase for MNG-1324 "System" dependencies path non correctly added to eclipse buildpath
+    //    public void testProject8()
+    //        throws Exception
+    //    {
+    //        testProject( "project-8", null );
+    //    }
+
     private void testProject( String projectName, File outputDir )
         throws Exception
     {
@@ -90,13 +103,14 @@ public class EclipsePluginTest
         File repo = getTestFile( "src/test/repository" );
 
         ArtifactRepositoryLayout localRepositoryLayout = (ArtifactRepositoryLayout) lookup(
-            ArtifactRepositoryLayout.ROLE, "legacy" );
+                                                                                            ArtifactRepositoryLayout.ROLE,
+                                                                                            "legacy" );
 
-        ArtifactRepository localRepository = new DefaultArtifactRepository( "local", "file://" + repo.getAbsolutePath(),
+        ArtifactRepository localRepository = new DefaultArtifactRepository( "local",
+                                                                            "file://" + repo.getAbsolutePath(),
                                                                             localRepositoryLayout );
 
-        MavenProject project = builder
-            .buildWithDependencies( new File( basedir, "project.xml" ), localRepository, null );
+        MavenProject project = builder.buildWithDependencies( new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ), localRepository, null );
 
         File projectOutputDir = basedir;
 
@@ -150,14 +164,14 @@ public class EclipsePluginTest
 
         plugin.execute();
 
-        assertFileEquals( localRepository.getBasedir(), new File( basedir, "project" ),
-                          new File( projectOutputDir, ".project" ) );
+        assertFileEquals( localRepository.getBasedir(), new File( basedir, "project" ), new File( projectOutputDir,
+                                                                                                  ".project" ) );
 
-        assertFileEquals( localRepository.getBasedir(), new File( basedir, "classpath" ),
-                          new File( projectOutputDir, ".classpath" ) );
+        assertFileEquals( localRepository.getBasedir(), new File( basedir, "classpath" ), new File( projectOutputDir,
+                                                                                                    ".classpath" ) );
 
-        assertFileEquals( localRepository.getBasedir(), new File( basedir, "wtpmodules" ),
-                          new File( projectOutputDir, ".wtpmodules" ) );
+        assertFileEquals( localRepository.getBasedir(), new File( basedir, "wtpmodules" ), new File( projectOutputDir,
+                                                                                                     ".wtpmodules" ) );
 
         if ( new File( basedir, "settings" ).exists() )
         {
@@ -184,8 +198,8 @@ public class EclipsePluginTest
 
             if ( actualLines.size() <= i )
             {
-                fail( "Too few lines in the actual file. Was " + actualLines.size() + ", expected: " +
-                    expectedLines.size() );
+                fail( "Too few lines in the actual file. Was " + actualLines.size() + ", expected: "
+                    + expectedLines.size() );
             }
 
             String actual = actualLines.get( i ).toString();
@@ -213,8 +227,7 @@ public class EclipsePluginTest
 
         while ( ( line = reader.readLine() ) != null )
         {
-            lines.add(
-                line );//StringUtils.replace( line, "#ArtifactRepositoryPath#", mavenRepo.replace( '\\', '/' ) ) );
+            lines.add( line );//StringUtils.replace( line, "#ArtifactRepositoryPath#", mavenRepo.replace( '\\', '/' ) ) );
         }
 
         return lines;
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-1/project.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-1/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-1/project.xml
rename to maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-1/pom.xml
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-2/project.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-2/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-2/project.xml
rename to maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-2/pom.xml
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-3/project.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-3/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-3/project.xml
rename to maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-3/pom.xml
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project.xml
rename to maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/pom.xml
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project
index 86dec68c03..94dc9cef05 100644
--- a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-4/project
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
   </natures>
   <linkedResources>
     <link>
-      <name>project.xml</name>
+      <name>pom.xml</name>
       <type>1</type>
-      <location>${basedir}/src/test/projects/project-4/project.xml</location>
+      <location>${basedir}/src/test/projects/project-4/pom.xml</location>
     </link>
     <link>
       <name>src-main-java</name>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-5/project.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-5/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-5/project.xml
rename to maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-5/pom.xml
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-6/project.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-6/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-6/project.xml
rename to maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-6/pom.xml
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/classpath b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fe230b59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<classpath>
+  <classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="var" path="M2_REPO/maven/jars/maven-core-98.0-tests.jar" sourcepath="M2_REPO/maven/java-sources/maven-core-98.0-sources.jar"/>
+  <classpathentry kind="var" path="M2_REPO/maven/jars/maven-core-98.0.jar" sourcepath="M2_REPO/maven/java-sources/maven-core-98.0-sources.jar"/>
+</classpath>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/pom.xml b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82f70dd025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <packaging>war</packaging>
+  <groupId>eclipse</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-7</artifactId>
+  <version>99.0</version>
+  <name>Maven</name>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>98.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <classifier>tests</classifier>
+      <version>98.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/project b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebbbc82d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/project
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<projectDescription>
+  <name>maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-7</name>
+  <comment/>
+  <projects/>
+  <buildSpec>
+    <buildCommand>
+      <name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+      <arguments/>
+    </buildCommand>
+  </buildSpec>
+  <natures>
+    <nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+  </natures>
+</projectDescription>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/wtpmodules b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/wtpmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c3526c6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/projects/project-7/wtpmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<project-modules id="moduleCoreId">
+  <wb-module deploy-name="maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-7">
+    <module-type module-type-id="jst.web">
+      <version>2.4</version>
+      <property name="context-root" value="maven-eclipse-plugin-test-project-7"/>
+    </module-type>
+    <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp"/>
+    <dependent-module deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/classpath/var/M2_REPO/maven/jars/maven-core-98.0-tests.jar">
+      <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+    </dependent-module>
+    <dependent-module deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/classpath/var/M2_REPO/maven/jars/maven-core-98.0.jar">
+      <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
+    </dependent-module>
+  </wb-module>
+</project-modules>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/repository/maven/jars/maven-core-98.0-tests.jar b/maven-plugins/maven-eclipse-plugin/src/test/repository/maven/jars/maven-core-98.0-tests.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2