diff --git a/maven-core-it/README.txt b/maven-core-it/README.txt
index b8525e729a..49632216a2 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/README.txt
+++ b/maven-core-it/README.txt
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ it0051: Test source attachment when -DperformRelease=true is specified.
 it0052: Test that source attachment doesn't take place when
         -DperformRelease=true is missing.
 
+it0053: Test that attached artifacts have the same buildnumber and timestamp
+        as the main artifact. This will not correctly verify until we have
+        some way to pattern-match the buildnumber/timestamp...
+
+it0054: Test that locally defined repositories override those from the super
+        POM. This is from MNG-479.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - generated sources
diff --git a/maven-core-it/integration-tests.txt b/maven-core-it/integration-tests.txt
index 6db25e4b83..7d02b2b2f8 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/integration-tests.txt
+++ b/maven-core-it/integration-tests.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+it0054
 it0052
 it0051
 it0050
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0054/goals.txt b/maven-core-it/it0054/goals.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9daeafb986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0054/goals.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0054/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0054/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66c73368ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0054/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-it1011</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>central-plugins</id>
+      <name>Empty Repository</name>
+      <url>file:/tmp/emptyRepo</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<version>3.8.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-projecthelp-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>generate-test-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>effective-pom</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <output>target/effective-pom.xml</output>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0054/src/test/java/Test.java b/maven-core-it/it0054/src/test/java/Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e8c54566e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0054/src/test/java/Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class Test extends TestCase
+{
+    public void testPOM() throws Exception
+    {
+        
+        BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream( new FileInputStream("target/effective-pom.xml") );
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        int rd = 0;
+        byte [] buffer = new byte[512];
+
+        while ( ( rd = in.read( buffer ) ) > 0 )
+        {
+            out.write( buffer, 0, rd );
+        }
+
+        assertEquals( -1, out.toString().indexOf("repo1.maven.org/maven2/plugins") );
+    }
+}