diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3760BaseUriPropertyTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3760BaseUriPropertyTest.java
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+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for <a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3760">MNG-3760</a>.
+ * 
+ * @author Brett Porter
+ * @version $Id: MavenITmng2605BogusProfileActivationTest.java 734813 2009-01-15 20:41:59Z bentmann $
+ */
+public class MavenITmng3760BaseUriPropertyTest
+    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+    public MavenITmng3760BaseUriPropertyTest()
+    {
+        super( "(2.1.0-M1,3.0-alpha-1),(3.0-alpha-1,)" ); // 2.1.0-M2+, 3.0-alpha-2+
+    }
+
+    public void testitMNG3760()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3760" );
+
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        Properties props = verifier.loadProperties( "target/profile.properties" );
+        // set via project
+        assertEquals( testDir.toURI().toString(), props.getProperty( "project.properties.pomProperty" ) );
+        // check that project prefix is required
+        assertEquals( "${baseUri}", props.getProperty( "project.properties.baseUriProperty" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testitMNG3760SystemPropertyOverride()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3760" );
+
+        // check that setting baseUri doesn't override project value
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        List cliOptions = Collections.singletonList( "-DbaseUri=myBaseUri" );
+        verifier.setCliOptions( cliOptions );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        Properties props = verifier.loadProperties( "target/profile.properties" );
+        // set via project
+        assertEquals( testDir.toURI().toString(), props.getProperty( "project.properties.pomProperty" ) );
+        // check that project prefix is required
+        assertEquals( "myBaseUri", props.getProperty( "project.properties.baseUriProperty" ) );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3760/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3760/pom.xml
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+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3760/pom.xml
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+<?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.mng3760</groupId>
+  <artifactId>child</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3760</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test project.baseUri property.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-expression</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>eval</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputFile>target/profile.properties</outputFile>
+              <expressions>
+                <expression>project/properties</expression>
+              </expressions>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <properties>
+    <pomProperty>${project.baseUri}</pomProperty>
+    <baseUriProperty>${baseUri}</baseUriProperty>
+  </properties>
+</project>