diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 364a743a8a..9942f7efa9 100644
--- a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ MavenITmng3415JunkRepositoryMetadataTest
MavenITmng3645POMSyntaxErrorTest
*/
+ suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3747PrefixedPathExpressionTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3746POMPropertyOverrideTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3743ForkWithPluginManagementTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3740SelfReferentialReactorProjectsTest.class );
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3747PrefixedPathExpressionTest.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3747PrefixedPathExpressionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90bd752800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/integrationtests/MavenITmng3747PrefixedPathExpressionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.maven.integrationtests;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.InvalidVersionSpecificationException;
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for MNG-3747.
+ *
+ * @todo Fill in a better description of what this test verifies!
+ *
+ * @author Brian Fox
+ * @author jdcasey
+ *
+ */
+public class MavenITmng3747PrefixedPathExpressionTest
+ extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+ public MavenITmng3747PrefixedPathExpressionTest()
+ throws InvalidVersionSpecificationException
+ {
+ super( "(2.0.8,)" ); // only test in 2.0.9+
+ }
+
+ public void testitMNG3747 ()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression" );
+ File pluginDir = new File( testDir, "maven-mng3747-plugin" );
+ File projectDir = new File( testDir, "project" );
+
+ Verifier verifier;
+
+ verifier = new Verifier( pluginDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+ verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
+ verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+ verifier.resetStreams();
+
+ verifier = new Verifier( projectDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+ verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+ verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+ verifier.resetStreams();
+
+ }
+}
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/maven-mng3747-plugin/pom.xml b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/maven-mng3747-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1ffde9c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/maven-mng3747-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+ 4.0.0
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng3747
+ maven-mng3747-plugin
+ maven-plugin
+ maven-mng3747-plugin Maven Mojo
+ 1
+ http://maven.apache.org
+
+
+ org.apache.maven
+ maven-plugin-api
+ 2.0
+
+
+
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diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/maven-mng3747-plugin/src/main/java/jar/MyMojo.java b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/maven-mng3747-plugin/src/main/java/jar/MyMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e15eb4c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/maven-mng3747-plugin/src/main/java/jar/MyMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package jar;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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 org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+
+/**
+ * @goal test
+ */
+public class MyMojo
+ extends AbstractMojo
+{
+ /**
+ * Location of the file.
+ * @parameter default-value="${project.build.directory}"
+ * @readonly
+ */
+ private File buildDirectory;
+
+ /**
+ * @parameter
+ * @required
+ */
+ private String config;
+
+ public void execute()
+ throws MojoExecutionException
+ {
+ if ( !buildDirectory.isAbsolute() )
+ {
+ throw new MojoExecutionException( "The expression 'project.build.directory' didn't render an absolute path when injected from a plugin parameter default value." );
+ }
+
+ if ( config.indexOf( buildDirectory.getAbsolutePath() ) < 0 )
+ {
+ throw new MojoExecutionException( "The expression 'project.build.directory' didn't render an absolute path when used inside a plugin configuration of type String." );
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/project/pom.xml b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/project/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..489d1aebbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/project/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng3747
+ project
+ 1
+ pom
+
+
+ relative
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng3747
+ maven-mng3747-plugin
+ 1
+
+
+ test
+ validate
+
+ test
+
+
+ path is: ${project.build.directory}/somepath
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/readme.txt b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..978b4748b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/mng-3747-prefixedPathExpression/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fill this in with a description of the scenario this test attempts to check. Also include instructions for running the test manually from the command line.
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