diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/builder/PomConstructionTest.java b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/builder/PomConstructionTest.java
index 3d23d7ba40..dc683d17ac 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/builder/PomConstructionTest.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/builder/PomConstructionTest.java
@@ -118,6 +118,24 @@ public class PomConstructionTest
     }
     */
 
+    /* FIXME: cf. MNG-3887
+    public void testOrderOfPluginExecutions()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PomTestWrapper pom = buildPom( "plugin-exec-order" );
+        assertEquals( "ab", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[1]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "aa", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[2]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "ad", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[3]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "ac", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[4]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "ae", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[5]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "bb", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[2]/executions[1]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "ba", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[2]/executions[2]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "bd", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[2]/executions[3]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "bc", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[2]/executions[4]/id" ) );
+        assertEquals( "be", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[2]/executions[5]/id" ) );
+    }
+    */
+
     private PomArtifactResolver artifactResolver( String basedir )
     {
         return new FileBasedPomArtifactResolver( new File( BASE_POM_DIR, basedir ) );
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/plugin-exec-order/pom.xml b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/plugin-exec-order/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f18adaaa19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/plugin-exec-order/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?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.mng3887</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3887</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test that multiple plugin executions bound to the same phase are executed in the order given by the POM.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-b</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <!-- This plugin is not affected by plugin management -->
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-a</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>ab</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>aa</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>ad</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>ac</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>ae</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <!-- This plugin is affected by plugin management -->
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-b</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>bb</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>ba</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>bd</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>bc</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>be</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>