diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0097/expected-results.txt b/maven-core-it/it0097/expected-results.txt
index c57493b90d..48c56c2f1f 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0097/expected-results.txt
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0097/expected-results.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 project/project-level2/project-level3/target/it0097.txt
+project/project-sibling-level2/target/it0097.txt
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0097/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0097/pom.xml
index d0acdbbdc8..3a841acd21 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0097/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0097/pom.xml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
   <modules>
     <module>plugin</module>
     <module>project/project-level2/project-level3</module>
+    <module>project/relative-project-level2/relative-project-level3/</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-level2/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-level2/pom.xml
index 5e5f4ef49d..d795bb7151 100644
--- a/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-level2/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-level2/pom.xml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <modules>
     <module>project-level3</module>
+    <module>../project-sibling-level2</module>
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05f13ee5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<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">
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.it0097</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-it0097-project-level2</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+    <relativePath>../project-level2</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>maven-it0097-project-sibling-level2</artifactId>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/src/main/java/com/stchome/mavenTest/App.java b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/src/main/java/com/stchome/mavenTest/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e6d8e31a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/src/main/java/com/stchome/mavenTest/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.stchome.mavenTest;
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/src/test/java/com/stchome/mavenTest/AppTest.java b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/src/test/java/com/stchome/mavenTest/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efb5aaa5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/project-sibling-level2/src/test/java/com/stchome/mavenTest/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.stchome.mavenTest;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppTest( String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0097/project/relative-project-level2/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/relative-project-level2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6047ddf32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/relative-project-level2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<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>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.it0097</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-it0097-project-level1</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-it0097-relative-project-level2</artifactId>
+
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <modules>
+    <module>relative-project-level3</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-core-it/it0097/project/relative-project-level2/relative-project-level3/pom.xml b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/relative-project-level2/relative-project-level3/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d89e87df55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-it/it0097/project/relative-project-level2/relative-project-level3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<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>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.it0097</groupId>
+    <artifactId>maven-it0097-relative-project-level2</artifactId>
+    <version>1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>maven-it0097-relative-project-level3</artifactId>
+
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <modules>
+    <module>../../project-sibling-level2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>