diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
index a2df5b8b36..7ac0b78e8b 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/PomConstructionTest.java
@@ -1170,6 +1170,16 @@ private void testCompleteModel( PomTestWrapper pom )
         assertEquals( "run", pom.getValue( "reporting/plugins[1]/reportSets[1]/reports[1]" ) );
     }
 
+    /* FIXME: MNG-2309
+    public void testProfileInjectionOrder()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PomTestWrapper pom =
+            buildPomFromMavenProject( "profile-injection-order", "pom-a", "pom-b", "pom-e", "pom-c", "pom-d" );
+        assertEquals( "e", pom.getValue( "properties[1]/pomProperty" ) );
+    }
+    //*/
+
 
     private void assertPathSuffixEquals( String expected, Object actual )
     {
@@ -1194,7 +1204,7 @@ private PomTestWrapper buildPom( String pomPath )
         return new PomTestWrapper( pomFile, mavenProjectBuilder.buildModel( pomFile, null, null, null ) );
     }
 
-    private PomTestWrapper buildPomFromMavenProject( String pomPath, String profileId )
+    private PomTestWrapper buildPomFromMavenProject( String pomPath, String... profileIds )
         throws IOException
     {
         File pomFile = new File( testDirectory , pomPath );
@@ -1205,9 +1215,9 @@ private PomTestWrapper buildPomFromMavenProject( String pomPath, String profileI
         ProjectBuilderConfiguration config = new DefaultProjectBuilderConfiguration();
         config.setLocalRepository(new DefaultArtifactRepository("default", "", new DefaultRepositoryLayout()));
         ProfileActivationContext pCtx = new ProfileActivationContext(null, true);
-        if(profileId != null)
+        if ( profileIds != null )
         {
-            pCtx.setExplicitlyActiveProfileIds(Arrays.asList(profileId));
+            pCtx.setExplicitlyActiveProfileIds( Arrays.asList( profileIds ) );
         }
 
         config.setGlobalProfileManager(new DefaultProfileManager(this.getContainer(), pCtx));
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/profile-injection-order/pom.xml b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/profile-injection-order/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..784996de5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/profile-injection-order/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?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.mng2309</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-2309</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test that profiles are injected in declaration order, with the last profile being the most dominant.
+  </description>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- NOTE: Using intentionally more than two profiles to prevent random test success -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>pom-a</id>
+      <properties>
+        <pomProperty>a</pomProperty>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pom-b</id>
+      <properties>
+        <pomProperty>b</pomProperty>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pom-c</id>
+      <properties>
+        <pomProperty>c</pomProperty>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pom-d</id>
+      <properties>
+        <pomProperty>d</pomProperty>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pom-e</id>
+      <properties>
+        <pomProperty>e</pomProperty>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>