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 b72843e9ea..7acb40fb3f 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
@@ -390,6 +390,26 @@ public class PomConstructionTest
         assertTrue( pom.getValue( "properties/projectSiteOut" ).toString().endsWith( "doc" ) );
     }
 
+    public void testInterpolationWithBasedirAlignedDirectories()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PomTestWrapper pom = buildPom( "basedir-aligned-interpolation" );
+        assertEquals( new File( pom.getBasedir(), "src/main/java" ),
+                      new File( pom.getValue( "properties/buildMainSrc" ).toString() ) );
+        assertEquals( new File( pom.getBasedir(), "src/test/java" ),
+                      new File( pom.getValue( "properties/buildTestSrc" ).toString() ) );
+        assertEquals( new File( pom.getBasedir(), "src/main/scripts" ),
+                      new File( pom.getValue( "properties/buildScriptSrc" ).toString() ) );
+        assertEquals( new File( pom.getBasedir(), "target" ),
+                      new File( pom.getValue( "properties/buildOut" ).toString() ) );
+        assertEquals( new File( pom.getBasedir(), "target/classes" ),
+                      new File( pom.getValue( "properties/buildMainOut" ).toString() ) );
+        assertEquals( new File( pom.getBasedir(), "target/test-classes" ),
+                      new File( pom.getValue( "properties/buildTestOut" ).toString() ) );
+        assertEquals( new File( pom.getBasedir(), "target/site" ),
+                      new File( pom.getValue( "properties/siteOut" ).toString() ) );
+    }
+
     private PomArtifactResolver artifactResolver( String basedir )
     {
         return new FileBasedPomArtifactResolver( new File( BASE_POM_DIR, basedir ) );
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/basedir-aligned-interpolation/pom.xml b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/basedir-aligned-interpolation/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9fcd5ba57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/basedir-aligned-interpolation/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?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.mng3822</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test1</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3822</name> 
+  <description>
+    Verify that POM interpolation uses basedir-aligned build directories.
+  </description>
+
+  <properties>
+    <!-- this is where we collect all the interpolated values for the POM dump -->
+    <buildMainSrc>${project.build.sourceDirectory}</buildMainSrc>
+    <buildTestSrc>${project.build.testSourceDirectory}</buildTestSrc>
+    <buildScriptSrc>${project.build.scriptSourceDirectory}</buildScriptSrc>
+    <buildOut>${project.build.directory}</buildOut>
+    <buildMainOut>${project.build.outputDirectory}</buildMainOut>
+    <buildTestOut>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}</buildTestOut>
+    <siteOut>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}</siteOut>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <!--
+    NOTE: Deliberately set all build directories to relative paths to ensure they really need basedir alignment.
+    -->
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+    <scriptSourceDirectory>src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+    <directory>target</directory>
+    <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
+    <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <outputDirectory>target/site</outputDirectory>
+  </reporting>
+</project>