diff --git a/its/.gitignore b/its/.gitignore
index aa2d9663cf..19e8f6af54 100644
--- a/its/.gitignore
+++ b/its/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .svn
 target
+repo
 .project
 .classpath
 .settings
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng5503ZipInReactorTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng5503ZipInReactorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..404f514b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng5503ZipInReactorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for <a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5503">MNG-5418</a>.
+ * 
+ * @author jvz
+ */
+public class MavenITmng5503ZipInReactorTest
+    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+    public MavenITmng5503ZipInReactorTest()
+    {
+        super( "[3.1,)" );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test that zip attached in the assembly plugin is found in the reactor. Simply running verify is sufficient to know that
+     * it is found with this project setup.
+     */
+    public void testit()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-5503" );
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "verify" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-a/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-a/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6632f54ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-a/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>zip.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+          <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>assemble</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-a/zip.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-a/zip.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b7b4882a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-a/zip.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<assembly>
+  <id>zip</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>pom.xml</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-b/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50a4707cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/module-b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>module-b</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>module-a</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <type>zip</type>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daf0b026e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-5503/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mng-5503-parent</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <modules>
+    <module>module-a</module>
+    <module>module-b</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>