diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index f86a929558..d63f47f41b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ TODO:
 -->
 
 <project default="all" basedir="." xmlns:artifact="urn:maven-artifact-ant">
+  
+  <property name="it.workdir.version" value="3.0.x"/>
 
   <target name="initTaskDefs">
   	<xmlproperty file="pom.xml" prefix="pom.xml" />
@@ -196,7 +198,58 @@ TODO:
       </fileset>
     </chmod>
   </target>
+  
+  <target name="its-setup">
+    <condition property="its.win32">
+      <os family="windows"/>
+    </condition>
+    <condition property="its.unix">
+      <not>
+        <os family="windows"/>
+      </not>
+    </condition>
+  </target>
+  
+  <target name="its-win32" if="its.win32">
+    <echo>Retrieving integration tests</echo>
+    <exec dir="${basedir}/maven-integration-tests" executable="cmd">
+      <arg value="/c"/>
+      <arg value="${maven.home}\bin\mvn.bat"/>
+      <arg value="initialize"/>
+    </exec>
+    
+    <echo>Running integration tests</echo>
+    <!-- Hard-coding to /tmp/ to avoid long path names that will make windows scream. -->
+    <exec failonerror="true" dir="/tmp/maven-integration-tests-${it.workdir.version}" executable="cmd">
+      <arg value="/c"/>
+      <arg value="${maven.home}\bin\mvn.bat"/>
+      <arg value="-Prun-its"/>
+      <arg value="clean"/>
+      <arg value="install"/>
+    </exec>
+  </target>
 
+  <target name="its-unix" if="its.unix">
+    <echo>Retrieving integration tests</echo>
+    <exec dir="${basedir}/maven-integration-tests" executable="${maven.home}/bin/mvn">
+      <arg value="initialize"/>
+    </exec>
+    
+    <echo>Running integration tests</echo>
+    <!-- Hard-coding to /tmp/ to avoid long path names that will make windows scream. -->
+    <exec failonerror="true" dir="/tmp/maven-integration-tests-${it.workdir.version}" executable="${maven.home}/bin/mvn">
+      <arg value="-Prun-its"/>
+      <arg value="clean"/>
+      <arg value="install"/>
+    </exec>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="run-its" depends="init,its-setup,its-win32,its-unix">
+    <echo>Integration-test results should be displayed above.</echo>
+  </target>
+  
   <target name="all" depends="clean-bootstrap,init,extract-assembly"/>
 
+  <target name="with-its" depends="all,run-its"/>
+  
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-integration-tests/pom.xml b/maven-integration-tests/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ded6959b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>maven-integration-tests</artifactId>
+  <name>Maven Integration-Test Importer</name>
+  
+  <properties>
+    <integrationTestSVNDir>trunk</integrationTestSVNDir>
+    <itDir>${pom.basedir}/tests</itDir>
+  </properties>
+  
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>update</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+        <file>
+          <!-- NOT INTERPOLATED. These values must be explicit. -->
+          <exists>/tmp/maven-integration-tests-3.0.x/pom.xml</exists>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>scm</id>
+                <phase>initialize</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>update</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>checkout</id>
+      <activation>
+        <file>
+          <!-- NOT INTERPOLATED. These values must be explicit. -->
+          <missing>/tmp/maven-integration-tests-3.0.x/pom.xml</missing>
+        </file>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>scm</id>
+                <phase>initialize</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>checkout</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-scm-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <connectionUrl>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/core-integration-testing/${integrationTestSVNDir}</connectionUrl>
+          <!-- Hard-coding to /tmp/ to avoid long path names that will make windows scream. -->
+          <!-- NOT INTERPOLATED DURING PROFILE ACTIVATION, so making these values explicit throughout to avoid confusion. -->
+          <checkoutDirectory>/tmp/maven-integration-tests-3.0.x</checkoutDirectory>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 103ef69e30..d8067b3511 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 <?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 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">
+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 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</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
@@ -565,4 +567,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-</project>
+</project>
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