diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2097PreparePackagePhaseTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng2097PreparePackagePhaseTest.java
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+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.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for <a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2097">MNG-2097</a>.
+ * 
+ * @author Brett Porter
+ * @version $Id: MavenITmng3906MergedPluginClassPathOrderingTest.java 726432 2008-12-14 13:20:02Z bentmann $
+ */
+public class MavenITmng2097PreparePackagePhaseTest
+    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+    public MavenITmng2097PreparePackagePhaseTest()
+    {
+        super( "(2.1.0-M1,)" ); // Maven 2.1.0-M2 +
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test that the prepare package phase can be bound to and executed.
+     */
+    public void testPreparePackagePhase()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-2097" );
+
+        Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "prepare-package" );
+        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/touch.txt" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2097/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-2097/pom.xml
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+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-2097</name> 
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng2097</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-it-mng-2097</artifactId>
+  <description>Test plugin configuration that executes in the prepare-package phase.
+        </description>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-touch</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>touch</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>