diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/pom.xml b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ce9e22339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<model>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-it0031</artifactId>
+  <description>Test usage of plugins.xml mapping file on the repository to resolve
+        plugin artifactId from it's prefix using the pluginGroups in
+        the provided settings.xml.</description>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-core-it-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <pluginItem>${test}</pluginItem>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</model>
diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/settings.xml b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..002e21129c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<settings>
+  <pluginGroups>
+    <pluginGroup>org.codehaus.modello</pluginGroup>
+  </pluginGroups>
+  <mirrors>
+   <mirror>
+      <id>test</id>
+      <name>Test Mirror of ibiblio.org</name>
+      <url>http://test.maven.codehaus.org/maven2</url>
+      <mirrorOf>central</mirrorOf>
+    </mirror>
+   <mirror>
+      <id>test-plugins</id>
+      <name>Test Mirror of ibiblio.org Plugin Repository</name>
+      <url>http://test.maven.codehaus.org/maven2/plugins</url>
+      <mirrorOf>central-plugins</mirrorOf>
+    </mirror>
+  </mirrors>
+</settings>
diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/src/main/mdo/test.mdo b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/src/main/mdo/test.mdo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b257051457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0031/src/main/mdo/test.mdo
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<model>
+  <id>lifecycle-mappings</id>
+  <name>LifecycleMappings</name>
+  <description><![CDATA[
+    test modello file.
+  ]]></description>
+  <defaults>
+    <default>
+      <key>package</key>
+      <value>org.apache.maven.it.it0031</value>
+    </default>
+  </defaults>
+  <classes>
+    <class rootElement="true" xml.tagName="root">
+      <name>Root</name>
+      <version>1.0.0</version>
+      <description>Root element of the test model.</description>
+    </class>
+  </classes>
+</model>
\ No newline at end of file