diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 214653658b..0c0403dce6 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public class IntegrationTestSuite
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng5009AggregationCycleTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng5000ChildPathAwareUrlInheritanceTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4992MapStylePropertiesParamConfigTest.class );
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4987TimestampBasedSnapshotSelectionTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4975ProfileInjectedPluginExecutionOrderTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4973ExtensionVisibleToPluginInReactorTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4966AbnormalUrlPreservationTest.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4987TimestampBasedSnapshotSelectionTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4987TimestampBasedSnapshotSelectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e351b29948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4987TimestampBasedSnapshotSelectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+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.List;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for <a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4987">MNG-4987</a>.
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ */
+public class MavenITmng4987TimestampBasedSnapshotSelectionTest
+    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+    public MavenITmng4987TimestampBasedSnapshotSelectionTest()
+    {
+        super( "[2.0.3,3.0-alpha-1),[3.0.3,)" );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that snapshot version resolution from multiple (3+) repositories properly selects the repo with the
+     * newest metadata according to its timestamps, regardless of the declaration order of the repos.
+     */
+    public void testit()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-4987" );
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng4987" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "-s" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
+        verifier.filterFile( "settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties() );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        List compile = verifier.loadLines( "target/compile.txt", "UTF-8" );
+
+        assertTrue( compile.toString(), compile.get( 1 ).toString().startsWith( "dep-0.1-" ) );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d8c5d389a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?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.mng4987</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4987</name>
+  <description>
+    Verify that snapshot version resolution from multiple (3+) repositories properly selects the repo with the
+    newest metadata according to its timestamps, regardless of the declaration order of the repos.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng4987</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dep</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileClassPath>target/compile.txt</compileClassPath>
+          <significantPathLevels>1</significantPathLevels>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>resolve</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-1/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-1/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e41554d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-1/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng4987</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20110223.154347</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>4</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20110223154347</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-2/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-2/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..771dea8c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-2/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng4987</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20110223.154503</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>3</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20110223154503</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-3/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-3/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9344f0bd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-3/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng4987</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20110223.154530</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>2</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20110223154530</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/dep-0.1-20110223.154749-1.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/dep-0.1-20110223.154749-1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4803567d08
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/dep-0.1-20110223.154749-1.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/dep-0.1-20110223.154749-1.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/dep-0.1-20110223.154749-1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72ccf981af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/dep-0.1-20110223.154749-1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?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.mng4987</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e56fb8274b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/repo-4/org/apache/maven/its/mng4987/dep/0.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng4987</groupId>
+  <artifactId>dep</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20110223.154749</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>1</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20110223154749</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/settings-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6d10a582a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4987/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+
+<settings>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>maven-core-it-repo</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <!--
+        NOTE: Ordering matters here, the metadata timestamps in the repos increase according to their name index but
+        the declaration order does not follow the time order.
+        -->
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it-1</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo-1</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it-3</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo-3</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it-4</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo-4</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it-2</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/repo-2</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>maven-core-it-repo</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>