diff --git a/sandbox/maven-it-plugin/pom.xml b/sandbox/maven-it-plugin/pom.xml
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+<model
+  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>
+    <artifactId>maven-plugin-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+    <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>maven-it-plugin</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <name>Maven Integration Test Plugin</name>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency> <!-- for MavenSession, since session.container doesn't work -->
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-project</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-artifact-manager</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-settings</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-archiver</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</model>
diff --git a/sandbox/maven-it-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/it/ForkMojo.java b/sandbox/maven-it-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/it/ForkMojo.java
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+package org.apache.maven.plugin.it;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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 java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepositoryFactory;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultArtifactRepository;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.ArtifactRepositoryLayout;
+import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.profiles.DefaultProfileManager;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
+import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException;
+import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException;
+
+/**
+ * @goal fork
+ *
+ * @execute phase="package"
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:kenney@apache.org">Kenney Westerhof</a>
+ */
+public class ForkMojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${session}"
+     */
+    private MavenSession session;
+
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${settings}"
+     */
+    private Settings settings;
+
+
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${project}"
+     */
+    private MavenProject project;
+
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${project.basedir}/src/it/"
+     */
+    private File projectsDir;
+
+
+    private ArtifactRepository artifactRepo;
+
+    private MavenProjectBuilder projectBuilder;
+
+
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+        initComponents();
+
+        buildProjects( listITPoms() );
+    }
+
+    private void initComponents()
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            artifactRepo = createLocalRepository();
+
+            projectBuilder = (MavenProjectBuilder)
+                session.getContainer().lookup( MavenProjectBuilder.ROLE );
+
+            if ( projectBuilder == null )
+                throw new MojoExecutionException( "Lookup for MavenProjectBuilder returned null" );
+        }
+        catch (ComponentLookupException e)
+        {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException( "Cannot get a MavenProjectBuilder", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void buildProjects( List poms )
+    {
+        getLog().info( "Building " + poms.size() + " integration test projects.." );
+        for ( Iterator i = poms.iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                MavenProject p = buildProject( (File) i.next() );
+
+                getLog().info("Building " + p.getId() );
+            }
+            catch (ProjectBuildingException e)
+            {
+                getLog().error("Build Error", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private MavenProject buildProject( File pom )
+        throws ProjectBuildingException
+    {
+        return projectBuilder.build( pom, artifactRepo, new DefaultProfileManager(
+            session.getContainer() ) );
+    }
+
+    private List listITPoms()
+    {
+        List poms = new ArrayList();
+
+        File [] children = projectsDir.listFiles();
+
+        for ( int i = 0; i < children.length; i++ )
+        {
+            if ( children[i].isDirectory() )
+            {
+                File pomFile = new File( children[i], "pom.xml" );
+
+                if ( pomFile.exists() && pomFile.isFile() )
+                {
+                    poms.add( pomFile );
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        return poms;
+    }
+
+    // Duplicate code from MavenCli, slightly modified.
+
+    private ArtifactRepository createLocalRepository()
+        throws ComponentLookupException
+    {
+        ArtifactRepositoryLayout repositoryLayout = (ArtifactRepositoryLayout)
+            session.getContainer().lookup( ArtifactRepositoryLayout.ROLE, "default" );
+
+        ArtifactRepositoryFactory artifactRepositoryFactory = (ArtifactRepositoryFactory)
+            session.getContainer().lookup(
+        ArtifactRepositoryFactory.ROLE );
+
+        String url = "file://" + settings.getLocalRepository();
+        ArtifactRepository localRepository = new DefaultArtifactRepository( "local", url, repositoryLayout );
+
+        boolean snapshotPolicySet = false;
+
+        if ( settings.isOffline() )
+        {
+            artifactRepositoryFactory.setGlobalEnable( false );
+            snapshotPolicySet = true;
+        }
+
+        /* can't do this here.. :(
+        if ( !snapshotPolicySet && commandLine.hasOption( CLIManager.UPDATE_SNAPSHOTS ) )
+        {
+            artifactRepositoryFactory.setGlobalUpdatePolicy( ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.UPDATE_POLICY_ALWAYS );
+        }
+
+        if ( commandLine.hasOption( CLIManager.CHECKSUM_FAILURE_POLICY ) )
+        {
+            artifactRepositoryFactory.setGlobalChecksumPolicy( ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.CHECKSUM_POLICY_FAIL );
+        }
+        else if ( commandLine.hasOption( CLIManager.CHECKSUM_WARNING_POLICY ) )
+        {
+            artifactRepositoryFactory.setGlobalChecksumPolicy( ArtifactRepositoryPolicy.CHECKSUM_POLICY_WARN );
+        }
+        */
+
+        return localRepository;
+    }
+
+}