diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/pom.xml b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/pom.xml
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+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-core-it0090</artifactId>
+  <description>Test that ensures that envars are interpolated correctly into plugin
+        configurations.</description>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+        <filtering>true</filtering>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-core-it-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <mavenTestEnvar>${env.MAVEN_TEST_ENVAR}</mavenTestEnvar>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>generate-envar-properties</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/src/main/resources/test.properties b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/src/main/resources/test.properties
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+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/src/main/resources/test.properties
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+# When we want to test the filtering of envars
+maven.test.envar=${env.MAVEN_TEST_ENVAR}
diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0090/PomInterpolationTest.java b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0090/PomInterpolationTest.java
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+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0090/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it0090/PomInterpolationTest.java
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+package org.apache.maven.it0090;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+public class PomInterpolationTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    private String basedir;
+
+    protected void setUp()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        basedir = System.getProperty( "basedir" );
+    }
+
+    public void testProjectBuildDirectoryAfterForMojoExecution()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        Properties testProperties = new Properties();
+
+        File testPropertiesFile = new File( basedir, "target/mojo-generated.properties" );
+
+        assertTrue( testPropertiesFile.exists() );
+
+        testProperties.load( new FileInputStream( testPropertiesFile ) );
+
+        File projectBuildDirectory = new File( basedir, "target" );
+
+        assertEquals( testProperties.getProperty( "maven.test.envar" ), "MAVEN_TEST_ENVAR_VALUE" );
+    }
+}