diff --git a/maven-embedder-it/pom.xml b/maven-embedder-it/pom.xml
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+<project>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>maven</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+    <version>2.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-embedder-it</artifactId>
+  <name>Maven Embedder Integration Tests</name>
+  <version>2.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-embedder</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0-beta-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <classifier>dep</classifier>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-embedder-it/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/it/MockPlugin.java b/maven-embedder-it/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/it/MockPlugin.java
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+package org.apache.maven.embedder.it;
+
+import org.apache.maven.embedder.MavenEmbedder;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+
+import java.io.File;/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2005 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * A mock tool plugin that uses the Maven Embedder API
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
+ * @version $Id:$
+ */
+public class MockPlugin
+{
+    private MavenEmbedder maven;
+
+    public MockPlugin()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+
+        maven = new MavenEmbedder();
+
+        maven.setClassLoader( classLoader );
+
+        maven.start();
+    }
+
+    public Model readModel( File model )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        return maven.readModel( model );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-embedder-it/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/it/MockPluginTest.java b/maven-embedder-it/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/embedder/it/MockPluginTest.java
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+package org.apache.maven.embedder.it;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+
+import java.io.File;/*
+ * Copyright 2001-2005 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jason@maven.org">Jason van Zyl</a>
+ * @version $Id:$
+ */
+public class MockPluginTest
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    public void testMockPlugin()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        MockPlugin plugin = new MockPlugin();
+
+        String basedir = System.getProperty( "basedir" );
+
+        Model model = plugin.readModel( new File( basedir, "pom.xml" ) );
+
+        assertEquals( "org.apache.maven", model.getGroupId() );
+    }
+}