diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng0294MergeGlobalAndUserSettingsTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng0294MergeGlobalAndUserSettingsTest.java
index 628afd5bea..0f752b8c71 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng0294MergeGlobalAndUserSettingsTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng0294MergeGlobalAndUserSettingsTest.java
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public class MavenITmng0294MergeGlobalAndUserSettingsTest
         {
             verifier.setSystemProperty( "org.apache.maven.global-settings", "global-settings.xml" );
         }
+        if ( matchesVersionRange( "(3.2.5,)" ) )
+        {
+            verifier.getSystemProperties().put( "maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory", testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+        }
         verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin-touch:touch" );
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase.java b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase.java
index 2b4284479e..e8ac3c4361 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase.java
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-helper/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase.java
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
             {
                 verifier.getSystemProperties().put( "org.apache.maven.global-settings", path );
             }
+
+            if ( matchesVersionRange( "(3.2.5,)" ) )
+            {
+                verifier.getSystemProperties().put( "maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory", basedir );
+            }
         }
 
         return verifier;