diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng0469ReportConfigTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng0469ReportConfigTest.java
index e7d574efd8..2ea972a5c4 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng0469ReportConfigTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng0469ReportConfigTest.java
@@ -90,8 +90,18 @@ public class MavenITmng0469ReportConfigTest
         Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
         verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
         verifier.setAutoclean( false );
-        verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin-site:2.1-SNAPSHOT:generate" );
-        verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/site/info.properties" );
+        if ( matchesVersionRange( "(,3.0-alpha-1)" ) )
+        {
+            verifier.executeGoal( "org.apache.maven.its.plugins:maven-it-plugin-site:2.1-SNAPSHOT:generate" );
+            verifier.assertFilePresent( "target/site/info.properties" );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+            Properties props = verifier.loadProperties( "target/config.properties" );
+            assertEquals( "maven-it-plugin-site", props.getProperty( "project.reporting.plugins.0.artifactId" ) );
+            assertFalse( "fail.properties".equals( props.getProperty( "project.reporting.plugins.0.configuration.children.infoFile.0.value" ) ) );
+        }
         verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
         verifier.resetStreams();
     }
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0469/test2/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0469/test2/pom.xml
index 61e002bd8a..031f06a80b 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0469/test2/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-0469/test2/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,26 @@ under the License.
           <infoFile>fail.properties</infoFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-expression</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <outputFile>target/config.properties</outputFile>
+          <expressions>
+            <expression>project/build/plugins/8/configuration</expression>
+          </expressions>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>eval</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>