diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3652UserAgentHeaderTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3652UserAgentHeaderTest.java
index bade08c306..2f31344ecd 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3652UserAgentHeaderTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3652UserAgentHeaderTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public class MavenITmng3652UserAgentHeaderTest
     private int port;
 
     private String userAgent;
+    
+    private String customHeader;
 
     public MavenITmng3652UserAgentHeaderTest()
     {
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ public void handle( String target, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletRespon
                 
                 userAgent = request.getHeader( "User-Agent" );
                 
+                customHeader = request.getHeader( "Custom-Header" );
+                
                 System.out.println( "Got User-Agent: '" + userAgent + "'" );
 
                 response.setContentType( "text/plain" );
@@ -258,7 +262,8 @@ public void testmng3652_UserAgentConfiguredInSettings()
         throws Exception
     {
         // customizing version not supported in Maven 3
-        requiresMavenVersion( "(,3.0-beta-3)" );
+        //requiresMavenVersion( "(,3.0-beta-3)" );
+        requiresMavenVersion("[2.1.0-M1,3.0-alpha-1),[3.0-beta-3,)");
 
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3652" );
         File pluginDir = new File( testDir, "test-plugin" );
@@ -287,6 +292,43 @@ public void testmng3652_UserAgentConfiguredInSettings()
         assertNotNull( userAgent );
 
         assertEquals( "Maven Fu", userAgent );
+        assertEquals( "My wonderful header", customHeader );
+    }
+
+    public void testmng3652_AddutionnalHttpHeaderConfiguredInSettings()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        // customizing version not supported in Maven 3
+        requiresMavenVersion("[2.1.0-M1,3.0-alpha-1),[3.0-beta-3,)");
+
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3652" );
+        File pluginDir = new File( testDir, "test-plugin" );
+        File projectDir = new File( testDir, "test-project" );
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier( pluginDir.getAbsolutePath(), "remote" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "install" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        verifier = newVerifier( projectDir.getAbsolutePath(), "remote" );
+
+        // test settings with config
+
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "-DtestPort=" + port );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--settings" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "-X" );
+
+        verifier.setLogFileName( "log-configWithUserAgent.txt" );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        String userAgent = this.userAgent;
+        assertNotNull( userAgent );
+
+        assertEquals( "Maven Fu", userAgent );
+        assertEquals( "My wonderful header", customHeader );
     }
 
     private String getMavenUAVersion( String mavenVersion )
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3652/test-project/settings.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3652/test-project/settings.xml
index 1ba6d7060b..bb720a4b89 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3652/test-project/settings.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3652/test-project/settings.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
             <name>User-Agent</name>
             <value>Maven Fu</value>
           </property>
+          <property>
+            <name>Custom-Header</name>
+            <value>My wonderful header</value>
+          </property>
         </httpHeaders>
       </configuration>
     </server>