diff --git a/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/maven-it-plugin-uses-properties/pom.xml b/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/maven-it-plugin-uses-properties/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82dd99efbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/maven-it-plugin-uses-properties/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 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.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>maven-it-plugins</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+    <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-uses-properties</artifactId>
+  <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+  <name>Maven Integration Test Plugin :: Uses Properties Plugin</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <inceptionYear>2006</inceptionYear>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/maven-it-plugin-uses-properties/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/UsesPropertiesMojo.java b/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/maven-it-plugin-uses-properties/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/UsesPropertiesMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c98321ab3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/maven-it-plugin-uses-properties/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/coreit/UsesPropertiesMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.apache.maven.plugin.coreit;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * Take some configuration values that use interpolated POM values and write them to a properties file
+ * to make sure they are passing through the system properly. We have reports (MNG-1927) that we're
+ * 
+ * @goal generate-properties
+ */
+public class UsesPropertiesMojo
+    extends AbstractMojo
+{
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression=${basedir}"
+     */
+    private File basedir;
+    
+    /**
+     * @parameter expression="${project.properties}"
+     */
+    private Properties properties;
+
+    public void execute()
+        throws MojoExecutionException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream( new File( basedir, "target/project.properties" ) );
+
+            properties.store( fos, "# Properties generated by the execution of a mojo that uses interpolated POM values for configuration." );
+        }
+        catch( Exception e )
+        {
+            getLog().error( "Error creating mojo generated properties.", e );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/pom.xml b/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/pom.xml
index d4d6947f9c..ee972b184c 100644
--- a/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/its/core-integration-testing-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <module>maven-it-plugin-packaging</module>      
     <module>maven-it-plugin-parameter-implementation</module>
     <module>maven-it-plugin-setter</module>        
-    <module>maven-it-plugin-touch</module>
+    <module>maven-it-plugin-touch</module>    
+    <module>maven-it-plugin-uses-properties</module>    
   </modules>
 </project>