diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0074/pom.xml b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0074/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..f675c305f4
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+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0074/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<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">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-core-it0074</artifactId>
+  <description>Test that plugin-level configuration instances are not nullified by
+        execution-level configuration instances.</description>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+ 
+  <build>
+    <plugins> 
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>precompile</id>
+            <phase>initialize</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <includes >
+                <include implementation="java.lang.String">org/apache/maven/it0074/Person.java</include>
+              </includes>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>    
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0074/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0074/Person.java b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0074/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0074/Person.java
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+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0074/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it0074/Person.java
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+package org.apache.maven.it0074;
+
+public class Person
+{
+    private String name;
+}