diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0070/pom.xml b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0070/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..d1726ba1f0
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+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0070/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<model>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-core-it0070</artifactId>
+  <description>Test a RAR generation.</description>
+  <packaging>rar</packaging>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-rar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+            <includeJar>false</includeJar>
+            <raXmlFile>src/main/custom/ra.xml</raXmlFile>            
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</model>
diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0070/src/main/custom/ra.xml b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0070/src/main/custom/ra.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfd9a98064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0070/src/main/custom/ra.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<connector>
+  <fake-content></fake-content>
+</connector>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0070/src/main/rar/SomeResource.txt b/maven-core-integration-tests/src/test/resources/it0070/src/main/rar/SomeResource.txt
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2