diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 90261b9ea7..463762f673 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public static Test suite()
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4580ProjectLevelPluginDepUsedForCliInvocInReactorTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4572ModelVersionSurroundedByWhitespaceTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4561MirroringOfPluginRepoTest.class );
+ suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4555MetaversionResolutionOfflineTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4554PluginPrefixMappingUpdateTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4553CoreArtifactFilterConsidersGroupIdTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4544ActiveComponentCollectionThreadSafeTest.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4555MetaversionResolutionOfflineTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4555MetaversionResolutionOfflineTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0349fb2944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4555MetaversionResolutionOfflineTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.mortbay.jetty.Handler;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.Request;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.Server;
+import org.mortbay.jetty.handler.AbstractHandler;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for MNG-4555.
+ *
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ */
+public class MavenITmng4555MetaversionResolutionOfflineTest
+ extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+ public MavenITmng4555MetaversionResolutionOfflineTest()
+ {
+ super( "[2.0.3,3.0-alpha-1),[3.0-beta-1,)" );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Verify that resolution of the metaversion RELEASE respects offline mode.
+ */
+ public void testit()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-4555" );
+
+ final List uris = new ArrayList();
+
+ Handler repoHandler = new AbstractHandler()
+ {
+ public void handle( String target, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, int dispatch )
+ throws IOException
+ {
+ String uri = request.getRequestURI();
+
+ if ( uri.startsWith( "/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4555" ) )
+ {
+ uris.add( uri.substring( 34 ) );
+ }
+
+ response.setStatus( HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND );
+ ( (Request) request ).setHandled( true );
+ }
+ };
+
+ Server server = new Server( 0 );
+ server.setHandler( repoHandler );
+ server.start();
+
+ Verifier verifier = new Verifier( testDir.getAbsolutePath() );
+ verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+ verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+ verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng4555" );
+ try
+ {
+ Properties filterProps = verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties();
+ filterProps.setProperty( "@port@", Integer.toString( server.getConnectors()[0].getLocalPort() ) );
+ verifier.filterFile( "settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", filterProps );
+ verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--offline" );
+ verifier.getCliOptions().add( "--settings" );
+ verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
+ verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+ }
+ catch ( VerificationException e )
+ {
+ // expected
+ }
+ finally
+ {
+ verifier.resetStreams();
+ server.stop();
+ }
+
+ assertTrue( uris.toString(), uris.isEmpty() );
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4555/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4555/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..512d91d7b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4555/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng4555
+ test
+ 0.1
+ jar
+
+ Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4555
+
+ Verify that resolution of the metaversion RELEASE respects offline mode.
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.plugins
+ maven-it-plugin-artifact
+ 2.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+ test
+ validate
+
+ resolve
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng4555
+ dep
+ RELEASE
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4555/settings-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4555/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1c11fee5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4555/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ maven-core-it-repo
+
+
+ maven-core-it
+ http://localhost:@port@/repo
+
+ ignore
+
+
+ false
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ maven-core-it-repo
+
+