diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java b/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
index dceae518e7..6fb5de70f4 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
@@ -613,4 +613,15 @@ public class DefaultModelValidatorTest
             + "should not point at files within the project directory" );
     }
 
+    public void testMissingReportPluginVersion()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        SimpleProblemCollector result = validate( "missing-report-version-pom.xml" );
+
+        assertViolations( result, 0, 0, 3 );
+
+        assertContains( result.getWarnings().get( 0 ), "'reporting.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-noversion-plugin is missing." );
+        assertContains( result.getWarnings().get( 1 ), "'reporting.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-from-plugins-plugin is missing." );
+        assertContains( result.getWarnings().get( 2 ), "'reporting.plugins.plugin.version' for org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-from-pluginManagement-plugin is missing." );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/missing-report-version-pom.xml b/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/missing-report-version-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46a560f6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/missing-report-version-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>foo</artifactId>
+  <groupId>foo</groupId>
+  <version>99.44</version>
+  <packaging>bleh</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-from-pluginManagement-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-from-plugins-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-noversion-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-from-plugins-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-from-pluginManagement-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>