diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/builder/PomConstructionTest.java b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/builder/PomConstructionTest.java
index dc683d17ac..46eda3857a 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/builder/PomConstructionTest.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/builder/PomConstructionTest.java
@@ -136,6 +136,32 @@ public class PomConstructionTest
     }
     */
 
+    /* FIXME: cf. MNG-3925
+    public void testOrderOfMergedPluginExecutionsWithoutPluginManagement()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PomTestWrapper pom = buildPom( "merged-plugin-exec-order/wo-plugin-mngt/sub" );
+        assertEquals( 5, ( (List<?>) pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions" ) ).size() );
+        assertEquals( "parent-1", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[1]/goals[1]" ) );
+        assertEquals( "parent-2", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[2]/goals[1]" ) );
+        assertEquals( "child-default", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[3]/goals[1]" ) );
+        assertEquals( "child-1", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[4]/goals[1]" ) );
+        assertEquals( "child-2", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[5]/goals[1]" ) );
+    }
+
+    public void testOrderOfMergedPluginExecutionsWithPluginManagement()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        PomTestWrapper pom = buildPom( "merged-plugin-exec-order/w-plugin-mngt/sub" );
+        assertEquals( 5, ( (List<?>) pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions" ) ).size() );
+        assertEquals( "parent-1", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[1]/goals[1]" ) );
+        assertEquals( "parent-2", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[2]/goals[1]" ) );
+        assertEquals( "child-default", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[3]/goals[1]" ) );
+        assertEquals( "child-1", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[4]/goals[1]" ) );
+        assertEquals( "child-2", pom.getValue( "build/plugins[1]/executions[5]/goals[1]" ) );
+    }
+    //*/
+
     private PomArtifactResolver artifactResolver( String basedir )
     {
         return new FileBasedPomArtifactResolver( new File( BASE_POM_DIR, basedir ) );
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/w-plugin-mngt/pom.xml b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/w-plugin-mngt/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd5383cede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/w-plugin-mngt/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3925</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3925</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test that plugin executions (in the same phase) are properly ordered after inheritance/merge with
+    parent executions.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <!-- This project uses plugin management for the test plugin -->
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-a</artifactId>
+          <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>parent-1</id>
+              <phase>validate</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>parent-1</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+            <execution>
+              <id>parent-2</id>
+              <phase>validate</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>parent-2</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+            <execution>
+              <!-- NOTE: <id> deliberately omitted to use default value -->
+              <phase>validate</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>parent-default</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/w-plugin-mngt/sub/pom.xml b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/w-plugin-mngt/sub/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c14f8e37a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/w-plugin-mngt/sub/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3925</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>child</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3925</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test that plugin executions (in the same phase) are properly ordered after inheritance/merge with
+    parent executions.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-a</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>child-1</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>child-1</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>child-2</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>child-2</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <!-- NOTE: <id> deliberately omitted to use default value -->
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>child-default</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/wo-plugin-mngt/pom.xml b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/wo-plugin-mngt/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90d2bef8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/wo-plugin-mngt/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3925</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3925</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test that plugin executions (in the same phase) are properly ordered after inheritance/merge with
+    parent executions.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <!-- This project does not use plugin management for the test plugin -->
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-a</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>parent-1</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>parent-1</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>parent-2</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>parent-2</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <!-- NOTE: <id> deliberately omitted to use default value -->
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>parent-default</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/wo-plugin-mngt/sub/pom.xml b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/wo-plugin-mngt/sub/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c14f8e37a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/resources-project-builder/merged-plugin-exec-order/wo-plugin-mngt/sub/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3925</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>child</artifactId>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3925</name> 
+  <description>
+    Test that plugin executions (in the same phase) are properly ordered after inheritance/merge with
+    parent executions.
+  </description>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-a</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>child-1</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>child-1</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>child-2</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>child-2</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <!-- NOTE: <id> deliberately omitted to use default value -->
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>child-default</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>