diff --git a/its/.mvn/readme.txt b/its/.mvn/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffbfd18cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/.mvn/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.mvn directory should exist in project root
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3043BestEffortReactorResolutionTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3043BestEffortReactorResolutionTest.java
index d3a0987981..246f662b23 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3043BestEffortReactorResolutionTest.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3043BestEffortReactorResolutionTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.maven.it;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.maven.shared.verifier.Verifier;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ public class MavenITmng3043BestEffortReactorResolutionTest extends AbstractMaven
     @Test
     public void testitTestPhase() throws Exception {
         File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(), "/mng-3043");
+        Files.createDirectories(testDir.toPath().resolve(".mvn"));
 
         Verifier verifier = newVerifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());
         verifier.setAutoclean(false);
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4660OutdatedPackagedArtifact.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4660OutdatedPackagedArtifact.java
index e76130a87b..2073aa3bf3 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4660OutdatedPackagedArtifact.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4660OutdatedPackagedArtifact.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class MavenITmng4660OutdatedPackagedArtifact extends AbstractMavenIntegra
     public void testShouldWarnWhenPackagedArtifactIsOutdated() throws Exception {
         final File testDir =
                 ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources(getClass(), "/mng-4660-outdated-packaged-artifact");
+        Files.createDirectories(testDir.toPath().resolve(".mvn"));
 
         // 1. Package the whole project
         final Verifier verifier1 = newVerifier(testDir.getAbsolutePath());