diff --git a/test/plugin.jelly b/test/plugin.jelly
index 8df4bb47..4bee25a7 100644
--- a/test/plugin.jelly
+++ b/test/plugin.jelly
@@ -118,11 +118,12 @@
   </goal>
 
   <goal name="test:test"
-        description="Test the application"
-        prereqs="test:compile">
+        description="Test the application">
       
     <j:if test="${unitTestSourcesPresent == 'true' and context.getVariable('maven.test.skip') != 'true'}">
-      
+
+      <attainGoal name="test:compile"/>
+
       <taskdef
         name="junit"
         classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTask"
diff --git a/test/xdocs/changes.xml b/test/xdocs/changes.xml
index f6c6c182..3ba45303 100644
--- a/test/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/test/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.8-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPTEST-46">Do not execute <code>test:test-resources</code> and <code>test:compile</code> unless tests will be run.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPTEST-59"><code>test:single</code> should ignore <code>maven.test.skip=true</code>.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPTEST-39">Test failure doesn't halt execution of test suite.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MAVEN-1712">Update dependencies to match ones in maven 1.1 core and to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated :