diff --git a/dist/src/plugin-test/.cvsignore b/dist/src/plugin-test/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62a5f1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/src/plugin-test/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+gump.xml
+*.log
+target
diff --git a/dist/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/dist/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12876be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
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+<project xmlns:util="jelly:util"
+         xmlns:dist="dist"
+         xmlns:j="jelly:core">
+         
+  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-dist">
+  </goal>
+  
+  <goal name="test-dist">
+    <echo>dist dir is ${maven.dist.dir}</echo>
+    <attainGoal name="dist"/>
+    <util:tokenize var="files" delim=",">-src.tar.gz,-src.zip,.tar.gz,.zip</util:tokenize>
+    <j:forEach var="file" items="${files}">
+      <!-- NOTE: maven.dist.dir doesn't work here??? -->
+      <j:set var="expectedFile" value="${maven.build.dir}/distributions/test-maven-dist-plugin-1.0-SNAPSHOT${file}"/>
+      <util:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
+      <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
+        <fail>${expectedFile} not generated</fail>
+      </j:if>
+    </j:forEach>
+  </goal>
+</project>
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diff --git a/dist/src/plugin-test/project.xml b/dist/src/plugin-test/project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29e19300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/src/plugin-test/project.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<project>
+  <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
+  <id>test-maven-dist-plugin</id>
+  <name>Test project for Maven Dist Plugin</name>
+  <groupId>maven</groupId>
+  <currentVersion>1.0-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <organization>
+    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+    <logo>http://maven.apache.org/images/jakarta-logo-blue.gif</logo>
+  </organization>
+  <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
+  <package>org.apache.maven</package>
+  <logo>http://maven.apache.org/images/maven.jpg</logo>
+  <description>Test for Maven Dist plugin</description>
+  <shortDescription>Test for Maven Dist plugin</shortDescription>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/dist/</url>
+  <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/dist/</siteDirectory>
+  <repository>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic:maven/src/plugins-build/dist/</connection>
+    <url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/maven/src/plugins-build/dist/</url>
+  </repository>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <name>dIon Gillard</name>
+      <id>dion</id>
+      <email>dion@multitask.com.au</email>
+      <organization>Multitask Consulting</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Documentation</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main</sourceDirectory>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/dist/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/Dummy.java b/dist/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/Dummy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b966b0c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/src/plugin-test/src/main/org/apache/maven/Dummy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.apache.maven;
+
+public class Dummy
+{
+    public String badChecky = "error";
+} 
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