diff --git a/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/module1/pom.xml b/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/module1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f255085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/module1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-224
+ parent
+ 1.0
+
+ module1
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-deploy-plugin
+ @project.version@
+
+ true
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/module2/pom.xml b/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/module2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..081edc5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/module2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-224
+ parent
+ 1.0
+
+ module2
+ pom
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-deploy-plugin
+ @project.version@
+
+ true
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/pom.xml b/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f40c64ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-224
+ parent
+ 1.0
+ pom
+
+
+ Tests deployment at end only in modules.
+
+
+
+ true
+
+
+
+
+ it
+ file:///${basedir}/target/repo
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-compiler-plugin
+ @mavenCompilerPluginVersion@
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-deploy-plugin
+ @project.version@
+
+ false
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-install-plugin
+ @mavenInstallPluginVersion@
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-jar-plugin
+ @mavenJarPluginVersion@
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-resources-plugin
+ @mavenResourcesPluginVersion@
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-surefire-plugin
+ @mavenSurefirePluginVersion@
+
+
+
+
+
+ module1
+ module2
+
+
diff --git a/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/verify.groovy b/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee4e5e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MDEPLOY-224_deploy-at-end-only-modules/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+assert new File( basedir, "target/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mdeploy-224/parent/1.0/parent-1.0.pom" ).exists()
+assert new File( basedir, "module1/target/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mdeploy-224/module1/1.0/module1-1.0.pom" ).exists()
+assert new File( basedir, "module2/target/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mdeploy-224/module2/1.0/module2-1.0.pom" ).exists()
+
+def buildLog = new File ( basedir, "build.log").text
+
+assert ! buildLog.contains('[INFO] Deferring deploy for org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-224:parent:1.0 at end')
+assert buildLog.contains('[INFO] Deferring deploy for org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-224:module1:1.0 at end')
+assert buildLog.contains('[INFO] Deferring deploy for org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-224:module2:1.0 at end')