diff --git a/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/module1/pom.xml b/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/module1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..325a6342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/module1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?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 xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-225</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>module1</artifactId>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>false</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/module2/pom.xml b/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/module2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bb4f62a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/module2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?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 xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-225</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>module2</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <skip>false</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/pom.xml b/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ac0f820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?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 xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mdeploy-225</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <description>
+    Tests deployment at end with skipped root project.
+  </description>
+
+  <properties>
+    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+  </properties>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/target/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@mavenCompilerPluginVersion@</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <deployAtEnd>true</deployAtEnd>
+          <skip>true</skip>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@mavenInstallPluginVersion@</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@mavenJarPluginVersion@</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@mavenResourcesPluginVersion@</version>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@mavenSurefirePluginVersion@</version>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>module1</module>
+    <module>module2</module>
+  </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/verify.groovy b/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edcc0b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MDEPLOY-225_deploy-at-end-skip-root/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * 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" ).exists()
+assert new File( basedir, "module1/target/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mdeploy-225/module1/1.0/module1-1.0.pom" ).exists()
+assert new File( basedir, "module2/target/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mdeploy-225/module2/1.0/module2-1.0.pom" ).exists()