diff --git a/tycho-compiler-plugin/pom.xml b/tycho-compiler-plugin/pom.xml
index c99d3203ca..70cff57273 100644
--- a/tycho-compiler-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-compiler-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
 			<artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>plexus-compiler-javac</artifactId>
+		    <version>2.14.2</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	
 	<build>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6de9f2183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<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.eclipse.tycho.it</groupId>
+	<artifactId>javac.parent</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<properties>
+		<tycho-version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</tycho-version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${tycho-version}</version>
+				<extensions>true</extensions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${tycho-version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<compilerId>javac</compilerId>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<modules>
+		<module>simple</module>
+	</modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac88e3c0dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-SymbolicName: simple
+Bundle-Version: 1.0.0.qualifier
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/build.properties b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34d2e4d2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source.. = src/
+output.. = bin/
+bin.includes = META-INF/,\
+               .
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89b6ed014a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<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.eclipse.tycho.it</groupId>
+		<artifactId>javac.parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>simple</artifactId>
+
+	<packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/src/Test.java b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/src/Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..461755c786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/tycho-compiler-plugin/javac/simple/src/Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 SAP AG and others.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     SAP AG - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+
+public class Test
+{
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        int a = 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/CompilerPluginTest.java b/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/CompilerPluginTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fedcd0cce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/CompilerPluginTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Christoph Läubrich and others.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Christoph Läubrich - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.tycho.test;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test for the tycho-compiler-plugin
+ */
+public class CompilerPluginTest extends AbstractTychoIntegrationTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testJavac() throws Exception {
+		Verifier verifier = getVerifier("tycho-compiler-plugin/javac", true, true);
+		verifier.executeGoal("compile");
+		verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+	}
+
+}