diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-feature/feature.xml b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-feature/feature.xml
index a4119ef6a6..784edb8dd9 100644
--- a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-feature/feature.xml
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-feature/feature.xml
@@ -27,5 +27,12 @@
          install-size="0"
          version="0.0.0"
          unpack="false"/>
+         
+   <plugin
+         id="spir.example-plugin"
+         download-size="0"
+         install-size="0"
+         version="0.0.0"
+         unpack="false"/>
 
 </feature>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0defa8a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-SymbolicName: spir.example-plugin
+Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
+Export-Package: plugin
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-11
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/build.properties b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba31debd0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bin.includes = META-INF/,\
+               .
+output.. = target/classes/
+source.. = src/
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9db6b982d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- 
+Copyright (c) 2013 SAP AG and others.
+All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+
+Contributors:
+    SAP AG - initial API and implementation
+-->
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>tycho-its-project.surefire.p2InstalledRuntime</groupId>
+		<artifactId>provisionedApplicationParent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<artifactId>spir.example-plugin</artifactId>
+	<packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/src/plugin/MyPlugin.java b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/src/plugin/MyPlugin.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae607ec19c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/example-plugin/src/plugin/MyPlugin.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package plugin;
+
+public class MyPlugin {
+	
+	public String sayHello() {
+		return "Hello";
+	}
+	
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..593df2bc77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-SymbolicName: spir.pluginTest
+Bundle-Version: 1.0.0
+Require-Bundle: org.junit,
+ org.eclipse.core.runtime,
+ spir.example-plugin
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-11
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/build.properties b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34d2e4d2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source.. = src/
+output.. = bin/
+bin.includes = META-INF/,\
+               .
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd2d25e986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+ Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat Inc. and others.
+ All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+
+ Contributors:
+      Mickael Istria (Red Hat JBoss) - example produce
+-->
+
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>tycho-its-project.surefire.p2InstalledRuntime</groupId>
+		<artifactId>provisionedApplicationParent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0</version>
+	</parent>
+
+	<artifactId>spir.pluginTest</artifactId>
+
+	<packaging>eclipse-test-plugin</packaging>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${tycho-version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<testRuntime>p2Installed</testRuntime>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${tycho-version}</version>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/src/testPlugin/PluginTest.java b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/src/testPlugin/PluginTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67f456abc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pluginTest/src/testPlugin/PluginTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package testPlugin;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import plugin.MyPlugin;
+
+public class PluginTest extends TestCase {
+
+	public void testPlugin() throws Exception {
+		MyPlugin underTest = new MyPlugin();
+		assertEquals("Hello", underTest.sayHello());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pom.xml
index bc00df08cc..bf70d4eff3 100644
--- a/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pom.xml
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/surefire.p2InstalledRuntime/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	</repositories>
 
 	<modules>
+		<module>example-plugin</module>
 		<module>example-feature</module>
 		<module>example-product</module>
 	</modules>
@@ -67,5 +68,12 @@
 				<module>extProductTestDirector</module>
 			</modules>
 		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<!-- scenario 4: run tests on a feature -->
+			<id>noProduct</id>
+			<modules>
+				<module>pluginTest</module>
+			</modules>
+		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/surefire/P2InstalledTestRuntimeTest.java b/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/surefire/P2InstalledTestRuntimeTest.java
index 1dab7e257e..567b6aeae5 100644
--- a/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/surefire/P2InstalledTestRuntimeTest.java
+++ b/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/surefire/P2InstalledTestRuntimeTest.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 package org.eclipse.tycho.test.surefire;
 
 import java.util.List;
-
 import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.TargetEnvironment;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.test.AbstractTychoIntegrationTest;
@@ -62,6 +61,14 @@ public void testDifferentHarnessVersions() throws Exception {
 		verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testNoProduct() throws Exception {
+		Verifier verifier = getVerifier("surefire.p2InstalledRuntime");
+		verifier.addCliOption("-PnoProduct");
+		verifier.executeGoals(List.of("clean", "integration-test"));
+		verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+	}
+
 	private static String getProductClassifier() {
 		TargetEnvironment currentEnv = TargetEnvironment.getRunningEnvironment();
 		return String.join(".", currentEnv.getOs(), currentEnv.getWs(), currentEnv.getArch());