diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104/invoker.properties b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-both-parameters/invoker.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104/invoker.properties
rename to maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-both-parameters/invoker.properties
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-both-parameters/pom.xml
similarity index 97%
rename from maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104/pom.xml
rename to maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-both-parameters/pom.xml
index be320115b..0bbd41466 100644
--- a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-both-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
-  <artifactId>mrelease-1104</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-1104-both-parameters</artifactId>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <scm>
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104/verify.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-both-parameters/verify.groovy
similarity index 100%
rename from maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104/verify.groovy
rename to maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-both-parameters/verify.groovy
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/invoker.properties b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5c864ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# 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.
+
+invoker.goals = clean release:prepare release:stage -X
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/pom.xml b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..812a62ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugin.release.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mrelease-1104-stage-repo-only</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:dummy|nul</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:dummy|nul</developerConnection>
+  </scm>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.release</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-scm-provider-dummy</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+        <configuration>
+          <stagingRepository>file://${project.build.directory}/dummy/staging</stagingRepository>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/verify.groovy b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..930fef4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-release-plugin/src/it/projects/stage/MRELEASE-1104-stage-repo-only/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+File buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' )
+assert buildLog.exists()
+
+assert buildLog.text.contains( "with additional arguments: -DaltDeploymentRepository=\"file://" )
+
+
+