diff --git a/src/it/fast-delete/invoker.properties b/src/it/fast-delete/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/it/fast-delete/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals = install clean -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showThreadName=true -X -e
diff --git a/src/it/fast-delete/pom.xml b/src/it/fast-delete/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/it/fast-delete/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?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>test</groupId>
+	<artifactId>fast-delete</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<name>Fast delete</name>
+	<description>Check that fast delete is invoked.</description>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>@pom.version@</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<fast>true</fast>
+					<fastDir>${project.basedir}${file.separator}.fastdir</fastDir>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/fast-delete/verify.groovy b/src/it/fast-delete/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/fast-delete/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * 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')
+return buildLog.text.contains('mvn-background-cleaner')