diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce49b179..8fe36ddd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ This is the [exec-maven-plugin](http://www.mojohaus.org/exec-maven-plugin/).
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+## Running integration tests
+
+Execute `mvn -P run-its clean verify`
+
 ## Releasing
 
 * Make sure `gpg-agent` is running.
diff --git a/src/it/projects/mexec-439/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/mexec-439/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5a1730b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/mexec-439/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals = clean test
diff --git a/src/it/projects/mexec-439/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/mexec-439/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c128873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/mexec-439/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+   <parent>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.exec.it</groupId>
+      <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+   </parent>
+
+   <artifactId>mexec-439</artifactId>
+   <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+   <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+   <build>
+      <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>@project.version@</version>
+            <executions>
+               <execution>
+                  <phase>test</phase>
+                  <goals>
+                     <goal>exec</goal>
+                  </goals>
+                  <configuration>
+                     <includePluginDependencies>true</includePluginDependencies>
+                     <executableDependency>
+                        <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                     </executableDependency>
+                     <executable>java</executable>
+                     <arguments>
+                        <argument>-classpath</argument>
+                        <classpath />
+                        <argument>org.junit.runner.JUnitCore</argument>
+                     </arguments>
+                  </configuration>
+               </execution>
+            </executions>
+            <dependencies>
+               <dependency>
+                  <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                  <version>4.13.2</version>
+               </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+         </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+   </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecMojo.java
index 723c3fb8..8d2f9bb5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecMojo.java
@@ -284,12 +284,6 @@ public class ExecMojo extends AbstractExecMojo {
     @Parameter
     private File environmentScript = null;
 
-    /**
-     * The current build session instance. This is used for toolchain manager API calls.
-     */
-    @Parameter(defaultValue = "${session}", readonly = true)
-    private MavenSession session;
-
     /**
      * Exit codes to be resolved as successful execution for non-compliant applications (applications not returning 0
      * for success).
@@ -430,8 +424,9 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
                     // output as a log prefix, to enable easy tracing of program output when intermixed with other
                     // Maven log output. NOTE: The accept(..) methods are running in PumpStreamHandler thread,
                     // which is why we capture the thread name prefix here.
-                    final String logPrefix =
-                            session.isParallel() ? "[" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + "] " : "";
+                    final String logPrefix = getSession().isParallel()
+                            ? "[" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + "] "
+                            : "";
                     Consumer<String> mavenOutRedirect = logMessage -> {
                         if (quietLogs) {
                             getLog().debug(logPrefix + logMessage);
@@ -942,6 +937,7 @@ public int[] getSuccessCodes() {
 
     private Toolchain getToolchain() {
         // session and toolchainManager can be null in tests ...
+        MavenSession session = getSession();
         if (session != null && toolchainManager != null) {
             return toolchainManager.getToolchainFromBuildContext(toolchain, session);
         }