diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/product.programArgs/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/product.programArgs/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>tycho-its-project.product.programArgs</groupId>
+  <artifactId>ppa.product</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>eclipse-repository</packaging>
+
+  <properties>
+    <target-platform>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/latest</target-platform>
+  </properties>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>e342</id>
+      <layout>p2</layout>
+      <url>${target-platform}</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tycho-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${tycho-version}</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+        <artifactId>target-platform-configuration</artifactId>
+        <version>${tycho-version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <environments>
+            <environment>
+              <os>win32</os>
+              <ws>win32</ws>
+              <arch>x86</arch>
+            </environment>
+          </environments>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tycho-p2-director-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${tycho-version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>materialize-products</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>materialize-products</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>archive-products</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>archive-products</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/product.programArgs/product.product b/tycho-its/projects/product.programArgs/product.product
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+++ b/tycho-its/projects/product.programArgs/product.product
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?pde version="3.5"?>
+
+<product uid="ppa.product" id="product" application="application" version="1.0.0.qualifier" useFeatures="false" includeLaunchers="false">
+
+   <launcherArgs>
+      <programArgs>-blah1 -blah2 -configuration @user.dir/configuration
+      </programArgs>
+   </launcherArgs>
+
+   <plugins>
+      <plugin id="org.eclipse.osgi"/>
+   </plugins>
+
+</product>