Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectTest.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectTest.java	(revision 570380)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProjectTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -145,4 +145,14 @@
 
         assertEquals( "..", pathAdjustment );
     }
+    
+    public void testCopyConstructorWithDistributionManagement() throws Exception
+    {
+        
+        File f = getFileForClasspathResource( "distributionManagement-pom.xml" );
+        MavenProject projectToClone = getProject( f );
+
+        MavenProject clonedProject = new MavenProject( projectToClone );
+        assertNotNull( "clonedProject - distributionManagement", clonedProject.getDistributionManagementArtifactRepository() );
+    }
 }
Index: src/test/resources/distributionManagement-pom.xml
===================================================================
--- src/test/resources/distributionManagement-pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/distributionManagement-pom.xml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+
+<!--
+  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>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>maven</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-core</artifactId>
+  <name>Maven</name>
+  <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>repo-id</id>
+      <name>my snapshot repository</name>
+      <url>file:///path/to/snapshot/repo</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>repo-id2</id>
+      <name>my repository</name>
+      <url>file:///path/to/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file

Property changes on: src/test/resources/distributionManagement-pom.xml
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Name: svn:eol-style
   + native

Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java	(revision 570380)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java	(working copy)
@@ -261,6 +261,16 @@
         {
             setManagedVersionMap( new ManagedVersionMap( project.getManagedVersionMap() ) );
         }
+        
+        if ( project.releaseArtifactRepository != null )
+        {
+            releaseArtifactRepository = project.releaseArtifactRepository;
+        }
+        
+        if ( project.snapshotArtifactRepository != null )
+        {
+            snapshotArtifactRepository = project.snapshotArtifactRepository;
+        }
     }
     
     public String getModulePathAdjustment( MavenProject moduleProject ) throws IOException