diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/pom.xml b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/pom.xml
index ac98cdb..b00b2b5 100644
--- a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <aggregate>true</aggregate>
         </configuration>
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@
               <report>check-site</report>
               <report>check-source-release</report>
               <report>check-index-page</report>
+              <report>check-prerequisites-site</report>
             </reports>
           </reportSet>
           <reportSet>
@@ -331,4 +333,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/it/check-prerequisites-report/invoker.properties b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/it/check-prerequisites-report/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9993f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/it/check-prerequisites-report/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 = -X site
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/it/check-prerequisites-report/pom.xml b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/it/check-prerequisites-report/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62d8e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/it/check-prerequisites-report/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?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.dist.tools.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>check-prerequisites-site-report</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>@project.groupId@</groupId>
+        <artifactId>@project.artifactId@</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <reportSets>
+          <reportSet>
+            <reports>
+              <report>check-prerequisites-site</report>
+            </reports>
+          </reportSet>
+        </reportSets>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/DistPrerequisiteMojo.java b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/DistPrerequisiteMojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..423bafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/DistPrerequisiteMojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+package org.apache.maven.dist.tools;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion;
+import org.apache.maven.doxia.sink.Sink;
+import org.apache.maven.doxia.siterenderer.Renderer;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
+import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
+import org.apache.maven.reporting.AbstractMavenReport;
+import org.apache.maven.reporting.MavenReportException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Karl Heinz Marbaise
+ */
+@Mojo( name = "check-prerequisites-site", requiresProject = false )
+public class DistPrerequisiteMojo
+    extends AbstractMavenReport
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Site renderer.
+     */
+    @Component
+    protected Renderer siteRenderer;
+
+    /**
+     * Reporting directory.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${project.reporting.outputDirectory}", required = true )
+    protected File outputDirectory;
+
+    /**
+     * Maven project.
+     */
+    @Parameter( defaultValue = "${project}", readonly = true, required = true )
+    protected MavenProject project;
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName( Locale locale )
+    {
+        return "Dist Tool> Prerequisites";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription( Locale locale )
+    {
+        return "Maven version prerequisites and JDK Version";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void executeReport( Locale locale )
+        throws MavenReportException
+    {
+        if ( !outputDirectory.exists() )
+        {
+            outputDirectory.mkdirs();
+        }
+
+        GetPrerequisites prerequisites = new GetPrerequisites();
+
+        Sink sink = getSink();
+
+        sink.head();
+        sink.title();
+        sink.text( "Check Prerequisites" );
+        sink.title_();
+        sink.head_();
+        sink.body();
+
+        Map<ArtifactVersion, List<MavenJDKInformation>> groupedPrequisites = prerequisites.getGroupedPrequisites();
+
+        sink.table();
+
+        ArrayList<ArtifactVersion> sortedVersion = new ArrayList<ArtifactVersion>();
+        sortedVersion.addAll( groupedPrequisites.keySet() );
+        
+        Collections.<ArtifactVersion>sort( sortedVersion );
+
+        for ( ArtifactVersion mavenVersion : sortedVersion)
+        {
+            sink.tableRow();
+            sink.tableHeaderCell();
+            sink.rawText( "Maven Version Prerequisite " + mavenVersion );
+            sink.tableHeaderCell_();
+
+            sink.tableHeaderCell();
+            sink.rawText( "Maven Version");
+            sink.tableHeaderCell_();
+
+            sink.tableHeaderCell();
+            sink.rawText( "JDK Version");
+            sink.tableHeaderCell_();
+
+            sink.tableRow_();
+
+            for ( MavenJDKInformation mavenJDKInformation : groupedPrequisites.get( mavenVersion ) )
+            {
+                sink.tableRow();
+                sink.tableCell();
+                sink.text( mavenJDKInformation.getPluginName() );
+                sink.tableCell_();
+                sink.tableCell();
+                sink.text( mavenJDKInformation.getMavenVersion().toString() );
+                sink.tableCell_();
+
+                sink.tableCell();
+                sink.text( mavenJDKInformation.getJdkVersion() );
+                sink.tableCell_();
+                sink.tableRow_();
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        sink.table_();
+        sink.body_();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getOutputName()
+    {
+        return "dist-tool-prerequisites";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Renderer getSiteRenderer()
+    {
+        return siteRenderer;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getOutputDirectory()
+    {
+        return outputDirectory.getAbsolutePath();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected MavenProject getProject()
+    {
+        return project;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/GetPrerequisites.java b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/GetPrerequisites.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91c5157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/GetPrerequisites.java
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package org.apache.maven.dist.tools;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion;
+import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
+import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
+import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
+import org.jsoup.select.Elements;
+
+public class GetPrerequisites
+{
+    /**
+     * Currently hard code should be somehow extracted from the configuration file....
+     */
+    public String[] pluginNames = { 
+        "maven-acr-plugin", 
+        "maven-ant-plugin", 
+        "maven-antrun-plugin",
+        "maven-assembly-plugin",
+        "maven-changelog-plugin",
+        "maven-changes-plugin",
+        "maven-checkstyle-plugin",
+        "maven-clean-plugin",
+        "maven-compiler-plugin",
+        "maven-dependency-plugin",
+        "maven-deploy-plugin",
+        "maven-doap-plugin",
+        "maven-docck-plugin",
+        "maven-ear-plugin",
+        "maven-eclipse-plugin",
+        "maven-ejb-plugin",
+        "maven-gpg-plugin",
+        "maven-help-plugin",
+        "maven-install-plugin",
+        "maven-invoker-plugin",
+        "maven-jar-plugin",
+        "maven-jarsigner-plugin",
+        "maven-javadoc-plugin",
+        "maven-linkcheck-plugin",
+        "maven-patch-plugin",
+        "maven-pdf-plugin",
+        "maven-pmd-plugin",
+        "maven-project-info-reports-plugin",
+        "maven-rar-plugin",
+        "maven-remote-resources-plugin",
+        "maven-repository-plugin",
+        "maven-scm-publish-plugin",
+        "maven-shade-plugin",
+        "maven-site-plugin",
+        "maven-source-plugin",
+        "maven-stage-plugin",
+        "maven-toolchains-plugin",
+        "maven-verifier-plugin",
+        "maven-war-plugin",
+        
+    };
+
+    public String BASEURL = "http://maven.apache.org/plugins/";
+
+    public MavenJDKInformation getMavenJdkInformation( String baseURL, String pluginName )
+        throws IOException
+    {
+        Document doc = Jsoup.connect( baseURL + "/" + pluginName + "/plugin-info.html" ).get();
+
+        Elements select = doc.select( "table.bodyTable" );
+
+        Element tableInfo = select.get( 1 );
+        Elements elementsByAttribute_a = tableInfo.getElementsByAttributeValue( "class", "a" );
+        Elements elementsByAttribute_b = tableInfo.getElementsByAttributeValue( "class", "b" );
+        String mavenVersion = elementsByAttribute_a.first().text();
+        String jdkVersion = elementsByAttribute_b.first().text();
+        
+        //FIXME: Sometimes it happens that the indexes are swapped (I don't know why...I have to find out why...)
+        if (mavenVersion.startsWith( "JDK" )) {
+            String tmp = jdkVersion;
+            jdkVersion = mavenVersion;
+            mavenVersion = tmp;
+        }
+
+        //Leave only version part...
+        mavenVersion = mavenVersion.replace( "Maven ", "" );
+        jdkVersion = jdkVersion.replace( "JDK ", "" );
+
+        MavenJDKInformation mjdk = new MavenJDKInformation( pluginName, mavenVersion, jdkVersion );
+        return mjdk;
+    }
+
+    public List<MavenJDKInformation> getPrequisites() {
+        List<MavenJDKInformation> result = new ArrayList<MavenJDKInformation>();
+        
+        for ( int i = 0; i < pluginNames.length; i++ )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                result.add( getMavenJdkInformation( BASEURL, pluginNames[i] ));
+            }
+            catch ( IOException e )
+            {
+                //What could happen?
+                //check it...
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+
+    public Map<ArtifactVersion, List<MavenJDKInformation>> getGroupedPrequisites() {
+        Map<ArtifactVersion, List<MavenJDKInformation>> result = new HashMap<ArtifactVersion, List<MavenJDKInformation>>();
+        
+        List<MavenJDKInformation> prequisites = getPrequisites();
+        for ( MavenJDKInformation mavenJDKInformation : prequisites )
+        {
+            if (!result.containsKey( mavenJDKInformation.getMavenVersion() )) {
+                result.put( mavenJDKInformation.getMavenVersion(), new ArrayList<MavenJDKInformation>());
+            }
+            result.get( mavenJDKInformation.getMavenVersion()).add( mavenJDKInformation );
+        }
+        
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/MavenJDKInformation.java b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/MavenJDKInformation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cdca98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/MavenJDKInformation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package org.apache.maven.dist.tools;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
+
+public class MavenJDKInformation
+{
+    private String pluginName;
+
+    private ArtifactVersion mavenVersion;
+
+    private String jdkVersion;
+
+    public MavenJDKInformation( String pluginName, String mavenVersion, String jdkVersion )
+    {
+        this.pluginName = pluginName;
+        this.mavenVersion = new DefaultArtifactVersion( mavenVersion );
+        this.jdkVersion = jdkVersion;
+    }
+
+    public ArtifactVersion getMavenVersion()
+    {
+        return mavenVersion;
+    }
+
+    public void setMavenVersion( String mavenVersion )
+    {
+        this.mavenVersion = new DefaultArtifactVersion( mavenVersion );
+    }
+
+    public String getJdkVersion()
+    {
+        return jdkVersion;
+    }
+
+    public void setJdkVersion( String jdkVersion )
+    {
+        this.jdkVersion = jdkVersion;
+    }
+
+    public String getPluginName()
+    {
+        return pluginName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPluginName( String pluginName )
+    {
+        this.pluginName = pluginName;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/site/markdown/index.md b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/site/markdown/index.md
index e6b14d5..92e455d 100644
--- a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/site/markdown/index.md
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/site/markdown/index.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 The dist-tool-plugin checks that [Maven release process][6] has been fully applied across every artifact, as listed in [configuration file][4].
 
-Results are displayed in 3 reports:
+Results are displayed in 4 reports:
 
 * [Dist Tool> Source Release][2] report, for checks about artifacts [source release publication][5],
 
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 * [Dist Tool> Index page][3] report, for checks about index pages.
 
+* [Dist Tool> Prerequisites][7] report, for checks about prerequisites.
+
 Notice that this plugin is actually intended for Maven itself only: if interest is expressed to use it
 in other context, it would require more configurations.
 
@@ -39,4 +41,5 @@
 [4]: ./dist-tool.conf.html
 [5]: http://maven.apache.org/developers/release/maven-project-release-procedure.html#Copy_the_source_release_to_the_Apache_Distribution_Area
 [6]: http://maven.apache.org/developers/release/releasing.html
-        
\ No newline at end of file
+[7]: ./dist-tool-prerequisites.html
+
diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/site/site.xml b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/site/site.xml
index a37ebe5..0245898 100644
--- a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/site/site.xml
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/site/site.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
             <item name="Dist Tool> Source Release" href="dist-tool-check-source-release.html" />
             <item name="Dist Tool> Sites" href="dist-tool-check-site.html" />
             <item name="Dist Tool> Index Pages" href="dist-tool-check-index-page.html" />
+            <item name="Dist Tool> Prerequisites" href="dist-tool-prerequisites.html" />
             <item name="Configuration" href="dist-tool.conf.html" />
         </menu>        
         <menu name="for dev">
@@ -42,4 +43,4 @@
         </menu>
         <menu ref="reports"/>
     </body>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/PatternTest.java b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/PatternTest.java
index aaf7deb..063619c 100644
--- a/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/PatternTest.java
+++ b/dist-tools/dist-tool-plugin/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/dist/tools/PatternTest.java
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
  *