diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db43244d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-Name: circular.bundle1
+Bundle-SymbolicName: circular.bundle1;singleton:=true
+Bundle-Version: 1.0.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Vendor: TEST
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-17
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/META-INF/p2.inf b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/META-INF/p2.inf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e90c837bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/META-INF/p2.inf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Require build2 at runtime but not at builtime.
+requires.0.namespace=org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu
+requires.0.name=circular.bundle2
+requires.0.range=0.0.0
+requires.0.filter = (!(org.eclipse.circular.buildtime=true))
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/build.properties b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7594fab8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin.includes = META-INF/,\
+               .
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc1cc235bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle1/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?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>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>tycho-its-project.p2Inf.circular</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>circular.bundle1</artifactId>
+    <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61ae634ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-Name: circular.bundle2
+Bundle-SymbolicName: circular.bundle2;singleton:=true
+Bundle-Version: 1.0.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Vendor: TEST
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-17
+Require-Bundle: circular.bundle1
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/build.properties b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7594fab8d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin.includes = META-INF/,\
+               .
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3866a3811c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/bundle2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?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>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>tycho-its-project.p2Inf.circular</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>circular.bundle2</artifactId>
+    <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/pom.xml b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccc61a0f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/projects/p2Inf.circular/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?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.p2Inf.circular</groupId>
+  <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <properties>
+    <tycho-version>4.0.4</tycho-version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>bundle1</module>
+    <module>bundle2</module>
+  </modules>
+
+  <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>
+          <target>
+          </target>
+          <environments>
+            <environment>
+              <os>win32</os>
+              <ws>win32</ws>
+              <arch>x86_64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>macosx</os>
+              <ws>cocoa</ws>
+              <arch>x86_64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>macosx</os>
+              <ws>cocoa</ws>
+              <arch>aarch64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>linux</os>
+              <ws>gtk</ws>
+              <arch>x86_64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>linux</os>
+              <ws>gtk</ws>
+              <arch>aarch64</arch>
+            </environment>
+            <environment>
+              <os>linux</os>
+              <ws>gtk</ws>
+              <arch>ppc64le</arch>
+            </environment>
+          </environments>
+          <dependency-resolution>
+            <profileProperties>
+              <org.eclipse.circular.buildtime>true</org.eclipse.circular.buildtime>
+            </profileProperties>
+          </dependency-resolution>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/p2Inf/CircularTest.java b/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/p2Inf/CircularTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b649fc2a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho-its/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tycho/test/p2Inf/CircularTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Eclipse Contributors and others.
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.tycho.test.p2Inf;
+
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.eclipse.tycho.test.AbstractTychoIntegrationTest;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ */
+public class CircularTest extends AbstractTychoIntegrationTest {
+	@Test
+	public void testVirtualUnitRequirementDoesNotFailBuild() throws Exception {
+		Verifier verifier = getVerifier("/p2Inf.circular", false);
+		verifier.executeGoals(asList("verify"));
+		verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+	}
+}