diff --git a/webserver/plugin.jelly b/webserver/plugin.jelly
index 9d4c4d32..b9b62bbf 100644
--- a/webserver/plugin.jelly
+++ b/webserver/plugin.jelly
@@ -187,43 +187,80 @@
     <ant:property name="maven.webserver.dir.path"
       location="${maven.webserver.dir}" />
 
+      <!-- convert all path related properties to their os equivalent -->
+    <ant:property name="maven.appserver.home.path"
+      location="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.home')}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.appserver.conf.dir.path"
+      location="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.conf.dir')}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.appserver.root.path"
+      location="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.root')}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.appserver.dir.path"
+      location="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.dir')}" />
+
     <!-- create the filterset to be available to copy tasks that want it -->
     <ant:filterset id="maven.webserver.filterset.default">
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.home"
-        value="${maven.webserver.home.path}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.home.path')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.name"
-        value="${maven.webserver.name}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.name')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.version"
-        value="${maven.webserver.version}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.version')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.http"
-        value="${maven.webserver.port.http}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.port.http')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.https"
-        value="${maven.webserver.port.https}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.port.https')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.A"
-        value="${maven.webserver.port.A}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.port.A')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.B"
-        value="${maven.webserver.port.B}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.port.B')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.C"
-        value="${maven.webserver.port.C}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.port.C')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.conf.dir"
-        value="${maven.webserver.conf.dir.path}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.conf.dir.path')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.host"
-        value="${maven.webserver.host}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.host')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.dir"
-        value="${maven.webserver.dir.path}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.dir.path')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.root"
-        value="${maven.webserver.root.path}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.root.path')}" />
+
+      <!-- allow integration with the properties of the appserver plugin -->
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.home"
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.home.path')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.name"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.name')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.version"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.version')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.http"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.port.http')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.https"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.port.https')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.A"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.port.A')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.B"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.port.B')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.C"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.port.C')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.conf.dir"
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.conf.dir.path')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.host"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-appserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.appserver.host')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.dir"
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.dir.path')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.root"
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.root.path')}" />
+
     </ant:filterset>
 
     <!-- a flag to see if the webserver is started -->
     <j:remove var="maven.webserver.started" />
     <ant:condition property="maven.webserver.started">
       <ant:and>
-        <ant:socket server="${maven.webserver.host}"
-          port="${maven.webserver.test.socket}" />
+        <ant:socket server="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.host')}"
+          port="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.test.socket')}" />
         <!-- only use the test url if defined, else just use the socket -->
         <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.test.url') != null}">
-          <ant:http url="${maven.webserver.test.url}" />
+          <ant:http url="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.test.url')}" />
         </j:if>
       </ant:and>
     </ant:condition>
@@ -232,8 +269,8 @@
     <j:remove var="maven.webserver.installed" />
     <ant:condition property="maven.webserver.installed">
       <ant:and>
-        <ant:available file="${maven.webserver.root}" type="dir" />
-        <ant:available file="${maven.webserver.dir}" type="dir" />
+        <ant:available file="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.root')}" type="dir" />
+        <ant:available file="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.dir')}" type="dir" />
       </ant:and>
     </ant:condition>
 
@@ -243,14 +280,14 @@
 
     <j:set var="maven.webserver.installed.msg">
       <j:choose>
-        <j:when test="${maven.webserver.installed}">installed</j:when>
+        <j:when test="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.installed')}">installed</j:when>
         <j:otherwise>not installed</j:otherwise>
       </j:choose>
     </j:set>
 
     <j:set var="maven.webserver.started.msg">
       <j:choose>
-        <j:when test="${maven.webserver.started}">started</j:when>
+        <j:when test="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.started')}">started</j:when>
         <j:otherwise>not started</j:otherwise>
       </j:choose>
     </j:set>
@@ -263,7 +300,7 @@ Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserve
 
     <j:if test="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.test.url') == null}">
     <log:info trim="false">
-Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.fullname}"/> webserver instance is <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.installed.msg}"/> in directory [ <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.dir}"/> ] and <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.started.msg}"/> using socket <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.test.socket}"/> on host <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.host}"/>.
+Maven has determined your <j:expr value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.fullname')}"/> webserver instance is <j:expr value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.installed.msg')}"/> in directory [ <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.dir}"/> ] and <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.started.msg}"/> using socket <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.test.socket}"/> on host <j:expr value="${maven.webserver.host}"/>.
     </log:info>
     </j:if>