diff --git a/j2ee/plugin.jelly b/j2ee/plugin.jelly
index 4a08111a..c654d634 100644
--- a/j2ee/plugin.jelly
+++ b/j2ee/plugin.jelly
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <!-- ================================================================ -->
   <!-- V A L I D A T E  A  W A R                                        -->
   <!-- ================================================================ -->
-  <goal name="j2ee:validate-war"
+  <goal name="j2ee:validate-war" prereqs="war:init"
     description="Check that a war file is valid">
 
     <ant:taskdef name="warvalidator" classname="org.apache.maven.j2ee.WarValidator">
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('ant')}"/>
         <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('dom4j')}"/>
         <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('xml-apis')}"/>
+        <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('commons-logging')}"/>
       </ant:classpath>
     </ant:taskdef>