diff --git a/latka/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/latka/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 574572b8..7c3716a4 100644
--- a/latka/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/latka/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  -->
 <project xmlns:util="jelly:util"
          xmlns:j="jelly:core"
+         xmlns:x="jelly:xml"
          xmlns:assert="assert">
          
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-jmeter-convert">
@@ -25,11 +26,15 @@
   
   <goal name="test-jmeter-convert">
     <j:set var="jmeterFile" value="${basedir}/file1.jmx"/>
+    <j:set var="suite" value="${maven.build.dir}/latka/jmeter-suite.latka"/>
     <attainGoal name="latka:jmeter-convert"/>
     
-    <assert:assertFileExists file="${maven.build.dir}/latka/jmeter-suite.latka"/>
+    <assert:assertFileExists file="${suite}"/>
     
     <!-- content checks to go here -->
+    <util:file var="suiteAsFile" 
+        name="${suite}"/>
+    <x:parse var="doc" xml="${suiteAsFile}"/>           
 
   </goal>
 </project>
diff --git a/latka/src/plugin-test/project.xml b/latka/src/plugin-test/project.xml
index 114a0456..8b0f8f9e 100644
--- a/latka/src/plugin-test/project.xml
+++ b/latka/src/plugin-test/project.xml
@@ -51,5 +51,11 @@
       </roles>
     </developer>
   </developers>
-
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-xml</artifactId>
+      <version>20030211.142705</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
 </project>