diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/ear/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 69bbec64..2a614c30 100644
--- a/ear/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
+++ b/ear/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:u="jelly:util" xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
+<project xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:u="jelly:util" xmlns:x="jelly:xml" xmlns:j2ee="j2ee">
 
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-ear">
     <attainGoal name="clean"/>
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@
 
     <!-- check application.xml got a java module in it -->
     <u:file var="appXml" name="${unzipDir}/META-INF/application.xml"/>
-    <x:parse var="applicationDoc" xml="${appXml.toURL()}"/>
+    <j:new var="saxReader" className="org.dom4j.io.SAXReader" />
+    <j2ee:resolver var="resolver" />
+    ${saxReader.setEntityResolver(resolver)}
+<echo>${resolver}</echo>
+<echo>${saxReader.entityResolver}</echo>
+    <x:parse var="applicationDoc" xml="${appXml.toURL()}" SAXReader="${saxReader}" />
     <x:set var="firstJavaModule" select="string($applicationDoc/application/module/java)"/>
     <echo>output is ${a}</echo>
     <j:if test="${firstJavaModule != 'commons-collections-2.1.jar'}">
@@ -46,4 +51,4 @@
     </j:if>
 
   </goal>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/project.xml b/ear/src/plugin-test/project.xml
index 1c582631..36252a05 100644
--- a/ear/src/plugin-test/project.xml
+++ b/ear/src/plugin-test/project.xml
@@ -56,9 +56,13 @@
       <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-xml</artifactId>
       <version>20030211.142705</version>
-      <properties>
-        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
-      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- Needed for the entity resolver -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-j2ee-plugin</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+      <type>plugin</type>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/j2ee/plugin.jelly b/j2ee/plugin.jelly
index c654d634..23bf6e9d 100644
--- a/j2ee/plugin.jelly
+++ b/j2ee/plugin.jelly
@@ -39,4 +39,11 @@
     </ant:warvalidator>
   </goal>
 
+  <define:taglib uri="j2ee">
+    <define:tag name="resolver">
+      <j:new var="resolver" className="org.apache.maven.j2ee.J2EEEntityResolver" />
+      <j:set var="${var}" value="${resolver}" scope="parent" />
+    </define:tag>
+  </define:taglib>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/j2ee/project.xml b/j2ee/project.xml
index 5db227d1..73b077e9 100644
--- a/j2ee/project.xml
+++ b/j2ee/project.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-j2ee-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven J2EE Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.3</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.4-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description/>
   <shortDescription>J2EE tools</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/j2ee/</url>
diff --git a/j2ee/xdocs/changes.xml b/j2ee/xdocs/changes.xml
index 3254557d..d83bbbe6 100644
--- a/j2ee/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/j2ee/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
   </properties>
 
   <body>
+    <release version="1.4-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="brett" type="fix">
+        Add tag to get a J2EE Entity Resolver for use in other plugins
+      </action>
+    </release>
+
     <release version="1.3" date="2003-09-29">
       <action dev="dion" type="update">
         Upgrade to dom4j 1.4
