diff --git a/cactus/plugin.jelly b/cactus/plugin.jelly
index 814619ce..51074fc9 100644
--- a/cactus/plugin.jelly
+++ b/cactus/plugin.jelly
@@ -170,6 +170,34 @@
     
   </goal>
 
+  <!--
+     ========================================================================
+       Generate a jar containing Cactus tests classes.
+     ========================================================================
+  -->
+  <goal name="cactus:jar" prereqs="cactus:compile"
+      description="Generate a Cactus jar">
+
+    <ant:jar
+      jarfile="${maven.build.dir}/${pom.artifactId}-cactus-${pom.currentVersion}.jar"
+      basedir="${cactus.target.classes.dir}"> 
+      <ant:manifest>
+        <ant:attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Created-By" value="Apache Jakarta Maven"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Package" value="${pom.package}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Build-Jdk" value="${java.version}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Extension-Name" value="${pom.artifactId}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Specification-Version" value="${pom.specificationVersion}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Specification-Vendor" value="${pom.organization.name}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Specification-Title" value="${pom.shortDescription}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Version" value="${pom.currentVersion}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Vendor" value="${pom.organization.name}"/>
+        <ant:attribute name="Implementation-Vendor-Id" value="${pom.organization.identifier}"/>
+      </ant:manifest>
+    </ant:jar>
+
+  </goal>
+
   <!--
      ========================================================================
        Cactify an application war.
diff --git a/cactus/xdocs/changes.xml b/cactus/xdocs/changes.xml
index f51356ce..f2e9d0b5 100644
--- a/cactus/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/cactus/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="3.1" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
+        New <code>cactus:jar</code> goal to generate a jar containing
+        the Cactus test classes. This is useful if you wish to put Cactus
+        test classes in one Maven project and execute the Cactus tests in
+        another project.
+      </action>
       <action dev="vmassol" type="add">
         Added new <code>cactus.tmp.dir</code> optional property to specify
         a location where Cactus will put its temporary files (mostly where
diff --git a/cactus/xdocs/goals.xml b/cactus/xdocs/goals.xml
index 605e4d1a..e319d09c 100644
--- a/cactus/xdocs/goals.xml
+++ b/cactus/xdocs/goals.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
 ]]></source>
         </description>
       </goal>
+      <goal>
+        <name>cactus:jar</name>
+        <description>
+          Generate a jar containing the Cactus test classes. This is 
+          useful if you wish to put Cactus test classes in one Maven 
+          project and execute the Cactus tests in another Maven project.
+        </description>
+      </goal>
     </goals>
   </body>
 </document>
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