diff --git a/war/plugin.jelly b/war/plugin.jelly
index dee41688..d467c563 100644
--- a/war/plugin.jelly
+++ b/war/plugin.jelly
@@ -143,4 +143,11 @@
 
   </goal>
 
+  <!--==================================================================-->
+  <!-- Special no-op goal which can be used by other plugin which need  -->
+  <!-- to get access to any of this plugin's property. This is          -->
+  <!-- temporary, until we get explicit plugin dependencies.            -->
+  <!--==================================================================-->    
+  <goal name="war:load"/>
+
 </project>