diff --git a/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/maven.xml b/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/maven.xml
index 6b57118c..f4015330 100644
--- a/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/maven.xml
+++ b/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/maven.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
-<project xmlns:util="jelly:util" xmlns:j="jelly:core">
+<project xmlns:util="jelly:util" xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:ant="jelly:ant">
 
   <goal name="dist" prereqs="aspectwerkz:weave"/>
          
+  <!-- Execute the application to verify it works -->
+  <goal name="run">
+
+    <ant:java dir="${maven.build.dir}" failonerror="true" fork="true"
+        classname="org.apache.maven.aspectwerkz.Target">
+      <ant:sysproperty key="aspectwerkz.definition.file" value="${basedir}/conf/aspectwerkz.xml"/>
+      <ant:classpath>
+        <ant:pathelement location="${maven.build.dir}/aspectwerkz/weaved"/>
+        <ant:pathelement location="${pom.getDependencyPath('maven:test-maven-aspectwerkz-plugin-parent')}"/>
+        <ant:pathelement location="${pom.getDependencyPath('aspectwerkz:aspectwerkz')}"/>
+        <ant:pathelement location="${pom.getDependencyPath('dom4j:dom4j')}"/>
+        <ant:pathelement location="${pom.getDependencyPath('trove:trove')}"/>
+        <ant:pathelement location="${pom.getDependencyPath('bcel:bcel')}"/>
+        <ant:pathelement location="${pom.getDependencyPath('jrexx:jrexx')}"/>
+      </ant:classpath>        
+    </ant:java>
+
+  </goal>
+         
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/project.xml b/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/project.xml
index a6b268f2..556e8e67 100644
--- a/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/project.xml
+++ b/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/project.xml
@@ -12,5 +12,25 @@
         <aspectwerkz.library>true</aspectwerkz.library>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>trove</groupId>
+      <artifactId>trove</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>bcel</groupId>
+      <artifactId>bcel</artifactId>
+      <version>5.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jrexx</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jrexx</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.1</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/src/main/org/apache/maven/aspectwerkz/Target.java b/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/src/main/org/apache/maven/aspectwerkz/Target.java
index 9080e8f6..360b6fc2 100644
--- a/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/src/main/org/apache/maven/aspectwerkz/Target.java
+++ b/aspectwerkz/src/plugin-test/child/src/main/org/apache/maven/aspectwerkz/Target.java
@@ -14,4 +14,10 @@ public class Target
     {
         System.out.println("someMethod2");
     }
+    
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        Target.someMethod1();
+        Target.someMethod2();
+    }
 }