diff --git a/war/plugin.jelly b/war/plugin.jelly
index 81a70c55..cf63325d 100644
--- a/war/plugin.jelly
+++ b/war/plugin.jelly
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
          xmlns:license="license"
          xmlns:util="jelly:util"
          xmlns:ant="jelly:ant"
+         xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
          xmlns:artifact="artifact">
 
   <!--==================================================================-->
@@ -179,6 +180,12 @@
   <goal name="war:webapp" prereqs="war:war-resources,test:test" 
     description="Build a webapp directory">
 
+    <!-- If maven.test.skip != true, java:compile is attained in test:test -->
+    <maven:get var="testsSkipped" plugin="maven-test-plugin" property="maven.test.skip"/>
+    <j:if test="${testsSkipped}">
+      <attainGoal name="java:compile"/>
+    </j:if>
+
     <ant:echo>Assembling webapp ${pom.artifactId}</ant:echo>
 
     <j:set var="webapp.build.lib" value="${webapp.build.webinf}/lib"/>
diff --git a/war/project.xml b/war/project.xml
index 532e9d80..7d289d58 100644
--- a/war/project.xml
+++ b/war/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
   <id>maven-war-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven WAR Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.6.2</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.6.3-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>War Plugin for Maven</description>
   <shortDescription>War Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <versions>
diff --git a/war/xdocs/changes.xml b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
index 4b8089cb..d7539651 100644
--- a/war/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     <author email="vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
+    <release version="1.6.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPWAR-62">Java sources are not compiled when used with maven-test-plugin-1.8 and maven.test.skip=true.</action>
+    </release>
     <release version="1.6.2" date="2006-06-18">
       <action dev="snicoll" type="fix" issue="MPWAR-58">Manifest file is now generated properly.</action>
       <action dev="snicoll" type="add" issue="MPWAR-43">Aded the ability to customize the Class-Path entry of the manifest</action>
