diff --git a/ear/plugin.jelly b/ear/plugin.jelly
index 7ef50648..1052269c 100644
--- a/ear/plugin.jelly
+++ b/ear/plugin.jelly
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       <!-- include marked dependencies -->
       <j:forEach var="lib" items="${pom.artifacts}">
         <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>      
-        <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle')=='true'}">
+        <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle')=='true' || dep.getProperty('ear.module')=='true'}">
           
           <!-- 
            We know that this dep "wants" to be bundled.
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <x:element name="display-name">${maven.ear.displayname}</x:element>
         <j:forEach var="lib" items="${pom.artifacts}">
 	      <j:set var="dep" value="${lib.dependency}"/>
-          <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle')=='true'}">
+          <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.bundle')=='true' || dep.getProperty('ear.module')=='true'}">
             <j:choose>
               <j:when test="${dep.type=='war'}">
                 <x:element name="module">
@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@
                 </x:element>
               </j:when>       
               <j:when test="${dep.type=='jar'}">
-                <x:element name="module">  
-                  <x:element name="java">${dep.getArtifact()}</x:element>                 
-                </x:element>
+                <j:if test="${dep.getProperty('ear.module')=='true'}">
+                  <x:element name="module">  
+                    <x:element name="java">${dep.getArtifact()}</x:element>                 
+                  </x:element>
+                </j:if>
               </j:when>
               <j:when test="${dep.type=='rar'}">
                 <x:element name="module">  
diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/ear/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
index 660ae050..69bbec64 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">
+<project xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:u="jelly:util" xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
 
   <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-ear">
     <attainGoal name="clean"/>
@@ -7,12 +7,43 @@
   <goal name="test-ear">
     <attainGoal name="ear"/>
 
+    <!-- tests that the ear is generated -->
     <j:set var="expectedFile" 
       value="${maven.build.dir}/test-maven-ear-plugin-1.0-SNAPSHOT.ear"/>
     <u:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
     <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
       <fail>${expectedFile} not generated</fail>
     </j:if>
+    
+    <!-- unzip the ear and look for the jars -->
+    <j:set var="earFile" 
+      value="${maven.build.dir}/test-maven-ear-plugin-1.0-SNAPSHOT.ear"/>
+    <j:set var="unzipDir" value= "${maven.build.dir}/eartest"/>
+    <mkdir dir="${unzipDir}"/>
+    <unzip src="${earFile}" dest="${unzipDir}"/>
+    <!-- check for commons-logging -->
+    <j:set var="expectedFile" value="${unzipDir}/commons-logging-1.0.3.jar"/>
+    <u:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
+    <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
+      <fail>${expectedFile} not bundled</fail>
+    </j:if>
+    <!-- check for commons-collections -->
+    <j:set var="expectedFile" value="${unzipDir}/commons-collections-2.1.jar"/>
+    <u:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
+    <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
+      <fail>${expectedFile} not bundled</fail>
+    </j:if>
+
+    <!-- check application.xml got a java module in it -->
+    <u:file var="appXml" name="${unzipDir}/META-INF/application.xml"/>
+    <x:parse var="applicationDoc" xml="${appXml.toURL()}"/>
+    <x:set var="firstJavaModule" select="string($applicationDoc/application/module/java)"/>
+    <echo>output is ${a}</echo>
+    <j:if test="${firstJavaModule != 'commons-collections-2.1.jar'}">
+      <fail>
+        commons-collections-2.1.jar not bundled as a java module found '${firstJavaModule}' instead
+      </fail>
+    </j:if>
 
   </goal>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/project.properties b/ear/src/plugin-test/project.properties
index 23143ee6..c84c38c8 100644
--- a/ear/src/plugin-test/project.properties
+++ b/ear/src/plugin-test/project.properties
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
 maven.deployable.component=${maven.final.name}.ear
 maven.j2ee.ear.appxml=${maven.conf.dir}/application.xml
-maven.weblogic.home=C:\\bea\\wlserver6.1
-maven.weblogic.host=localhost
-maven.weblogic.port=7001
-maven.weblogic.server=myserver
-maven.weblogic.username=system
-maven.weblogic.password=weblogic
-maven.weblogic.component=${maven.final.name}
-maven.weblogic.debug=true
+maven.ear.appxml.generate=true
diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/project.xml b/ear/src/plugin-test/project.xml
index 1689e241..1c582631 100644
--- a/ear/src/plugin-test/project.xml
+++ b/ear/src/plugin-test/project.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,24 @@
       <version>1.0.3</version>
       <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging.html</url>
       <properties>
-        <ear.bundle.jar>true</ear.bundle.jar>
+        <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1</version>
+      <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/collections/</url>
+      <properties>
+        <ear.module>true</ear.module>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-xml</artifactId>
+      <version>20030211.142705</version>
+      <properties>
+        <classloader>root.maven</classloader>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -49,16 +66,5 @@
     <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
     <unitTestSourceDirectory>src/test</unitTestSourceDirectory>
     <!-- Resources that are packaged up inside the JAR file -->
-
-    <resources>
-    <!--includes>
-        <include>*.xsd</include>
-        <include>log4j.properties</include>
-      </includes-->
-</resources>
-    <!-- Integration unit test cases -->
-
-    <integrationUnitTest/>
-    <jars></jars>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/ear/src/plugin-test/src/application/META-INF/application.xml b/ear/src/plugin-test/src/application/META-INF/application.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index acbc9087..00000000
--- a/ear/src/plugin-test/src/application/META-INF/application.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE application PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD J2EE Application 1.2//EN" "http://java.sun.com/j2ee/dtds/application_1_2.dtd">
-
-<application>
-  <display-name>workflow ejb app</display-name>
-  <module>
-    <ejb>workflow.jar</ejb>
-  </module>
-  <module>
-    <ejb>business.jar</ejb>
-  </module>
-  <module>
-    <ejb>begin_workflow.jar</ejb>
-  </module>
-</application>
-
diff --git a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
index 54c0aaad..2fecaade 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="fix" issue="MPEAR-14">
+        Introduced ear.module property to mark jars as being java client modules
+      </action>
+      <action dev="dion" type="update">
+        Added to the plugin tests a check to make sure the ear includes
+        the jars marked by ear.bundle and ear.module and that ear.module generates
+        a java module in the generated application.xml
+      </action>
     </release>
 
     <release version="1.3" date="2003-11-26">
diff --git a/ear/xdocs/properties.xml b/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
index b1b2b51e..232c12d9 100644
--- a/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/ear/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <id>id</id>
       <version>aversion</version>
-      <type>jar<type>
+      <type>ejb<type>
       <properties>
         <ear.bundle>true</ear.bundle>
       </properties>
@@ -124,7 +124,22 @@
       </properties>
     </dependency>
   ]]></source>
-      
+  
+       <p>
+         Please note that if a jar is a java client module, you will need to declare
+         it using the <code>ear.module</code> property, rather than ear.bundle:
+       </p>
+  <source><![CDATA[
+    <dependency>
+      <id>my-java-client</id>
+      <version>aversion</version>
+      <type>jar<type>
+      <properties>
+        <ear.module>true</ear.module>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+  ]]></source>
+
     </section>
   </body>
 </document>