diff --git a/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/.cvsignore b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0afd1ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+gump.xml
+*.log
diff --git a/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/maven.xml b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/maven.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad518945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<project xmlns:util="jelly:util"
+         xmlns:j="jelly:core">
+         
+  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="clean,test-html2xdoc,test-html2xdoc-site">
+  </goal>
+  
+  <goal name="test-html2xdoc">
+    <attainGoal name="html2xdoc"/>
+    <j:set var="expectedFile" value="${maven.gen.docs}/h1h2.xml"/>
+    <util:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
+    <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
+      <fail>${expectedFile} not generated</fail>
+    </j:if>
+  </goal>
+  
+  <goal name="test-html2xdoc-site">
+    <attainGoal name="site"/>
+    <j:set var="expectedFile" value="${maven.docs.dest}/h1h2.html"/>
+    <util:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
+    <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
+      <fail>${expectedFile} not generated</fail>
+    </j:if>
+  </goal>
+</project>
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diff --git a/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/project.properties b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46a7206d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# enable html transformation
+maven.html2xdoc.enabled=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/project.xml b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e04876f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/project.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<project>
+  <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
+  <id>test-maven-java-plugin</id>
+  <name>Test project for Maven Java Plugin</name>
+  <groupId>maven</groupId>
+  <currentVersion>1.0-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  <organization>
+    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+    <logo>http://maven.apache.org/images/jakarta-logo-blue.gif</logo>
+  </organization>
+  <inceptionYear>2001</inceptionYear>
+  <package>org.apache.maven</package>
+  <logo>http://maven.apache.org/images/maven.jpg</logo>
+  <description>Test for Maven Java plugin</description>
+  <shortDescription>Test for Maven Java plugin</shortDescription>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/java/</url>
+  <siteDirectory>/www/maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/java/</siteDirectory>
+  <repository>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic:maven/src/plugins-build/java/</connection>
+    <url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/maven/src/plugins-build/java/</url>
+  </repository>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <name>dIon Gillard</name>
+      <id>dion</id>
+      <email>dion@multitask.com.au</email>
+      <organization>Multitask Consulting</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>Documentation</role>
+      </roles>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src/main</sourceDirectory>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/xdocs/h1h2.html b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/xdocs/h1h2.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4166a1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html2xdoc/src/test/plugin-test/xdocs/h1h2.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
+<html>
+<head>
+  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
+  <title>A title</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+	
+<h1>A section title</h1>
+
+Some text
+<br/>
+More text
+
+<h2>a subsection</h2>
+
+This is a subsection. It only has this.
+
+</body>
+</html>
