diff --git a/war/src/plugin-test/maven.xml b/war/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97b7529c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/war/src/plugin-test/maven.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<project xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:u="jelly:util">
+
+  <goal name="testPlugin" prereqs="test-war">
+    <attainGoal name="clean"/>
+  </goal>
+  
+  <goal name="test-war">
+    <attainGoal name="war"/>
+
+<!--    <j:set var="expectedFile" 
+      value="${maven.build.dir}/test-maven-ear-plugin-1.0-SNAPSHOT.ear"/>
+    <attainGoal name="ear"/>
+    <u:file var="file" name="${expectedFile}" />
+    <j:if test="${!(file.exists())}">
+      <fail>${expectedFile} not generated</fail>
+    </j:if>
+-->
+  </goal>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/war/src/plugin-test/project.xml b/war/src/plugin-test/project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..485d5500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/war/src/plugin-test/project.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<project>
+
+  <!-- the version of maven's project object model -->
+  <pomVersion>3</pomVersion>
+  
+  <!-- a unique name for this project -->
+  <id>test-maven-war-plugin</id>
+  
+  <!-- a short but descriptive name for the project -->
+  <name>Test Maven War Plugin</name>
+  
+  <!-- The version of the project under development, e.g.
+       1.1, 1.2, 2.0-dev -->
+  <currentVersion>1.0-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
+  
+  <!-- details about the organization that 'owns' the project -->
+  <organization>
+    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+  
+  <!-- the year the project started -->
+  <inceptionYear>2002</inceptionYear>
+  
+  <!-- the top level of java packages that this project defines
+       e.g. if your project contains the packages
+       com.mycompany.accounts.reports, com.mycompany.accounts.reports
+       and com.mycompany.accounts.utils, the package would be
+       'com.mycompany.accounts' -->
+  <package>org.apache.maven.examples.simplewebapp</package>
+  
+  <!-- a short description of what the project does -->
+  <shortDescription>A simple web app project</shortDescription>
+
+  <!-- the project home page -->
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/</url>
+
+  <!-- the version control repository and http url for online access
+       the connection element has the form:
+       scm:<system>:<system specific connection string> -->
+  <repository>
+    <connection>scm:cvs:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic:maven/src/examples/simple-webapp</connection>
+    <url>http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/maven/src/examples/simple-webapp/</url>
+  </repository>
+
+  <!-- any mailing lists for the project -->
+  <mailingLists/>
+  
+  <!-- who the developers are for the project -->
+  <developers />
+
+  <!-- jar files the project is dependent on -->
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <id>commons-logging</id>
+      <version>1.0.3</version>
+      <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/logging.html</url>
+      <properties>
+        <war.bundle>true</war.bundle>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  
+  <!-- build information for the project. We have no source, tests,
+       resources etc
+    -->
+  <build />
+
+</project>
+
diff --git a/war/src/plugin-test/src/webapp/index.html b/war/src/plugin-test/src/webapp/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..965560a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/war/src/plugin-test/src/webapp/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<html>
+  <body>
+    <h1>Simple WebApp Home</h1>
+    <p>
+      This is a html page for Simple Web App
+    </p>
+  </body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/war/xdocs/changes.xml b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
index b532b9f7..4708fa28 100644
--- a/war/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/war/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   <body>
 
     <release version="1.4" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="update">Add test project</action>
       <action dev="evenisse" type="add">
        Added maven.war.index property. 
       </action>