diff --git a/j2ee/plugin.jelly b/j2ee/plugin.jelly
index fb0b39e7..4a08111a 100644
--- a/j2ee/plugin.jelly
+++ b/j2ee/plugin.jelly
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <ant:taskdef name="warvalidator" classname="org.apache.maven.j2ee.WarValidator">
       <ant:classpath>
         <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.resources}" />
+        <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.dir}" />
         <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('ant')}"/>
         <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('dom4j')}"/>
         <ant:pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('xml-apis')}"/>