diff --git a/appserver/plugin.jelly b/appserver/plugin.jelly
index 7c6a6e6b..780bcfb9 100644
--- a/appserver/plugin.jelly
+++ b/appserver/plugin.jelly
@@ -179,40 +179,77 @@
 
     <!-- convert all path related properties to their os equivalent -->
     <ant:property name="maven.appserver.home.path"
-      location="${maven.appserver.home}" />
+      location="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.home')}" />
     <ant:property name="maven.appserver.conf.dir.path"
-      location="${maven.appserver.conf.dir}" />
+      location="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.conf.dir')}" />
     <ant:property name="maven.appserver.root.path"
-      location="${maven.appserver.root}" />
+      location="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.root')}" />
     <ant:property name="maven.appserver.dir.path"
-      location="${maven.appserver.dir}" />
+      location="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.dir')}" />
+
+    <!-- convert all path related properties to their os equivalent -->
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.home.path"
+      location="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.home')}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.conf.dir.path"
+      location="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.conf.dir')}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.root.path"
+      location="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.root')}" />
+    <ant:property name="maven.webserver.dir.path"
+      location="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.dir')}" />
 
     <!-- create the filterset to be available to copy tasks that want it -->
     <ant:filterset id="maven.appserver.filterset.default">
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.home"
-        value="${maven.appserver.home.path}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.home.path')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.name"
-        value="${maven.appserver.name}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.name')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.version"
-        value="${maven.appserver.version}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.version')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.http"
-        value="${maven.appserver.port.http}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.port.http')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.https"
-        value="${maven.appserver.port.https}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.port.https')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.A"
-        value="${maven.appserver.port.A}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.port.A')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.B"
-        value="${maven.appserver.port.B}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.port.B')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.port.C"
-        value="${maven.appserver.port.C}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.port.C')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.conf.dir"
-        value="${maven.appserver.conf.dir.path}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.conf.dir.path')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.host"
-        value="${maven.appserver.host}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.host')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.dir"
-        value="${maven.appserver.dir.path}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.dir.path')}" />
       <ant:filter token="maven.appserver.root"
-        value="${maven.appserver.root.path}" />
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.appserver.root.path')}" />
+
+      <!-- allow integration with the properties of the appserver plugin -->
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.home"
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.home.path')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.name"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.name')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.version"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.version')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.http"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.port.http')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.https"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.port.https')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.A"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.port.A')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.B"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.port.B')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.port.C"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.port.C')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.conf.dir"
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.conf.dir.path')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.host"
+        value="${pom.getPluginContext('maven-webserver-plugin').getVariable('maven.webserver.host')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.dir"
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.dir.path')}" />
+      <ant:filter token="maven.webserver.root"
+        value="${context.getVariable('maven.webserver.root.path')}" />
+
     </ant:filterset>
 
     <!-- a flag to see if the appserver is started -->