diff --git a/artemis-web/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/test/TestCustomizer.java b/artemis-web/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/test/TestCustomizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1de85b8c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artemis-web/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/test/TestCustomizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.cli.test;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
+
+public class TestCustomizer implements HttpConfiguration.Customizer {
+   public static int count = 0;
+
+   public TestCustomizer() {
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public void customize(Connector connector, HttpConfiguration httpConfiguration, Request request) {
+      count++;
+   }
+}
diff --git a/artemis-web/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/test/WebServerComponentTest.java b/artemis-web/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/test/WebServerComponentTest.java
index 514371405c..75b68ad113 100644
--- a/artemis-web/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/test/WebServerComponentTest.java
+++ b/artemis-web/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/cli/test/WebServerComponentTest.java
@@ -84,9 +84,21 @@ public class WebServerComponentTest extends Assert {
 
    @Test
    public void simpleServer() throws Exception {
+      internalSimpleServer(false);
+   }
+
+   @Test
+   public void simpleServerWithCustomizer() throws Exception {
+      internalSimpleServer(true);
+   }
+
+   private void internalSimpleServer(boolean useCustomizer) throws Exception {
       WebServerDTO webServerDTO = new WebServerDTO();
       webServerDTO.bind = "http://localhost:0";
       webServerDTO.path = "webapps";
+      if (useCustomizer) {
+         webServerDTO.customizer = TestCustomizer.class.getName();
+      }
       WebServerComponent webServerComponent = new WebServerComponent();
       Assert.assertFalse(webServerComponent.isStarted());
       webServerComponent.configure(webServerDTO, "./src/test/resources/", "./src/test/resources/");
@@ -113,6 +125,9 @@ public class WebServerComponentTest extends Assert {
       // Send the HTTP request.
       ch.writeAndFlush(request);
       assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+      if (useCustomizer) {
+         assertEquals(1, TestCustomizer.count);
+      }
       assertEquals(clientHandler.body, "12345");
       assertNull(clientHandler.serverHeader);
       // Wait for the server to close the connection.