diff --git a/artemis-junit/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/EmbeddedJMSResource.java b/artemis-junit/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/EmbeddedJMSResource.java
index 539ddeee9b..7d5d3f0397 100644
--- a/artemis-junit/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/EmbeddedJMSResource.java
+++ b/artemis-junit/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/EmbeddedJMSResource.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.BindingQueryResult;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.Queue;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQDestination;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.DefaultConnectionProperties;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.server.config.JMSConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.server.config.impl.FileJMSConfiguration;
 import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.server.config.impl.JMSConfigurationImpl;
@@ -89,11 +90,34 @@ public class EmbeddedJMSResource extends ExternalResource {
     * Create a default EmbeddedJMSResource
     */
    public EmbeddedJMSResource() {
-      configuration = new ConfigurationImpl().setName(SERVER_NAME).setPersistenceEnabled(false).setSecurityEnabled(false).addAcceptorConfiguration(new TransportConfiguration(InVMAcceptorFactory.class.getName()));
+      this(false);
+   }
 
-      jmsConfiguration = new JMSConfigurationImpl();
+   /**
+    * Create a default EmbeddedJMSResource
+    */
+   public EmbeddedJMSResource(boolean useNetty) {
+      try {
+         configuration = new ConfigurationImpl().setName(SERVER_NAME).setPersistenceEnabled(false).setSecurityEnabled(false).addAcceptorConfiguration("invm", "vm://0");
 
-      init();
+         if (useNetty) {
+            configuration.addAcceptorConfiguration("netty", DefaultConnectionProperties.DEFAULT_BROKER_BIND_URL);
+         }
+
+         jmsConfiguration = new JMSConfigurationImpl();
+
+         init();
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+         throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      }
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * The acceptor used
+    */
+   public EmbeddedJMSResource addAcceptor(String name, String uri) throws Exception {
+      configuration.addAcceptorConfiguration(name, uri);
+      return this;
    }
 
    /**
diff --git a/artemis-junit/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/EmbeddedJMSResourceQueueTest.java b/artemis-junit/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/EmbeddedJMSResourceQueueTest.java
index bb2bf6b03a..09051c90a3 100644
--- a/artemis-junit/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/EmbeddedJMSResourceQueueTest.java
+++ b/artemis-junit/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/EmbeddedJMSResourceQueueTest.java
@@ -108,4 +108,4 @@ public class EmbeddedJMSResourceQueueTest {
       pushed = jmsServer.pushMessageWithProperties(TEST_DESTINATION_NAME, (Serializable) TEST_BODY, TEST_PROPERTIES);
    }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/artemis-junit/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/PlainTest.java b/artemis-junit/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/PlainTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80be184cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artemis-junit/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/junit/PlainTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * 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.artemis.junit;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class PlainTest {
+
+   @Rule
+   public EmbeddedJMSResource server = new EmbeddedJMSResource(true);
+
+   @Test
+   public void testPlain() throws Exception {
+      ActiveMQConnectionFactory cf = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory();
+      Connection connection = cf.createConnection();
+      Session session = connection.createSession();
+      MessageProducer producer = session.createProducer(session.createQueue("queue"));
+      producer.send(session.createTextMessage("hello"));
+      connection.start();
+      MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(session.createQueue("queue"));
+      Assert.assertNotNull(consumer.receive(5000));
+      connection.close();
+
+   }
+
+}