diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
index 1595bd8ce..31197f5e8 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
@@ -622,6 +622,24 @@
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
 
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <tasks>
+                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/appserver-base/conf"/>
+              </tasks>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
     </plugins>
   </build>