diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
index 6d72c2708..b6ef0aca4 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
@@ -150,4 +150,17 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <appserver.base>${project.build.outputDirectory}</appserver.base>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/repository-servlet-security-test/web.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/repository-servlet-security-test/web.xml
index 291aa01ec..995a1e998 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/repository-servlet-security-test/web.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/WEB-INF/repository-servlet-security-test/web.xml
@@ -28,18 +28,15 @@
     <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
   </listener>
 
-  <context-param>
-    <param-name>contextClass</param-name>
-    <param-value>org.codehaus.plexus.spring.PlexusWebApplicationContext</param-value>
-  </context-param>
-
    <context-param>
     <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
     <param-value>
-        classpath*:/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
         classpath*:/META-INF/spring-context.xml
-        target/test-classes/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/RepositoryServletSecurityTest.xml
+
     </param-value>
   </context-param>
 
+  <!--
+  target/test-classes/org/apache/maven/archiva/webdav/RepositoryServletSecurityTest.xml
+  -->
 </web-app>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 6742098a0..faaedbe28 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
        default-lazy-init="true">
 
+  <context:property-placeholder system-properties-mode="OVERRIDE"/>
+
   <context:annotation-config/>
   <context:component-scan base-package="org.apache.maven.archiva.webdav,org.apache.archiva.metadata.repository"/>
 
@@ -42,4 +44,27 @@
     </property>
   </bean>
 
+  <bean name="servletAuthenticator" class="org.apache.maven.archiva.webdav.MockServletAuthenticator"/>
+
+  <bean name="archivaConfiguration#default"  class="org.apache.maven.archiva.configuration.DefaultArchivaConfiguration">
+    <property name="registry" ref="registry#default"/>
+  </bean>
+
+  <alias name="archivaConfiguration#default" alias="archivaConfiguration"/>
+
+  <bean name="registry#default" class="org.codehaus.redback.components.registry.commons.CommonsConfigurationRegistry">
+    <property name="properties">
+      <value>
+        <![CDATA[
+        <configuration>
+          <system/>
+          <xml fileName="${appserver.base}/conf/archiva.xml" config-forceCreate="true"
+               config-optional="true"
+               config-name="org.apache.maven.archiva.base" config-at="org.apache.maven.archiva"/>
+        </configuration>
+        ]]>
+      </value>
+    </property>
+  </bean>
+
 </beans>
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