diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
index 21c7f7459..d3dfec291 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,17 @@
         <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
         <filtering>true</filtering>
       </resource>
-    </resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/resourcesstatic</directory>
+        <filtering>false</filtering>
+      </resource>
+    </resources> 
+    <testResources>
+      <testResource>
+          <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+          <filtering>true</filtering>
+      </testResource>  
+    </testResources>
     <extensions>
       <extension>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.archetype</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
index 3d1759e0f..4b1984fca 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -33,4 +33,30 @@
       <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
     </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
+  <requiredProperties>
+    <requiredProperty key="wagonVersion">
+      <defaultValue>${wagon.version}</defaultValue>
+    </requiredProperty>
+    <requiredProperty key="archivaVersion">
+      <defaultValue>${archivaVersion}</defaultValue>
+    </requiredProperty>
+    <requiredProperty key="log4jVersion">
+      <defaultValue>${log4j.version}</defaultValue>
+    </requiredProperty>
+    <requiredProperty key="slf4jVersion">
+      <defaultValue>${slf4j.version}</defaultValue>
+    </requiredProperty>
+    <requiredProperty key="springVersion">
+      <defaultValue>${spring.version}</defaultValue>
+    </requiredProperty>
+    <requiredProperty key="jackrabbitVersion">
+      <defaultValue>${jackrabbit.version}</defaultValue>
+    </requiredProperty>
+    <requiredProperty key="redbackVersion">
+      <defaultValue>${redback.version}</defaultValue>
+    </requiredProperty>
+    <requiredProperty key="derbyVersion">
+      <defaultValue>${derbyVersion}</defaultValue>
+    </requiredProperty>
+  </requiredProperties>
 </archetype-descriptor>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resourcesstatic/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resourcesstatic/archetype-resources/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cbec0b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resourcesstatic/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+  <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+  <version>${version}</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <name>Simple Archiva Consumer</name>
+  <url>http://archiva.apache.org</url>
+  <description>
+    This is a simple consumer component which demonstrates how a
+    component can be plugged in Archiva.
+  </description>
+  <properties>
+    <archiva.version>${archivaVersion}</archiva.version>
+    <wagonVersion>${wagonVersion}</wagonVersion>
+    <slf4jVersion>${slf4jVersion}</slf4jVersion>
+    <log4jVersion>${log4jVersion}</log4jVersion>
+    <jackrabbit.version>${jackrabbitVersion}</jackrabbit.version>
+    <spring.version>${springVersion}</spring.version>
+    <redback.version>${redbackVersion}</redback.version>
+    <derbyVersion>${derbyVersion}</derbyVersion>
+  </properties>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
+      <artifactId>archiva-consumer-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
+      <artifactId>archiva-configuration</artifactId>
+      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
+      <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
+      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
+      <artifactId>archiva-indexer</artifactId>
+      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
+      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
+      <version>2.5.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.9</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
+      <version>${log4jVersion}</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
+      <artifactId>archiva-repository-admin-default</artifactId>
+      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
+      <artifactId>metadata-store-jcr</artifactId>
+      <version>${archiva.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackrabbit.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redback-common-test-resources</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>${redback.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redback-rbac-memory</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>${redback.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redback-rbac-cached</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>${redback.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>redback-rbac-role-manager</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>${redback.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-http</artifactId>
+      <version>${wagonVersion}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
+      <version>${wagonVersion}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xerces</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
+      <version>2.8.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
+      <artifactId>derby</artifactId>
+      <version>${derbyVersion}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.4.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.3.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.5</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.3.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.11</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>package</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <tasks>
+                <echo>
+                Remember to add the the following to the knownconsumers section in your archiva.xml file
+                 &lt;knownContentConsumer>simple-artifact-consumer&lt;/knownContentConsumer>
+                </echo>
+              </tasks>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <appserver.base>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base</appserver.base>
+            <archiva.user.configFileName>${project.build.directory}/archiva.xml</archiva.user.configFileName>
+            <test.resources.path>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}</test.resources.path>
+            <redback.jdbc.url>jdbc:derby:memory:users-test;create=true</redback.jdbc.url>
+            <redback.jdbc.driver.name>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</redback.jdbc.driver.name>
+            <java.io.tmpdir>${project.build.directory}/temp</java.io.tmpdir>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <!--repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>archiva.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Archiva VM Snapshots Repository</name>
+      <url>https://archiva-repository.apache.org/archiva/repository/snapshots</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories-->
+</project>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/compile/archetype.properties b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/compile/archetype.properties
index 6b0544b1a..05bf22a6f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/compile/archetype.properties
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/test/resources/projects/compile/archetype.properties
@@ -20,4 +20,12 @@
 groupId=org.apache.archiva.consumer.its.compile
 artifactId=simple-consumer-compile
 version=1.0-SNAPSHOT
-package=org.apache.archiva.consumer.its
\ No newline at end of file
+package=org.apache.archiva.consumer.its
+wagonVersion=${wagon.version}
+archivaVersion=${archivaVersion}
+log4jVersion=${log4j.version}
+slf4jVersion=${slf4j.version}
+jackrabbitVersion=${jackrabbit.version}
+springVersion=${spring.version}
+redbackVersion=${redback.version}
+derbyVersion=${derbyVersion}