diff --git a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index 7e91a873b..0495c147d 100644
--- a/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@
               <name>appserver.base</name>
               <value>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base</value>
             </systemProperty>
+            <systemProperty>
+              <name>appserver.home</name>
+              <value>${project.build.directory}/appserver-home</value>
+            </systemProperty>
             <systemProperty>
               <name>derby.system.home</name>
               <value>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base/logs</value>