diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
index 3b73486b6..63abdac4c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test/pom.xml
@@ -422,5 +422,25 @@
         <selenium.browser>*custom ${browserPath}</selenium.browser>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>headless</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>selenium-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>xvfb</id>
+                <phase>validate</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>xvfb</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>