diff --git a/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-webapp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/webapp/MetaInfConfiguration.java b/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-webapp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/webapp/MetaInfConfiguration.java
index 010db64dbd4..c040bfa028b 100644
--- a/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-webapp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/webapp/MetaInfConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-webapp/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/webapp/MetaInfConfiguration.java
@@ -148,7 +148,13 @@ public class MetaInfConfiguration extends AbstractConfiguration
         Consumer<URI> addContainerResource = (uri) ->
         {
             Resource resource = _resourceFactory.newResource(uri);
-            context.getMetaData().addContainerResource(resource);
+            if (resource == null || !resource.exists())
+            {
+                if (LOG.isDebugEnabled())
+                    LOG.debug("Classpath URI doesn't exist: " + uri);
+            }
+            else
+                context.getMetaData().addContainerResource(resource);
         };
 
         List<URI> containerUris = getAllContainerJars(context);