diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/invoker.properties b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0222d4d54e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals = test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-base/pom.xml b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-base/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a9a5382308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-base/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ com.webtide.jetty.its.jetty-start-mojo-it
+ jetty-simple-project
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+ jetty-simple-base
+ jar
+
+ Jetty :: Simple :: Base
+
+
+
+
+ javax.servlet
+ javax.servlet-api
+ jar
+ provided
+
+
+
+ org.slf4j
+ slf4j-api
+
+
+
+ commons-io
+ commons-io
+
+
+
+ org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain
+ jetty-perf-helper
+ 1.0.5
+
+
+
+ com.fasterxml.jackson.core
+ jackson-databind
+ 2.8.1
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-base/src/main/java/com/webtide/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/HelloServlet.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-base/src/main/java/com/webtide/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/HelloServlet.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6d2a3e256d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-base/src/main/java/com/webtide/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/HelloServlet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+//
+// ========================================================================
+// Copyright (c) 1995-2017 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+// are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+// and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+// The Eclipse Public License is available at
+// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+// The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+// You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+// ========================================================================
+//
+
+
+package com.webtide.jetty.its.jetty_run_mojo_it;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+@WebServlet("/hello")
+public class HelloServlet
+ extends HttpServlet
+{
+
+ @Override
+ protected void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp )
+ throws ServletException, IOException
+ {
+ String who = req.getParameter( "name" );
+
+ resp.getWriter().write( "hello " + (who == null ? "unknown" : who) );
+ }
+}
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38ae1555a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+
+ com.webtide.jetty.its.jetty-start-mojo-it
+ jetty-simple-project
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+
+ jetty-simple-webapp
+ war
+
+ Jetty :: Simple :: Webapp
+
+
+
+
+ com.webtide.jetty.its.jetty-start-mojo-it
+ jetty-simple-base
+
+
+
+ org.eclipse.jetty
+ jetty-servlet
+ provided
+
+
+
+ org.eclipse.jetty
+ jetty-client
+ @project.version@
+ test
+
+
+
+ junit
+ junit
+ 4.12
+ test
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-war-plugin
+ ${maven-war-plugin-version}
+
+ false
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-surefire-plugin
+ 2.20
+
+
+ @jetty.runPort@
+
+
+
+
+ org.eclipse.jetty
+ jetty-maven-plugin
+
+
+ start-jetty
+ test-compile
+
+ start
+
+
+
+ @jetty.runPort@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a5ac4b71bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+ Jetty Simple Webapp run-mojo-it
+
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/com/webtide/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/com/webtide/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ec2da6ff78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/jetty-simple-webapp/src/test/java/com/webtide/jetty/its/jetty_run_mojo_it/TestHelloServlet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+//
+// ========================================================================
+// Copyright (c) 1995-2017 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+// are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+// and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+// The Eclipse Public License is available at
+// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+// The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+// You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+// ========================================================================
+//
+
+
+package com.webtide.jetty.its.jetty_run_mojo_it;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class TestHelloServlet
+{
+ @Test
+ public void hello_servlet()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ int port = Integer.getInteger( "jetty.runPort" );
+ System.out.println( "port used:" + port );
+ HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
+ try
+ {
+ httpClient.start();
+
+ String response = httpClient.GET( "http://localhost:" + port + "/hello?name=beer" ).getContentAsString();
+
+ System.out.println( "httpResponse:" + response );
+
+ Assert.assertEquals( "hello beer", response.trim() );
+ }
+ finally
+ {
+ httpClient.stop();
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/pom.xml b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc0398916e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-maven-plugin/src/it/jetty-start-mojo-it/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ com.webtide.jetty.its.jetty-start-mojo-it
+ jetty-simple-project
+ 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
+ pom
+
+ Jetty :: Simple
+
+
+ UTF-8
+ UTF-8
+ 1.8
+ 3.0.0
+
+
+
+ jetty-simple-base
+ jetty-simple-webapp
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ com.webtide.jetty.its.jetty-start-mojo-it
+ jetty-simple-base
+ ${project.version}
+
+
+
+ javax.servlet
+ javax.servlet-api
+ 3.1.0
+ jar
+ provided
+
+
+
+ org.slf4j
+ slf4j-api
+ 1.7.21
+
+
+
+ commons-io
+ commons-io
+ 2.5
+
+
+
+ org.eclipse.jetty
+ jetty-servlet
+ @project.version@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-compiler-plugin
+ 3.5.1
+
+ 1.8
+ 1.8
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-resources-plugin
+ 3.0.1
+
+
+ org.eclipse.jetty
+ jetty-maven-plugin
+ @project.version@
+
+
+
+
+
+