diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-context/pom.xml b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-context/pom.xml
index 2d9c2799980..afbd60f8d5c 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-context/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-context/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>test-jetty-osgi-context</artifactId>
-  <name>Jetty :: OSGi :: Context</name>
+  <name>Jetty :: OSGi :: Test Context</name>
   <description>Test Jetty OSGi bundle with a ContextHandler</description>
   <url>http://www.eclipse.org/jetty</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-webapp/pom.xml b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-webapp/pom.xml
index 6303ad0014c..c34ca274d5b 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>test-jetty-osgi-webapp</artifactId>
-  <name>Jetty :: OSGi :: WebApp</name>
+  <name>Jetty :: OSGi :: Test WebApp</name>
   <description>Test Jetty OSGi Webapp bundle</description>
   <url>http://www.eclipse.org/jetty</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestJettyOSGiBootCore.java b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestJettyOSGiBootCore.java
index 2608f57c84d..696c886592f 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestJettyOSGiBootCore.java
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestJettyOSGiBootCore.java
@@ -47,10 +47,16 @@ public class TestJettyOSGiBootCore
 {
     private static final String LOG_LEVEL = "WARN";
     
-    // TODO these should be dynamic
-    public static final int DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT = 9876;
-    public static final int DEFAULT_SSL_PORT = 9877;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT=TestOSGiUtil.findFreePort("jetty.http.port");
+    public static final int DEFAULT_SSL_PORT=TestOSGiUtil.findFreePort("jetty.ssl.port");
 
+    static
+    {
+        System.err.println("DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT="+DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT);
+        System.err.println("DEFAULT_SSL_PORT="+DEFAULT_SSL_PORT);
+    }
+    
+    
     @Inject
     private BundleContext bundleContext;
 
@@ -175,4 +181,5 @@ public class TestJettyOSGiBootCore
     {
         TestOSGiUtil.testHttpServiceGreetings(bundleContext, "http", DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT);
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestOSGiUtil.java b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestOSGiUtil.java
index 8b3a27d71a3..e8bf386ba9c 100644
--- a/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestOSGiUtil.java
+++ b/jetty-osgi/test-jetty-osgi/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/osgi/test/TestOSGiUtil.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.jetty.osgi.test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -184,4 +185,41 @@ public class TestOSGiUtil
             client.stop();
         }
     }
+
+    public static int findFreePort(String systemProperty)
+    {
+        String freeport = System.getProperty(systemProperty);
+        if (freeport!=null)
+            return Integer.valueOf(freeport);
+        
+        try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(0))
+        {
+            socket.setReuseAddress(true);
+            int port = socket.getLocalPort();
+            System.setProperty(systemProperty,Integer.toString(port));
+            return port;
+        }
+        catch (IOException e)
+        {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    public static void main(String... args)
+    {
+        int freeport = TestOSGiUtil.findFreePort("test");
+        System.err.println("Found Free port="+freeport);
+
+        
+        try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(TestOSGiUtil.findFreePort("test")))
+        {
+            System.err.println("reused port="+socket.getLocalPort());
+        }
+        catch (IOException e)
+        {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        
+    }
 }