diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-server/pom.xml b/jetty-http2/http2-server/pom.xml
index 7313aa64f32..01532422e39 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-server/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-server/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.http2</groupId>
     <artifactId>http2-parent</artifactId>
@@ -10,55 +11,76 @@
   <artifactId>http2-server</artifactId>
   <name>Jetty :: HTTP2 :: Server</name>
 
- <properties>
+  <properties>
     <bundle-symbolic-name>${project.groupId}.server</bundle-symbolic-name>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.madgnome</groupId>
+        <artifactId>h2spec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <mainClass>org.eclipse.jetty.http2.server.H2SpecServer</mainClass>
+          <skip>${skipTests}</skip>
+          <!-- TODO: remove the exclusion when upgrading to h2spec 2.1.1+ -->
+          <excludeSpecs>
+            <excludeSpec>5.1 - closed: Sends a DATA frame</excludeSpec>
+          </excludeSpecs>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>h2spec</id>
+            <phase>test</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>h2spec</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.http2</groupId>
-            <artifactId>http2-common</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.alpn</groupId>
-            <artifactId>alpn-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${alpn.api.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-servlets</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-alpn-server</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.http2</groupId>
+      <artifactId>http2-common</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-server</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.alpn</groupId>
+      <artifactId>alpn-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${alpn.api.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-servlets</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-alpn-server</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-test-helper</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/server/H2SpecServer.java b/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/server/H2SpecServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de99425b90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/server/H2SpecServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2018 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 org.eclipse.jetty.http2.server;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnectionFactory;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
+
+/**
+ * HTTP/2 server to run the 'h2spec' tool against.
+ */
+public class H2SpecServer
+{
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
+    {
+        int port = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
+
+        Server server = new Server();
+
+        HttpConfiguration http_config = new HttpConfiguration();
+        http_config.setRequestHeaderSize(16 * 1024);
+
+        HttpConnectionFactory http = new HttpConnectionFactory(http_config);
+        HTTP2CServerConnectionFactory h2c = new HTTP2CServerConnectionFactory(http_config);
+        ServerConnector connector = new ServerConnector(server, http, h2c);
+        connector.setPort(port);
+        server.addConnector(connector);
+
+        server.start();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e1d12d5c4c..8309d7aab73 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -887,6 +887,11 @@
           <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>1.4</version>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>com.github.madgnome</groupId>
+          <artifactId>h2spec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>0.3</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>