Merge r1746109 to the 1.7 branch.
diff --git a/modules/webapp/pom.xml b/modules/webapp/pom.xml
index defecd3..ffdf35b 100644
--- a/modules/webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/webapp/pom.xml
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>8.1.16.v20140903</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <webXml>conf/web.xml</webXml>
                     <contextXml>conf/jetty.xml</contextXml>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77d47a7..b6f7fc3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
         <module>modules/transport/xmpp</module>
         <module>modules/distribution</module>
         <module>modules/samples</module>
+        <module>systests</module>
     </modules>
     <profiles>
         <profile>
@@ -1198,6 +1199,11 @@
                     <artifactId>alta-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>0.4</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>8.1.16.v20140903</version>
+                </plugin>
                 
                 <!-- Use 1.5.2 versions of the aar and mar plugins in order to avoid
                      the chicken and egg problem. -->
diff --git a/systests/pom.xml b/systests/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af68125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systests/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>
+        <artifactId>axis2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>systests</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <url>http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/</url>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    
+    <modules>
+        <module>webapp-tests</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
diff --git a/systests/webapp-tests/pom.xml b/systests/webapp-tests/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5141c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systests/webapp-tests/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  ~ or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+  ~ distributed with this work for additional information
+  ~ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+  ~ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  ~ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  ~ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  ~ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  ~ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  ~ KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+  ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  ~ under the License.
+  -->
+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>
+        <artifactId>systests</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>webapp-tests</artifactId>
+    <url>http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/</url>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>axis2-webapp</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <type>war</type>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.jwebunit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jwebunit-htmlunit-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.3</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6.6</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+    <!-- htmlunit requires newer versions of certain libraries -->
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+                <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+                <version>4.5</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+                <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+                <version>4.4.1</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.github.veithen.alta</groupId>
+                <artifactId>alta-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>generate-properties</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <name>webapp</name>
+                            <value>%file%</value>
+                            <artifacts>
+                                <artifact>
+                                    <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>axis2-webapp</artifactId>
+                                    <type>war</type>
+                                </artifact>
+                            </artifacts>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>reserve-network-port</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>reserve-network-port</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <portNames>
+                                <portName>jetty.stopPort</portName>
+                                <portName>jetty.httpPort</portName>
+                            </portNames>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <stopKey>foo</stopKey>
+                    <stopPort>${jetty.stopPort}</stopPort>
+                    <connectors>
+                        <connector implementation="org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector">
+                            <port>${jetty.httpPort}</port>
+                        </connector>
+                    </connectors>
+                    <war>${webapp}</war>
+                    <webApp>
+                        <contextPath>/axis2</contextPath>
+                    </webApp>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>start-jetty</id>
+                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>deploy-war</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- TODO: necessary? -->
+                            <daemon>true</daemon>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>stop-jetty</id>
+                        <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>stop</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                            <goal>verify</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <jetty.httpPort>${jetty.httpPort}</jetty.httpPort>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/systests/webapp-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/axis2/webapp/WebappITCase.java b/systests/webapp-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/axis2/webapp/WebappITCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a1aa59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systests/webapp-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/axis2/webapp/WebappITCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.axis2.webapp;
+
+import static net.sourceforge.jwebunit.junit.JWebUnit.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class WebappITCase {
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        setBaseUrl("http://localhost:" + System.getProperty("jetty.httpPort", "8080") + "/axis2/axis2-admin");
+        beginAt("/");
+        setTextField("userName", "admin");
+        setTextField("password", "axis2");
+        submit();
+        clickLinkWithText("Available Services");
+        assertMatch("Service EPR : http://localhost:[0-9]+/axis2/services/Version");
+    }
+}