diff --git a/modules/rampart-integration/pom.xml b/modules/rampart-integration/pom.xml
index 0abc876..a4b818b 100644
--- a/modules/rampart-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/rampart-integration/pom.xml
@@ -396,10 +396,31 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin-->
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.github.veithen.alta</groupId>
+                <artifactId>alta-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>generate-properties</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <name>aspectjweaver</name>
+                            <value>%file%</value>
+                            <artifacts>
+                                <artifact>
+                                    <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
+                                </artifact>
+                            </artifacts>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Add the Xerces/Xalan versions expected by OpenSAML to the boot classpath so that the build succeeds on older 1.5 JDKs -->
-                    <argLine>${jacoco.surefireArgLine} -Xbootclasspath/p:${project.build.directory}/endorsed/xml-apis.jar${path.separator}${project.build.directory}/endorsed/xercesImpl.jar${path.separator}${project.build.directory}/endorsed/resolver.jar${path.separator}${project.build.directory}/endorsed/serializer.jar${path.separator}${project.build.directory}/endorsed/xalan.jar</argLine>
+                    <argLine>${jacoco.surefireArgLine} -Xbootclasspath/p:${project.build.directory}/endorsed/xml-apis.jar${path.separator}${project.build.directory}/endorsed/xercesImpl.jar${path.separator}${project.build.directory}/endorsed/resolver.jar${path.separator}${project.build.directory}/endorsed/serializer.jar${path.separator}${project.build.directory}/endorsed/xalan.jar -javaagent:${aspectjweaver}</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -449,6 +470,12 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.rampart</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rampart-testutils</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>
             <artifactId>axis2-transport-http</artifactId>
             <version>${axis2.version}</version>
diff --git a/modules/rampart-tests/pom.xml b/modules/rampart-tests/pom.xml
index 105f633..5901b3f 100644
--- a/modules/rampart-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/rampart-tests/pom.xml
@@ -34,17 +34,10 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Rampart - Test Suite</name>
 
-    <properties>
-        <aspectj.version>1.8.2</aspectj.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <build>
         <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
         <testResources>
             <testResource>
-                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
-            </testResource>
-            <testResource>
                 <directory>test-resources</directory>
                 <includes>
                     <include>**/*.properties</include>
@@ -63,7 +56,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.github.veithen.alta</groupId>
                 <artifactId>alta-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.6.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -76,7 +68,6 @@
                                 <artifact>
                                     <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
                                     <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
-                                    <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
                                 </artifact>
                             </artifacts>
                         </configuration>
@@ -109,6 +100,12 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.rampart</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rampart-testutils</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
         </dependency>
@@ -121,11 +118,5 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-            <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/modules/rampart-testutils/pom.xml b/modules/rampart-testutils/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f21704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/rampart-testutils/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?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.rampart</groupId>
+        <artifactId>rampart-project</artifactId>
+        <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>rampart-testutils</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/modules/rampart-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/rampart/FakeValidationDateAspect.java b/modules/rampart-testutils/src/main/java/org/apache/rampart/testutils/FakeValidationDateAspect.java
similarity index 97%
rename from modules/rampart-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/rampart/FakeValidationDateAspect.java
rename to modules/rampart-testutils/src/main/java/org/apache/rampart/testutils/FakeValidationDateAspect.java
index 469e3e8..da89b43 100644
--- a/modules/rampart-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/rampart/FakeValidationDateAspect.java
+++ b/modules/rampart-testutils/src/main/java/org/apache/rampart/testutils/FakeValidationDateAspect.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.apache.rampart;
+package org.apache.rampart.testutils;
 
 import java.security.cert.CertificateExpiredException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateNotYetValidException;
diff --git a/modules/rampart-tests/src/test/resources/META-INF/aop.xml b/modules/rampart-testutils/src/main/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
similarity index 92%
rename from modules/rampart-tests/src/test/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
rename to modules/rampart-testutils/src/main/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
index 6ef0d9a..735ef2d 100644
--- a/modules/rampart-tests/src/test/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
+++ b/modules/rampart-testutils/src/main/resources/META-INF/aop.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   -->
 <aspectj>
     <aspects>
-        <aspect name="org.apache.rampart.FakeValidationDateAspect"/>
+        <aspect name="org.apache.rampart.testutils.FakeValidationDateAspect"/>
     </aspects>
     <weaver options="-showWeaveInfo">
         <include within="org.apache.rampart..*"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e7b7e4..560d031 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.10.3</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>com.github.veithen.alta</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>alta-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>0.6.2</version>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
@@ -554,6 +559,17 @@
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
                 <version>4.12</version>
             </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+                <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
+                <version>1.8.2</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+                <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
+                <version>1.8.2</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -608,6 +624,7 @@
         <module>modules/rampart-trust-mar</module>
         <module>modules/rampart-integration</module>
         <module>modules/rampart-samples</module> <!-- Compile sample codes -->
+        <module>modules/rampart-testutils</module>
         <module>modules/distribution</module>
         <module>code-coverage</module>
     </modules>