diff --git a/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/pom.xml b/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/pom.xml
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+++ b/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/pom.xml
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+<?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>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.war.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mwar-352</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>war</packaging>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <webXml>src/main/webconfig/release/web.xml</webXml>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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+++ b/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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+<?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.
+-->
+<web-app>
+  <!-- from src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml -->
+</web-app>
diff --git a/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/src/main/webconfig/release/web.xml b/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/src/main/webconfig/release/web.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/src/main/webconfig/release/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?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.
+-->
+<web-app>
+  <!-- from src/main/webconfig/release/web.xml -->
+</web-app>
diff --git a/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/verify.groovy b/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/verify.groovy
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+++ b/src/it/MWAR-352_custom-webXml/verify.groovy
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+def warFile = new java.util.jar.JarFile( new File(basedir,"target/mwar-352-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war"), false)
+def webXml = warFile.getEntry('WEB-INF/web.xml')
+assert webXml != null
+assert warFile.getInputStream( webXml).text.contains('from src/main/webconfig/release/web.xml')