diff --git a/src/test/resources/testsuite.properties b/src/test/resources/testsuite.properties
index 345380b..6986323 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/testsuite.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/testsuite.properties
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
         -Dopenejb.validation.output.level=3 \
         -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom \
         -Dbin.dir=%bin_dir% \
+        -Dorg.apache.cxf.transport.http.forceURLConnection=true \
         $testExecuteClass \
         $testExecuteArgs