diff --git a/data.xml b/data.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26d20673fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+
+ data
+ data
+
+ zip
+
+
+
+ src/main/webapp/data/
+ /
+
+
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bcd87a6347..839ecb8d5eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,19 +67,6 @@
ftp
${geoserver.version}
-
- org.geoserver.web
- web-app
- jar
- ${geoserver.version}
- runtime
-
-
- net.sf.json-lib
- json-lib
-
-
-
commons-httpclient
commons-httpclient
@@ -310,13 +297,35 @@
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-assembly-plugin
+ 2.3
+
+
+ data.xml
+
+ data
+ false
+
+
+
+ package
+
+ single
+
+
+
+
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-war-plugin
geoserver
- ${project.build.directory}/geoserver -->
+ ${project.build.directory}/geoserver
+ **/data/