diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
index 81bc875c00..03bcb0043a 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,27 @@
 
   </dependencies>
   
+  <!-- create test jar -->
+  
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+        
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+        
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  
   <!-- for jgit -->
   
   <repositories>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index 93504d5211..068ec4997a 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -231,6 +231,14 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>scm-git-plugin</artifactId>
+      <version>1.18-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <classifier>tests</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
       <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>