diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44033c21c4..cdecc4b000 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,28 @@
                             </artifactItems>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
+                    
+                    <!-- Copy ROOT.war -->
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy-resources</id>
+                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifactItems>
+                                <artifactItem>
+                                    <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>alfresco-server-root</artifactId>
+                                    <version>${project.version}</version>
+                                    <type>war</type>
+                                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.outputDirectory}/web-server/webapps</outputDirectory>
+                                    <destFileName>ROOT.war</destFileName>
+                                </artifactItem>
+                            </artifactItems>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>                    
+                    
                 </executions>
             </plugin>