diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index bef26a18..a5c4a660 100644
--- a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,31 @@
             <groupId>${alfresco.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>alfresco-repository</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Bring in Alfresco RAD so we get access to AlfrescoTestRunner classes -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.alfresco.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>alfresco-rad</artifactId>
+            <version>${alfresco.sdk.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Bring in Spring Context so we can use ApplicationContext, ApplicationContextAware etc -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.17.RELEASE</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Integration tests need httpcomponents to execute tests -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>4.5.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -88,6 +113,15 @@
                 <groupId>org.alfresco.maven.plugin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>alfresco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${alfresco.sdk.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>start-alfresco</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>it</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Default is to run with a Community edition, change to 'enterprise' if using Enterprise edition -->
                     <alfrescoEdition>community</alfrescoEdition>
@@ -116,7 +150,7 @@
                             <version>${alfresco.share.version}</version>
                             <type>amp</type>
                         </moduleDependency>
-                        
+
                         <!-- Bring in this JAR project, need to be included here, otherwise resources from META-INF
                              will not be loaded, such as the test.html page
                         -->
@@ -235,6 +269,38 @@
                     </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+
+            <!-- Runs the integration tests, any class that follows naming convention
+                 "**/IT*.java", "**/*IT.java", and "**/*ITCase.java" will be considered an integration test -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.19.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>integration-test</id>
+                        <phase>integration-test</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>verify-test</id>
+                        <phase>verify</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>verify</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.19.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
 
         <resources>
@@ -251,6 +317,10 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </testResource>
         </testResources>
+
+
+
+
     </build>
 
     <!--
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/platform-hotswap-agent.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/platform-hotswap-agent.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53bb2639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/platform-hotswap-agent.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Enable hotswap so that changes in this module will be automatically reloaded
+# Watch for changed class files on watchResources path and reload class definition in the running application.
+autoHotswap=true
+#autoHotswap.port=8000
+
+# Add a directory prior to application classpath (load classes and resources).
+#
+# This may be useful for example in multi module maven project to load class changes from upstream project
+# classes. Set extraClasspath to upstream project compiler output and .class file will have precedence to
+# classes from built JAR file.
+# i.e. monitor /target/classes
+# should work with extraClasspath=${project.build.outputDirectory}
+# If not try 
+extraClasspath=${project.build.outputDirectory};${project.build.testOutputDirectory}
+
+# Comma separated list of disabled plugins
+# Use plugin name - e.g.    
+#   Hotswapper, AnonymousClassPatch, WatchResources, Hibernate, Spring, Jersey2, Jetty, Tomcat,
+#   ZK, Logback, JSF, Seam, ELResolver, OsgiEquinox, Proxy, WebObjects, Weld, JBossModules, Resteasy, Gae
+disabledPlugins=Hibernate,Spring
+
+# Add a directory prior to webapp path (load webapp resources).
+#
+# Load web application resources (such as HTML, JSP, CSS, ...) from this directory prior to default processing.
+# Use this setting to set to serve resources from source directory directly (e.g. src/main/webapp).
+extraWebappContext=${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/resources
+
+# Load static web resources from different directory.
+#
+# This setting is dependent on application server plugin(Jetty, Tomcat, JBoss, ...)
+webappDir=${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/resources
+
+# Watch for changes in a directory (resources only).
+#
+# Similar to extraClasspath this property adds classpath when searching for resources (not classes).
+# While extra classpath just modifies the classloader, this setting does nothing until the resource
+# is really changed.
+#
+# Sometimes it is not possible to point extraClasspath to your i.e. src/main/resources, because there are multiple
+# replacements of resources in a building step (maven filtering resource option).
+# This setting will leave i.e. src/target/classes as default source for resources, but after the resource is modified
+# in src/main/resources, the new changed resource is served instead.
+# watchResources=
+
+LOGGER.org.hotswap.agent=DEBUG
+#LOGGER.org.hotswap.agent.plugin=TRACE
+#LOGGER.org.hotswap.agent.watch=TRACE
+#LOGGER.org.hotswap.agent.command=TRACE
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