diff --git a/src/it/projects/github322/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/github322/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f52c5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/github322/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals = clean compile exec:java
diff --git a/src/it/projects/github322/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/github322/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78201fbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/github322/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.exec.it</groupId>
+    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>org.cb.maven.plugins.exec</groupId>
+  <artifactId>github322</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.01</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <executions>
+           <execution>
+              <phase>test</phase>
+              <goals>
+                 <goal>java</goal>
+              </goals>
+           </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <mainClass>org.codehaus.mojo.exec.it.github322.Main</mainClass>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/github322/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/it/github322/Main.java b/src/it/projects/github322/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/it/github322/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffae7ac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/github322/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/it/github322/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.codehaus.mojo.exec.it.github322;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXTransformerFactory;
+
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(final String... args) {
+        System.out.println(
+                "Main Result: <" +
+                (
+                    SAXTransformerFactory.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource() != null ?
+                            SAXTransformerFactory.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation() :
+                            null
+                ) +
+                ">");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/it/projects/github322/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/github322/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a534c78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/github322/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+new IntegrationBase().checkExistenceAndContentOfAFile(new File( basedir, "build.log" ), [ "Main Result: <null>" ])
diff --git a/src/it/projects/mexec-29/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/mexec-29/invoker.properties
index ba31fa59..b4a42cc1 100644
--- a/src/it/projects/mexec-29/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/projects/mexec-29/invoker.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 invoker.goals = clean verify
 
 invoker.debug = true
-invoker.buildResult = failure
+invoker.buildResult = success
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecJavaMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecJavaMojo.java
index f9444883..21b973d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecJavaMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/ExecJavaMojo.java
@@ -206,6 +206,23 @@ public class ExecJavaMojo
     @Parameter
     private List<String> classpathFilenameExclusions;
 
+    /**
+     * Additional packages to load from the jvm even if a classpath dependency matches.
+     *
+     * @since 3.1.1
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private List<String> forcedJvmPackages;
+
+    /**
+     * Additional packages to NOT load from the jvm even if it is in a flat classpath.
+     * Can enable to reproduce a webapp behavior for example where library is loaded over the JVM.
+     *
+     * @since 3.1.1
+     */
+    @Parameter
+    private List<String> excludedJvmPackages;
+
     /**
      * Execute goal.
      * 
@@ -591,6 +608,8 @@ private URLClassLoader getClassLoader()
                     .setLogger( getLog() )
                     .setPaths( classpathURLs )
                     .setExclusions( classpathFilenameExclusions )
+                    .setForcedJvmPackages( forcedJvmPackages )
+                    .setExcludedJvmPackages( excludedJvmPackages )
                     .build();
         }
         catch ( NullPointerException | IOException e )
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/URLClassLoaderBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/URLClassLoaderBuilder.java
index 95762e29..5589b6d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/URLClassLoaderBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/exec/URLClassLoaderBuilder.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
  */
 class URLClassLoaderBuilder
 {
+    private List<String> forcedJvmPackages;
+    private List<String> excludedJvmPackages;
     private Log logger;
     private Collection<Path> paths;
     private Collection<String> exclusions;
@@ -57,6 +59,18 @@ static URLClassLoaderBuilder builder()
         return new URLClassLoaderBuilder();
     }
 
+    URLClassLoaderBuilder setExcludedJvmPackages(List<String> excludedJvmPackages )
+    {
+        this.excludedJvmPackages = excludedJvmPackages;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    URLClassLoaderBuilder setForcedJvmPackages(List<String> forcedJvmPackages )
+    {
+        this.forcedJvmPackages = forcedJvmPackages;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     URLClassLoaderBuilder setLogger(Log logger )
     {
         this.logger = logger;
@@ -99,7 +113,7 @@ URLClassLoader build() throws IOException
             }
         }
 
-        return new ExecJavaClassLoader( urls.toArray( new URL[0] ) );
+        return new ExecJavaClassLoader( urls.toArray( new URL[0] ), forcedJvmPackages, excludedJvmPackages );
     }
 
     // child first strategy
@@ -118,11 +132,15 @@ private static class ExecJavaClassLoader extends URLClassLoader
         }
 
         private final String jre;
+        private final List<String> forcedJvmPackages;
+        private final List<String> excludedJvmPackages;
 
-        public ExecJavaClassLoader(URL[] urls )
+        public ExecJavaClassLoader(URL[] urls, List<String> forcedJvmPackages, List<String> excludedJvmPackages )
         {
             super(urls);
-            jre = getJre();
+            this.jre = getJre();
+            this.forcedJvmPackages = forcedJvmPackages;
+            this.excludedJvmPackages = excludedJvmPackages;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -334,64 +352,77 @@ private boolean postLoad( boolean resolve, Class<?> clazz )
             return false;
         }
 
-        // not all jvm classes, for ex "javax" can be overriden so don't list it here
+        // not all jvm classes, for ex "javax" can be overridden so don't list it them all here (javax.resource for ex)
         private boolean isDirectJvmClass(final String name) {
+            if (excludedJvmPackages != null && excludedJvmPackages.stream().anyMatch( name::startsWith ))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if (name.startsWith( "java." ) )
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            if ( name.startsWith( "sun." ) )
+            else if (name.startsWith( "javax." ) )
+            {
+                final String sub = name.substring( "javax.".length() );
+                if ( sub.startsWith( "xml." ) )
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            else if ( name.startsWith( "sun." ) )
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            if ( name.startsWith( "jdk." ) )
+            else if ( name.startsWith( "jdk." ) )
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            if ( name.startsWith( "oracle." ) )
+            else if ( name.startsWith( "oracle." ) )
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            if ( name.startsWith( "javafx." ) )
+            else if ( name.startsWith( "javafx." ) )
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            if ( name.startsWith( "netscape." ) )
+            else if ( name.startsWith( "netscape." ) )
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            if ( name.startsWith( "org." ) )
+            else if ( name.startsWith( "org." ) )
             {
                 final String sub = name.substring( "org.".length() );
                 if ( sub.startsWith( "w3c.dom." ) )
                 {
                     return true;
                 }
-                if ( sub.startsWith( "omg." ) )
+                else if ( sub.startsWith( "omg." ) )
                 {
                     return true;
                 }
-                if ( sub.startsWith( "xml.sax." ) )
+                else if ( sub.startsWith( "xml.sax." ) )
                 {
                     return true;
                 }
-                if ( sub.startsWith( "ietf.jgss." ) )
+                else if ( sub.startsWith( "ietf.jgss." ) )
                 {
                     return true;
                 }
-                if ( sub.startsWith( "jcp.xml.dsig.internal." ) )
+                else if ( sub.startsWith( "jcp.xml.dsig.internal." ) )
                 {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
-            if ( name.startsWith( "com." ) )
+            else if ( name.startsWith( "com." ) )
             {
                 final String sub = name.substring( "com.".length() );
                 if ( sub.startsWith( "oracle." ) )
                 {
                     return true;
                 }
-                if ( sub.startsWith( "sun." ) )
+                else if ( sub.startsWith( "sun." ) )
                 {
                     final String subSun = sub.substring( "sun.".length() );
                     if ( subSun.startsWith( "accessibility." ) )
@@ -494,10 +525,9 @@ private boolean isDirectJvmClass(final String name) {
                     {
                         return true;
                     }
-                    return false;
                 }
             }
-            return false;
+            return forcedJvmPackages != null && forcedJvmPackages.stream().anyMatch( name::startsWith );
         }
 
         private class FilteringUrlEnum implements Enumeration<URL>