diff --git a/quickstarts/helloworld-osgi/pom.xml b/quickstarts/helloworld-osgi/pom.xml
index 9558dc3120..9b2b4e2939 100644
--- a/quickstarts/helloworld-osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/quickstarts/helloworld-osgi/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
+   http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
    <groupId>org.jboss.as.quickstarts</groupId>
@@ -18,6 +19,45 @@
       </license>
    </licenses>
 
+   <properties>
+      <!-- Explicitly declaring the source encoding eliminates the following 
+         message: -->
+      <!-- [WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered 
+         resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! -->
+      <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+   </properties>
+
+   <!-- Include the JBoss Maven repository so we can access JBoss artifacts -->
+   <repositories>
+      <repository>
+         <id>jboss-public-repository</id>
+         <name>JBoss Repository</name>
+         <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public
+         </url>
+         <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+         </releases>
+         <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+         </snapshots>
+      </repository>
+   </repositories>
+
+   <pluginRepositories>
+      <pluginRepository>
+         <id>jboss-public-repository</id>
+         <name>JBoss Repository</name>
+         <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public
+         </url>
+         <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+         </releases>
+         <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+         </snapshots>
+      </pluginRepository>
+   </pluginRepositories>
+
    <dependencies>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
@@ -41,11 +81,13 @@
                   <!-- OSGi Manifest Metadata is specified here -->
                   <!-- The Bundle SymbolicName is the same as the artifact 
                      ID -->
-                  <Bundle-SymbolicName>${project.artifactId}</Bundle-SymbolicName>
+                  <Bundle-SymbolicName>${project.artifactId}
+                  </Bundle-SymbolicName>
 
                   <!-- Specify the Bundle activator, which is invoked when 
                      the Bundle is started -->
-                  <Bundle-Activator>org.jboss.as.quickstarts.helloworld.osgi.Activator</Bundle-Activator>
+                  <Bundle-Activator>org.jboss.as.quickstarts.helloworld.osgi.Activator
+                  </Bundle-Activator>
 
                   <!-- Automatically compute all the necessary Import-Package 
                      statements -->
@@ -56,10 +98,21 @@
 
                   <!-- Packages that are not exported but need to be included 
                      need to be listed as Private-Package -->
-                  <Private-Package>org.jboss.as.quickstarts.helloworld.osgi</Private-Package>
+                  <Private-Package>org.jboss.as.quickstarts.helloworld.osgi
+                  </Private-Package>
                </instructions>
             </configuration>
          </plugin>
+         <!-- JBoss AS plugin to deploy war -->
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.jboss.as.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jboss-as-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>7.0.0.Beta5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <configuration>
+               <filename>${project.build.finalName}.jar</filename>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
       </plugins>
    </build>
+
 </project>