I hacked problem by copying the jsf core and html tld files into WEB-INF directory and refenreced from web.xml/jsp files. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3982668#3982668 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3982668