You can load Seam components from the servlet deployed in WEB-INF/classes but not vice-versa. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4103625#4103625 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4103625