I tried using the option <useSystemClassLoader>true</useSystemClassLoader> | With this option turned on (and the -Djava.system.class.loader), the surefire booter is able to find the aop classloader. This allows some of the tests to succeed that were failing before. The problem is that this breaks some other tests. Maybe we can further divide the groups into tests that need the aop class loader and tests that don't. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4040650#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...