I think there's a way out. Instead of specifying the properties in the deploy/systemproperties-service.xml file, you can instead have a MBean as follows in the JBOSS_HOME/server/< servername>/conf/jboss-service.xml: <!-- Jaikiran: Copied this SystemPropertiesService MBean from deploy folder --> | <mbean code="org.jboss.varia.property.SystemPropertiesService" | name="jboss:type=Service,name=MySystemProperties"> | | | <attribute name="Properties"> | | serverName=blahblah | | | </attribute> | | </mbean> That way, you don't have to worry about the deployment ordering and dependencies, since the conf/jboss-service.xml is always loaded during bootstrap of the server, before it picks up the deployments. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4258345#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...