Ok, I got it. The deployment descriptor filename must be "jboss-beans.xml" otherwise the jar is ignored. BTW, this is an opportunity to document in the forum the naming issue: When can you use a different filename? You mentioned it in your reply and I've also seen it in various articles (e.g. the DZone article). Thanks for your help. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4259347#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...