Couple of workarounds I can think of 1) Make changes in the DeploymentSorter, you can use the PrefixDeploymentSorter http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-11683 2) Package the war+-ds.xml in the EAR and rely on strict deployment mode as explained over here https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBAS-2904 You can try these options and make sure you discuss this at the deployers forums, this is not real jca related issue. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4193525#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...