My workaround is to paste the (10 or so) keys required by hibernate validator into my messages.properties. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3965120#3965120 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3965120