diff --git a/archetype/pom.xml b/archetype/pom.xml
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index 00000000..3e939811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetype/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>spring-ws</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
+        <version>1.0-m4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>spring-ws-archetype</artifactId>
+    <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
+    <name>Spring WS Archetype</name>
+    <description>Spring Web Services Maven2 Archetype.</description>
+</project>
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diff --git a/archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml b/archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml
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index 00000000..ccfd26a8
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+++ b/archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/archetype.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<archetype>
+    <id>spring-ws-archetype</id>
+    <resources>
+        <resource>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml</resource>
+        <resource>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-ws-servlet.xml</resource>
+    </resources>
+</archetype>
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diff --git a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
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+++ b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+    <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
+    <version>${version}</version>
+    <name>${artifactId} Spring-WS Application</name>
+    <url>http://www.springframework.org/spring-ws</url>
+    <build>
+        <finalName>${artifactId}</finalName>
+    </build>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.ws</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-ws-core</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-m3</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
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diff --git a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-ws-servlet.xml b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-ws-servlet.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..acafa3ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-ws-servlet.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
+
+
+</beans>
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diff --git a/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1948bd49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
+         version="2.4">
+
+    <display-name>Archetype Created Web Application</display-name>
+
+    <servlet>
+        <servlet-name>spring-ws</servlet-name>
+        <servlet-class>org.springframework.ws.transport.http.MessageDispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
+    </servlet>
+
+    <servlet-mapping>
+        <servlet-name>spring-ws</servlet-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </servlet-mapping>
+
+</web-app>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3de6e8dc..48250176 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
         <module>oxm</module>
         <module>core</module>
         <module>security</module>
+        <module>archetype</module>
     </modules>
     <profiles>
         <profile>