diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/war.xml b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/war.xml
index d83908cdf..a9afa5e2d 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/war.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/taskdefs/war.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
   </target>
   
   <target name="testlibrefs" depends="setup">
-    <fileset id="test" dir="." includes="foobar"/>
+    <fileset id="test" dir="." includes="war.xml"/>
     <war webxml="war.xml" destfile="${working.dir}/test.war">
       <lib refid="test"/>
     </war>
+    <unzip src="${working.dir}/test.war" dest="${working.dir}"/>
   </target>
   
   <target name="clean">
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WarTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WarTest.java
index d6f426bc4..f022d5adb 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WarTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/WarTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2003 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildFileTest;
 
 /**
@@ -82,5 +84,7 @@ public class WarTest extends BuildFileTest {
      */
     public void testLibRefs() {
         executeTarget("testlibrefs");
+        File f = getProject().resolveFile("working/WEB-INF/lib/war.xml");
+        assertTrue("File has been put into lib", f.exists());
     }
 }