diff --git a/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DefaultDeploymentFilter.java b/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DefaultDeploymentFilter.java
index ed55a2be6245b4c94f0703344f7f6ca7a59fefdb..1dabb9ecc263fa46b357b75343bf158a4c394452 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DefaultDeploymentFilter.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DefaultDeploymentFilter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ package org.activiti.explorer.ui.management.deployment;
 
 import org.activiti.engine.RepositoryService;
 import org.activiti.engine.repository.Deployment;
+import org.activiti.engine.repository.DeploymentBuilder;
 import org.activiti.engine.repository.DeploymentQuery;
 import org.activiti.explorer.ui.management.deployment.DeploymentListQuery.DeploymentListitem;
 
@@ -42,5 +43,9 @@ public class DefaultDeploymentFilter implements DeploymentFilter {
   public DeploymentListitem createItem(Deployment deployment) {
     return new DeploymentListitem(deployment);
   }
+  
+  public void beforeDeploy(DeploymentBuilder deployment) {
+    // Nothing special needs to be done with the deployment, by default
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DeploymentFilter.java b/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DeploymentFilter.java
index a2b663508e6ea50c73455b10f0e063b2afe49e13..08f73ddb9626f2a92faee2b4e7c3df1541d5866c 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DeploymentFilter.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DeploymentFilter.java
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ package org.activiti.explorer.ui.management.deployment;
 
 import org.activiti.engine.RepositoryService;
 import org.activiti.engine.repository.Deployment;
+import org.activiti.engine.repository.DeploymentBuilder;
 import org.activiti.engine.repository.DeploymentQuery;
 import org.activiti.explorer.ui.management.deployment.DeploymentListQuery.DeploymentListitem;
 
 
 /**
- * Class used in {@link DeploymentListQuery} for filtering.
+ * Class used in {@link DeploymentListQuery} for filtering and consulted right before
+ * a new {@link Deployment} is about to be deployed through the UI.
  * 
  * @author Frederik Heremans
  */
@@ -42,4 +44,10 @@ public interface DeploymentFilter {
    * @return item representing the deployment
    */
   DeploymentListitem createItem(Deployment deployment);
-}
+  
+  /**
+   * Called right before the deployment, created in the UI, is deployed to the
+   * API. This allows to ad additional artifacts or alter deployment properties.
+   */
+  void beforeDeploy(DeploymentBuilder deployment);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DeploymentUploadReceiver.java b/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DeploymentUploadReceiver.java
index 449701c280667fc5a5ac8fbe1d9656009d1276e9..b8492b95f5c23e57111560210481f83132cc159f 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DeploymentUploadReceiver.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-explorer/src/main/java/org/activiti/explorer/ui/management/deployment/DeploymentUploadReceiver.java
@@ -76,21 +76,24 @@ public class DeploymentUploadReceiver implements Receiver, FinishedListener {
 
   protected void deployUploadedFile() {
     DeploymentBuilder deploymentBuilder = repositoryService.createDeployment().name(fileName);
+    DeploymentFilter deploymentFilter = ExplorerApp.get().getComponentFactory(DeploymentFilterFactory.class).create();
     try {
       try {
         if (fileName.endsWith(".bpmn20.xml") || fileName.endsWith(".bpmn")) {
           validFile = true;
-          deployment = deploymentBuilder
-            .addInputStream(fileName, new ByteArrayInputStream(outputStream.toByteArray()))
-            .deploy();
+          deploymentBuilder.addInputStream(fileName, new ByteArrayInputStream(outputStream.toByteArray()));
         } else if (fileName.endsWith(".bar") || fileName.endsWith(".zip")) {
           validFile = true;
-          deployment = deploymentBuilder
-            .addZipInputStream(new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(outputStream.toByteArray())))
-            .deploy();
+          deploymentBuilder.addZipInputStream(new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(outputStream.toByteArray())));
         } else {
           notificationManager.showErrorNotification(Messages.DEPLOYMENT_UPLOAD_INVALID_FILE,
-          		i18nManager.getMessage(Messages.DEPLOYMENT_UPLOAD_INVALID_FILE_EXPLANATION));
+              i18nManager.getMessage(Messages.DEPLOYMENT_UPLOAD_INVALID_FILE_EXPLANATION));
+        }
+        
+        // If the deployment is valid, run it through the beforeDeploy and actually deploy it in Activiti
+        if(validFile) {
+          deploymentFilter.beforeDeploy(deploymentBuilder);
+          deployment = deploymentBuilder.deploy();
         }
       } catch (ActivitiException e) {
         String errorMsg = e.getMessage().replace(System.getProperty("line.separator"), "<br/>");