diff --git a/modules/activiti-cxf/pom.xml b/modules/activiti-cxf/pom.xml
index 13bb89b34564c06c1deead5acf49b8132793c017..71d482c1b71d9f5dbd320ff394d6596a785ee8f2 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-cxf/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/activiti-cxf/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
 		  <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
     	  <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+          <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 			
 	<profiles>
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/Counter.java b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/Counter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0989543704ab759a6f187aef342e4e73d4aed022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/Counter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.activiti.engine.impl.webservice;
+
+import javax.jws.WebParam;
+import javax.jws.WebResult;
+import javax.jws.WebService;
+
+/**
+ * A simple Counter WS that starts the counter in -1
+ *
+ * @author Esteban Robles Luna
+ */
+@WebService
+public interface Counter {
+
+  /**
+   * Increase the counter in 1
+   */
+  void inc();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the current count
+   *
+   * @return the count
+   */
+  @WebResult(name="count")
+  int getCount();
+
+  /**
+   * Resets the counter to 0
+   */
+  void reset();
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the counter to value
+   *
+   * @param value the value of the new counter
+   */
+  void setTo(@WebParam(name="value") int value);
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a formated string composed of prefix + current count + suffix
+   *
+   * @param prefix the prefix
+   * @param suffix the suffix
+   * @return the formated string
+   */
+  @WebResult(name="prettyPrint")
+  String prettyPrintCount(@WebParam(name="prefix") String prefix, @WebParam(name="suffix") String suffix);
+}
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/CounterImpl.java b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/CounterImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d3cc6f9d1a9e2e6f4185a3c9a675ba5449d5d1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/CounterImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.activiti.engine.impl.webservice;
+
+import javax.jws.WebService;
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of a Counter WS
+ *
+ * @author Esteban Robles Luna
+ */
+@WebService(endpointInterface = "org.activiti.engine.impl.webservice.Counter",
+        serviceName = "Counter")
+public class CounterImpl implements Counter {
+
+  protected int count;
+
+  public CounterImpl() {
+    this.count = -1;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   */
+  public int getCount() {
+    return this.count;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   */
+  public void inc() {
+    this.count++;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   */
+  public void reset() {
+    this.setTo(0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   */
+  public void setTo(int value) {
+    this.count = value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   */
+  public String prettyPrintCount(String prefix, String suffix) {
+    return prefix + this.getCount() + suffix;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/WebServiceTaskTest.java b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/WebServiceTaskTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..06b0c1121dc5db8b8ac99401f705ef65c40fe894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/WebServiceTaskTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.activiti.engine.impl.webservice;
+
+import org.activiti.engine.impl.test.ActivitiInternalTestCase;
+import org.activiti.engine.test.Deployment;
+import org.apache.cxf.endpoint.Server;
+import org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingInInterceptor;
+import org.apache.cxf.interceptor.LoggingOutInterceptor;
+import org.apache.cxf.jaxws.JaxWsServerFactoryBean;
+
+/**
+ * An integration test for CXF based web services
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:gnodet@gmail.com">Guillaume Nodet</a>
+ */
+public class WebServiceTaskTest extends ActivitiInternalTestCase {
+
+    private Counter counter;
+    private Server server;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void initializeProcessEngine() {
+        super.initializeProcessEngine();
+
+        counter = new CounterImpl();
+        JaxWsServerFactoryBean svrFactory = new JaxWsServerFactoryBean();
+        svrFactory.setServiceClass(Counter.class);
+        svrFactory.setAddress("http://localhost:63081/counter");
+        svrFactory.setServiceBean(counter);
+        svrFactory.getInInterceptors().add(new LoggingInInterceptor());
+        svrFactory.getOutInterceptors().add(new LoggingOutInterceptor());
+        server = svrFactory.create();
+        server.start();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        super.tearDown();
+        server.stop();
+    }
+
+    @Deployment
+    public void testWebServiceInvocation() throws Exception {
+
+        assertEquals(-1, counter.getCount());
+
+        runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey("webServiceInvocation");
+        waitForJobExecutorToProcessAllJobs(10000L, 250L);
+
+        assertEquals(0, counter.getCount());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/resources/activiti.properties b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/resources/activiti.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a0ca5e6c0a21010eb1c08caf03d2c9e3e728bc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/resources/activiti.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+database=h2
+jdbc.driver=org.h2.Driver
+jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:mem:activiti;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=1000
+jdbc.username=sa
+jdbc.password=
+db.schema.strategy=create-drop
+job.executor.auto.activate=off
+ws.sync.factory=org.activiti.engine.impl.webservice.CxfWebServiceClientFactory
diff --git a/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/resources/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/WebServiceTaskTest.testWebServiceInvocation.bpmn20.xml b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/resources/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/WebServiceTaskTest.testWebServiceInvocation.bpmn20.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..451fd2c1cd21457b81cc17484295aa471aa8a6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-cxf/src/test/resources/org/activiti/engine/impl/webservice/WebServiceTaskTest.testWebServiceInvocation.bpmn20.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<definitions id="definitions"
+  xmlns="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns:activiti="http://activiti.org/bpmn-extensions"
+  targetNamespace="http://www.activiti.org/bpmn2.0/examples/webServiceInvocationWithoutDataFlow"
+  xmlns:tns="http://www.activiti.org/bpmn2.0/examples/webServiceInvocationWithoutDataFlow"
+  xmlns:counter="http://webservice.activiti.org/">
+
+  <import importType="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
+          location="http://localhost:63081/counter?wsdl"
+          namespace="http://webservice.activiti.org/" />
+
+  <process id="webServiceInvocation">
+
+    <startEvent id="theStart" />
+
+    <sequenceFlow id="flow1" sourceRef="theStart" targetRef="webService" />
+
+    <serviceTask id="webService"
+                 name="Web service invocation"
+                 implementation="##WebService"
+                 operationRef="incOperation" />
+
+    <sequenceFlow id="flow2" sourceRef="webService" targetRef="waitState" />
+
+    <receiveTask id="waitState" />
+
+    <sequenceFlow id="flow3" sourceRef="waitState" targetRef="theEnd" />
+
+    <endEvent id="theEnd" />
+
+  </process>
+
+  <!-- Interface: implementationRef = QName of WSDL Port Type -->
+  <interface name="Counter Interface"> <!-- NEEDED FOR THE PORT -->
+    <!-- Operation: implementationRef = QName of WSDL Operation -->
+    <operation id="incOperation" name="Increase Operation" implementationRef="inc"> <!-- NEEDED FOR THE OPERATION NAME -->
+      <inMessageRef>incRequestMessage</inMessageRef>
+      <outMessageRef>incResponseMessage</outMessageRef>
+    </operation>
+  </interface>
+
+  <message id="incRequestMessage" itemRef="incRequestItem" />
+  <message id="incResponseMessage" itemRef="incResponseItem" />
+
+  <itemDefinition id="incRequestItem" structureRef="inc" /><!-- QName of input element --> <!-- NEEDED FOR THE ARGUMENTS -->
+  <itemDefinition id="incResponseItem" structureRef="incResponse" /><!-- QName of output element -->
+
+</definitions>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e30d820e431adbbee93b79c83ee4f206b44765b..2c5cf9aeb2cae470f08a6205ff82838ff6416925 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,6 +219,21 @@
     	  <artifactId>cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws</artifactId>
     	  <version>2.1.2</version>
 		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
+          <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
+          <version>2.1.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
+          <artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http-jetty</artifactId>
+          <version>2.1.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
+          <artifactId>cxf-rt-bindings-soap</artifactId>
+          <version>2.1.2</version>
+        </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.mule.transports</groupId>
 		  <artifactId>mule-transport-cxf</artifactId>