diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0671a2..2370d8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!-- =======================================================================
         Maven Project Configuration File
 
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
     <interactive.image>false</interactive.image>
     <online.skip.pattern>**/*OnlineTest.java</online.skip.pattern>
     <stress.skip.pattern>**/*StressTest.java</stress.skip.pattern>
+	<!-- This line has to be in here to keep maven3 happy -->
+	<test.exclude.pattern>OptionalTest.java</test.exclude.pattern>
     <test.maxHeapSize>512M</test.maxHeapSize>
     <src.output>${basedir}/target</src.output>
     <imageio.ext.version>1.1-RC1</imageio.ext.version>