Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/ear/it/EarMojoIT.java
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--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/ear/it/EarMojoIT.java	(revision 1235439)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/ear/it/EarMojoIT.java	(working copy)
@@ -772,5 +772,14 @@
         doTestProject( "project-073", new String[]{ "ejb-sample-one-1.0.jar", "app-client-sample-one-1.0.jar",
             "APP-INF/lib/jar-sample-one-1.0.jar", "APP-INF/lib/jar-sample-two-1.0.jar" } );
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Builds an EAR with a custom library directory but not setting library-directory in application.xml.
+     */
+    public void testProject074()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        doTestProject( "project-074", new String[]{ "ejb-sample-one-1.0.jar", "myLibs/jar-sample-one-1.0.jar" } );
+    }
 
 }
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-074/expected-META-INF/application.xml
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--- src/test/resources/projects/project-074/expected-META-INF/application.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/projects/project-074/expected-META-INF/application.xml	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+-->
+
+<application xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_6.xsd" version="6">
+  <display-name>maven-ear-plugin-test-project-074</display-name>
+  <module>
+    <ejb>ejb-sample-one-1.0.jar</ejb>
+  </module>
+  <module>
+    <java>app-client-sample-one-1.0.jar</java>
+  </module>
+</application>
Index: src/test/resources/projects/project-074/pom.xml
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--- src/test/resources/projects/project-074/pom.xml	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/resources/projects/project-074/pom.xml	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you 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.
+-->
+
+<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>ear</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin-test-project-074</artifactId>
+  <version>99.0</version>
+  <name>Maven</name>
+  <packaging>ear</packaging>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>eartest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ejb-sample-one</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <type>ejb</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>eartest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>app-client-sample-one</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <type>app-client</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>eartest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jar-sample-one</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>eartest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jar-sample-two</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-ear-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <version>6</version>
+          <defaultJavaBundleDir>APP-INF/lib</defaultJavaBundleDir>
+          <writeLibraryDirectory>false</writeLibraryDirectory>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-acr-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>