diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f933484a..c748ffe6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -141,6 +141,18 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
+	<plugin> 
+        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId> 
+        <artifactId>tomcat8-maven-plugin</artifactId> 
+        <version>2.2</version> 
+        <configuration> 
+        <server>tomcat-development-server</server> 
+        <url>http://144.38.196.10:8080/manager/text</url> 
+        <warFile>target\petclinic.war</warFile> 
+        <path>/petclinic</path> 
+        </configuration> 
+        </plugin> 
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>