diff --git a/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/WeldEEMockContainer.java b/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/WeldEEMockContainer.java
index 01f0f5618d5..034d82e00b1 100644
--- a/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/WeldEEMockContainer.java
+++ b/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/WeldEEMockContainer.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public ContainerMethodExecutor deploy(Context context, Archive<?> archive) throw
       
       ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchive beanArchive = archive.as(ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchive.class);
       MockEELifecycle lifecycle = new MockEELifecycle(beanArchive);
+      beanArchive.setBootstrap(lifecycle.getBootstrap());
 
       ContextClassLoaderManager classLoaderManager = new ContextClassLoaderManager(beanArchive.getClassLoader());
       classLoaderManager.enable();
diff --git a/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/mock/MockBeanDeploymentArchive.java b/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/mock/MockBeanDeploymentArchive.java
index 475e889cc5a..c6839efd7e4 100644
--- a/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/mock/MockBeanDeploymentArchive.java
+++ b/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/mock/MockBeanDeploymentArchive.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.arquillian.container.weld.ee.embedded_1_1.mock;
 
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.ServiceRegistry;
 import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.helpers.SimpleServiceRegistry;
 import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.spi.BeanDeploymentArchive;
+import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.spi.BeansXml;
 import org.jboss.weld.ejb.spi.EjbDescriptor;
 
 /**
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class MockBeanDeploymentArchive implements BeanDeploymentArchive
    
 
    private Collection<Class<?>> beanClasses;
-   private Collection<URL> beansXmlFiles;
+   private BeansXml beansXml;
    private List<EjbDescriptor<?>> ejbs;
    private final ServiceRegistry services;
    private final Collection<BeanDeploymentArchive> bdas;
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ public MockBeanDeploymentArchive(String id, Class<?> ... classes)
    {
       this.services = new SimpleServiceRegistry();
       this.beanClasses = Arrays.asList(classes);
-      this.beansXmlFiles = new HashSet<URL>();
       this.bdas = new HashSet<BeanDeploymentArchive>();
       this.id = id;
    }
@@ -79,16 +78,16 @@ public void setBeanClasses(Collection<Class<?>> beanClasses)
       }
    }
 
-   public Collection<URL> getBeansXml()
+   public BeansXml getBeansXml()
    {
-      return beansXmlFiles;
+      return beansXml;
    }
    
-   public void setBeansXmlFiles(Collection<URL> beansXmlFiles)
+   public void setBeansXml(BeansXml beansXml)
    {
-      this.beansXmlFiles = beansXmlFiles;
+      this.beansXml = beansXml;
    }
-
+   
    public Collection<BeanDeploymentArchive> getBeanDeploymentArchives()
    {
       return bdas;
diff --git a/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/shrinkwrap/ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchive.java b/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/shrinkwrap/ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchive.java
index bd19494bc42..694cb7f39ba 100644
--- a/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/shrinkwrap/ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchive.java
+++ b/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/shrinkwrap/ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchive.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.Assignable;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.classloader.ShrinkWrapClassLoader;
+import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.Bootstrap;
 import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.spi.BeanDeploymentArchive;
 
 /**
@@ -29,4 +30,7 @@
 public interface ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchive extends BeanDeploymentArchive, Assignable
 {
    ShrinkWrapClassLoader getClassLoader();
+   
+   void setBootstrap(Bootstrap bootstrap);
+   
 }
diff --git a/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/shrinkwrap/ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.java b/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/shrinkwrap/ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.java
index 0421b3fea27..3d7d55b696c 100644
--- a/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/shrinkwrap/ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.java
+++ b/arquillian/weld-ee-container/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/container/weld/ee/embedded_1_1/shrinkwrap/ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchiveImpl.java
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.impl.base.AssignableBase;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.impl.base.Validate;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.impl.base.asset.ArchiveAsset;
+import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.Bootstrap;
 import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.ServiceRegistry;
 import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.helpers.SimpleServiceRegistry;
 import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.spi.BeanDeploymentArchive;
+import org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.spi.BeansXml;
 import org.jboss.weld.ejb.spi.EjbDescriptor;
 
 /**
@@ -62,12 +64,12 @@ public class ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchiveImpl extends AssignableBase implemen
    private ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = new SimpleServiceRegistry();
    
    private ShrinkWrapClassLoader classLoader;
+   private Bootstrap bootstrap;
    
    public ShrinkwrapBeanDeploymentArchiveImpl(Archive<?> archive)
    {
       Validate.notNull(archive, "Archive must be specified");
       this.archive = archive;
-      
       this.classLoader = new ShrinkWrapClassLoader(archive.getClass().getClassLoader(), archive);
    }
 
@@ -81,6 +83,11 @@ public ShrinkWrapClassLoader getClassLoader()
    {
       return classLoader;
    }
+   
+   public void setBootstrap(Bootstrap bootstrap)
+   {
+      this.bootstrap = bootstrap;
+   }
 
    public String getId()
    {
@@ -92,8 +99,12 @@ public ServiceRegistry getServices()
       return serviceRegistry;
    }
    
-   public Collection<URL> getBeansXml()
+   public BeansXml getBeansXml()
    {
+      if (bootstrap == null)
+      {
+         throw new IllegalStateException("must call setBootstrap() before calling getBeansXml()");
+      }
       List<URL> beanClasses = new ArrayList<URL>();
       Map<ArchivePath, Node> nestedArchives = archive.getContent(Filters.include(".*\\.jar|.*\\.war"));
       for(final Map.Entry<ArchivePath, Node> nestedArchiveEntry : nestedArchives.entrySet())
@@ -164,7 +175,7 @@ public InputStream getInputStream()
             e.printStackTrace();
          }
       }
-      return beanClasses;
+      return bootstrap.parse(beanClasses);
    }
 
    public Collection<Class<?>> getBeanClasses()