diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 583773200..e8f7694b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -301,6 +301,18 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xmlunit-legacy</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -512,6 +524,7 @@
                     <pomExclude>download-licenses-basic/pom.xml</pomExclude>
                     <pomExclude>download-licenses-force/pom.xml</pomExclude>
                   </pomExcludes>
+                  <addTestClassPath>true</addTestClassPath>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <!-- as this it is run in offline, then execute it after the previous its... -->
diff --git a/src/it/ISSUE-80/postbuild.groovy b/src/it/ISSUE-80/postbuild.groovy
index 9419f31c3..bc5be5978 100644
--- a/src/it/ISSUE-80/postbuild.groovy
+++ b/src/it/ISSUE-80/postbuild.groovy
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@
  * #L%
  */
 
+import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.*
+XMLUnit.setIgnoreWhitespace(true)
+
 file = new File(basedir, 'target/licenses.xml');
 expectedFile = new File(basedir, 'expected_licenses.xml');
-assert expectedFile.text.equals(file.text);
+
+def xmlDiff = new Diff(file.text, expectedFile.text)
+assert xmlDiff.similar()
+assert xmlDiff.identical()
+
 return true;
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