diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-tiles.xml b/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-tiles.xml
index 9fbe0258b..3d3091169 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-tiles.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-tiles.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
             <result type="tiles">showcase.freemarkerLayout</result>
         </action>
 
+        <action name="tiles-annotations" class="org.apache.struts2.showcase.tiles.TilesAnnotationsAction">
+            <!-- note: this is not necessary when using convention-plugin -->
+            <result type="tiles"></result>
+        </action>
+
         <action name="sanity">
             <result type="redirect">/WEB-INF/tiles/layout.jsp</result>
             <result type="redirect" name="success">/tiles/layout.jsp</result>
diff --git a/plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/tiles/TilesResult.java b/plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/tiles/TilesResult.java
index c1dbfb95a..e2a7dc7a0 100644
--- a/plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/tiles/TilesResult.java
+++ b/plugins/tiles/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/tiles/TilesResult.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class TilesResult extends ServletDispatcherResult {
         boolean definitionValid = false;
         try {
             LOG.debug("checking if tiles definition exists '{}'", location);
-            definitionValid = container.isValidDefinition(location, request);
+            definitionValid = container.isValidDefinition(location, request, response);
         } catch (TilesException e) {
             LOG.warn("got TilesException while checking if definiton exists, ignoring it", e);
         }
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class TilesResult extends ServletDispatcherResult {
                 Definition definition = annotationProcessor.buildTilesDefinition(location, tilesDefinition);
                 if (container instanceof MutableTilesContainer) {
                     LOG.debug("registering tiles definition with name '{}'", definition.getName());
-                    ((MutableTilesContainer)container).register(definition, request);
+                    ((MutableTilesContainer)container).register(definition, request, response);
                 } else {
                     LOG.error("cannot register tiles definition as tiles container is not mutable!");
                 }