diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-tiles.xml b/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-tiles.xml
index 178f9ed68..e49a5faad 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-tiles.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/resources/struts-tiles.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
             <result type="tiles">showcase.freemarker</result>
         </action>
 
+        <action name="freemarkerLayout">
+            <result type="tiles">showcase.freemarkerLayout</result>
+        </action>
+
         <action name="sanity">
             <result type="redirect">/tiles/layout.jsp</result>
             <result type="redirect" name="success">/tiles/layout.jsp</result>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tiles.xml b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tiles.xml
index 7d637db19..38664fed0 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tiles.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/tiles.xml
@@ -39,4 +39,10 @@
         <put-attribute name="body" value="/tiles/body.ftl"/>
     </definition>
 
+    <definition name="showcase.freemarkerLayout" template="/tiles/layout.ftl">
+        <put-attribute name="title" value="Tiles/Freemarker Showcase"/>
+        <put-attribute name="header" value="/tiles/header.jsp"/>
+        <put-attribute name="body" value="/tiles/body.ftl"/>
+    </definition>
+
 </tiles-definitions>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index b0523b333..e33323bb4 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@
 	    <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
     	<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
   	</servlet>
+  		<servlet>
+    	<servlet-name>JspSupportServlet</servlet-name>
+    	<servlet-class>org.apache.struts2.views.JspSupportServlet</servlet-class>
+    	<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+  	</servlet>
+
 
   	<!-- JavaServer Faces Servlet Mapping, not called directly -->
     	<servlet-mapping>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/body.jsp b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/body.jsp
index 11057226c..da89efdbf 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/body.jsp
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/body.jsp
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
         <li>
             <a href="freemarker.action">View FreeMarker Example</a>
         </li>
+        <li>
+            <a href="freemarkerLayout.action">View Example with a FreeMarker Layout</a>
+        </li>
     </ul>
 
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/layout.ftl b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/layout.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..010d56012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/layout.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<#assign tiles=JspTaglibs["http://tiles.apache.org/tags-tiles"]>
+<@tiles.importAttribute name="title" scope="request"/>
+<html>
+    <head><title><@tiles.getAsString name="title"/></title></head>
+<body>
+    <@tiles.insertAttribute name="header"/>
+    <p id="body">
+        <@tiles.insertAttribute name="body"/>
+    </p>
+	<p>Notice that this is a layout made in FreeMarker</p>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/layout.jsp b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/layout.jsp
index c3724018a..9caca1183 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/layout.jsp
+++ b/apps/showcase/src/main/webapp/tiles/layout.jsp
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@
     <p id="body">
         <tiles:insertAttribute name="body"/>
     </p>
+
+	<p>Notice that this is a layout made in JSP</p>
 </body>
 </html>
