diff --git a/cadastrapp/pom.xml b/cadastrapp/pom.xml
index 5e137da2..30d06f13 100644
--- a/cadastrapp/pom.xml
+++ b/cadastrapp/pom.xml
@@ -251,6 +251,11 @@
       <artifactId>gt-wfs-ng</artifactId>
       <version>${geotools.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.geotools</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gt-app-schema</artifactId>
+      <version>${geotools.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
       <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
diff --git a/cadastrapp/src/main/java/org/georchestra/cadastrapp/context/CadastrappContextListener.java b/cadastrapp/src/main/java/org/georchestra/cadastrapp/context/CadastrappContextListener.java
index 7fe22516..4f93b7ff 100644
--- a/cadastrapp/src/main/java/org/georchestra/cadastrapp/context/CadastrappContextListener.java
+++ b/cadastrapp/src/main/java/org/georchestra/cadastrapp/context/CadastrappContextListener.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.georchestra.cadastrapp.configuration.CadastrappPlaceHolder;
+import org.geotools.xml.resolver.SchemaCache;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
@@ -43,6 +44,18 @@ public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent sce) {
 				if(writeTest.createNewFile()){
 					logger.debug("Init config - folder " + tempFolder + " exist and is writable");
 					writeTest.delete();
+
+					// update the schemaCache key and create folder if not already exist
+					if(System.getProperty(SchemaCache.PROVIDED_CACHE_LOCATION_KEY, null) == null){
+						logger.debug("Init SchemaCache property and folder");
+						File schemaCacheFolder = new File(tempFolder+File.separator, "app-schema-cache");
+						// remove previous folder
+						schemaCacheFolder.delete();
+						// create folder
+						schemaCacheFolder.mkdirs();
+						System.setProperty(SchemaCache.PROVIDED_CACHE_LOCATION_KEY,	schemaCacheFolder.getAbsolutePath());
+					}
+					// else directory should have been created by admin when adding -Dschema.cache.dir=
 				}else{
 					logger.error("Init config - folder  " + tempFolder + " exist but is not writable");
 					// Throw an exception to stop deploiement in init phase