diff --git a/impl-base/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/impl/domain/Container.java b/impl-base/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/impl/domain/Container.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/impl-base/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/impl/domain/Container.java
+++ b/impl-base/src/main/java/org/jboss/arquillian/impl/domain/Container.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public class Container
    {
       ContainerConfiguration config = deployableContainer.getConfigurationClass().newInstance();
       MapObject.populate(config, containerConfiguration.getContainerProperties());
+      config.validate();
       return config;
    }
ARQ-<I> ARQ-<I> Added validate() method for configurations