diff --git a/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/server/ZeppelinServer.java b/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/server/ZeppelinServer.java
index 966f5b553aa..35de52cbd9d 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/server/ZeppelinServer.java
+++ b/zeppelin-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zeppelin/server/ZeppelinServer.java
@@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ private static WebAppContext setupWebAppContext(
     } else {
       // use packaged WAR
       webApp.setWar(warFile.getAbsolutePath());
+      webApp.setExtractWAR(false);
       File warTempDirectory = new File(conf.getRelativeDir(ConfVars.ZEPPELIN_WAR_TEMPDIR) + contextPath);
       warTempDirectory.mkdir();
       LOG.info("ZeppelinServer Webapp path: {}", warTempDirectory.getPath());