diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/invoker.properties b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..317af6f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# This file is part of dependency-check-maven.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+
+invoker.goals = install ${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:check -e
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-java/pom.xml b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-java/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b72581079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-java/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+This file is part of dependency-check-maven.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.owasp.test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hierarchical-cross-deps</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>module-java</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.17</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-web/pom.xml b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-web/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8197f228c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-web/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+This file is part of dependency-check-maven.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.owasp.test</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hierarchical-cross-deps</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>module-web</artifactId>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>module-java</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65c96051c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/module-web/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+This file is part of dependency-check-maven.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+-->
+<web-app id="WebApp_ID" version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
+    <display-name>test-app</display-name>
+    <welcome-file-list>
+        <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
+    </welcome-file-list>
+</web-app>
+
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/pom.xml b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07d213b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+This file is part of dependency-check-maven.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>org.owasp.test</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hierarchical-cross-deps</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <modules>
+        <module>module-java</module>
+        <module>module-web</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/postbuild.groovy b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/postbuild.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09ea6f264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/postbuild.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of dependency-check-maven.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+ 
+// Save NVD-CVE for next IT (if not already done)
+File datasDwl = new File("target/local-repo/org/owasp/dependency-check-data/3.0", "dc.h2.db");
+File datasSave = new File("target/nvd-cve-backup", "dc.h2.db");
+if (datasDwl.exists() && !datasSave.exists()){
+    System.out.println("Save NVD-CVE into backup");
+    FileUtils.copyFile(datasDwl, datasSave);    
+}
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/prebuild.groovy b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/prebuild.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1e9eda11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/it/617-hierarchical-cross-deps/prebuild.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of dependency-check-maven.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+
+// Load NVD-CVE if not exist and had been saved in a previous IT
+File datasDwl = new File("target/local-repo/org/owasp/dependency-check-data/3.0", "dc.h2.db");
+File datasSave = new File("target/nvd-cve-backup", "dc.h2.db");
+
+if (!datasDwl.exists() && datasSave.exists()){
+    System.out.println("Load NVD-CVE from backup");
+    FileUtils.copyFile(datasSave, datasDwl);    
+}