diff --git a/ivy/IvyInterface.scala b/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
index e7d5115d3..5b90fd141 100644
--- a/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
+++ b/ivy/IvyInterface.scala
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ object Artifact
 	val classifierConfMap = Map(SourceClassifier -> Sources, DocClassifier -> Docs)
 	val classifierTypeMap = Map(SourceClassifier -> SourceType, DocClassifier -> DocType)
 	def classifierConf(classifier: String): Configuration = classifierConfMap.getOrElse(classifier, Optional)
-	def classifierType(classifier: String): String = classifierTypeMap.getOrElse(classifier, DefaultType)
+	def classifierType(classifier: String): String = classifierTypeMap.getOrElse(classifier.stripPrefix("test-"), DefaultType)
 	def classified(name: String, classifier: String): Artifact =
 		Artifact(name, classifierType(classifier), DefaultExtension, Some(classifier), classifierConf(classifier) :: Nil, None)
 }