diff --git a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/MakePom.scala b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/MakePom.scala
index 16bd6002a..1dfa5d1fe 100644
--- a/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/MakePom.scala
+++ b/ivy/src/main/scala/sbt/MakePom.scala
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger) {
        {
          val deps = depsInConfs(module, configurations)
          makeProperties(module, deps) ++
-           makeDependencies(deps, includeTypes)
+           makeDependencies(deps, includeTypes, module.getAllExcludeRules)
        }
        { makeRepositories(ivy.getSettings, allRepositories, filterRepositories) }
      </project>)
@@ -220,37 +220,49 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger) {
     }
   val IgnoreTypes: Set[String] = Set(Artifact.SourceType, Artifact.DocType, Artifact.PomType)
 
+  @deprecated("Use `makeDependencies` variant which takes excludes", "0.13.9")
   def makeDependencies(dependencies: Seq[DependencyDescriptor], includeTypes: Set[String]): NodeSeq =
+    makeDependencies(dependencies, includeTypes, Nil)
+
+  def makeDependencies(dependencies: Seq[DependencyDescriptor], includeTypes: Set[String], excludes: Seq[ExcludeRule]): NodeSeq =
     if (dependencies.isEmpty)
       NodeSeq.Empty
     else
       <dependencies>
-        { dependencies.map(makeDependency(_, includeTypes)) }
+        { dependencies.map(makeDependency(_, includeTypes, excludes)) }
       </dependencies>
 
+  @deprecated("Use `makeDependency` variant which takes excludes", "0.13.9")
   def makeDependency(dependency: DependencyDescriptor, includeTypes: Set[String]): NodeSeq =
+    makeDependency(dependency, includeTypes, Nil)
+
+  def makeDependency(dependency: DependencyDescriptor, includeTypes: Set[String], excludes: Seq[ExcludeRule]): NodeSeq =
     {
       val artifacts = dependency.getAllDependencyArtifacts
       val includeArtifacts = artifacts.filter(d => includeTypes(d.getType))
       if (artifacts.isEmpty) {
         val configs = dependency.getModuleConfigurations
-        if (configs.filterNot(Set("sources","docs")).nonEmpty) {
+        if (configs.filterNot(Set("sources", "docs")).nonEmpty) {
           val (scope, optional) = getScopeAndOptional(dependency.getModuleConfigurations)
-          makeDependencyElem(dependency, scope, optional, None, None)
+          makeDependencyElem(dependency, scope, optional, None, None, excludes)
         } else NodeSeq.Empty
       } else if (includeArtifacts.isEmpty)
         NodeSeq.Empty
       else
-        NodeSeq.fromSeq(artifacts.flatMap(a => makeDependencyElem(dependency, a)))
+        NodeSeq.fromSeq(artifacts.flatMap(a => makeDependencyElem(dependency, a, excludes)))
     }
 
+  @deprecated("Use `makeDependencyElem` variant which takes excludes", "0.13.9")
   def makeDependencyElem(dependency: DependencyDescriptor, artifact: DependencyArtifactDescriptor): Option[Elem] =
+    makeDependencyElem(dependency, artifact, Nil)
+
+  def makeDependencyElem(dependency: DependencyDescriptor, artifact: DependencyArtifactDescriptor, excludes: Seq[ExcludeRule]): Option[Elem] =
     {
       val configs = artifact.getConfigurations.toList match {
         case Nil | "*" :: Nil => dependency.getModuleConfigurations
         case x                => x.toArray
       }
-      if (configs.filterNot(Set("sources","docs")).nonEmpty) {
+      if (configs.filterNot(Set("sources", "docs")).nonEmpty) {
         val (scope, optional) = getScopeAndOptional(configs)
         val classifier = artifactClassifier(artifact)
         val baseType = artifactType(artifact)
@@ -258,10 +270,15 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger) {
           case (Some(c), Some(tpe)) if Artifact.classifierType(c) == tpe => None
           case _ => baseType
         }
-        Some(makeDependencyElem(dependency, scope, optional, classifier, tpe))
+        Some(makeDependencyElem(dependency, scope, optional, classifier, tpe, excludes))
       } else None
     }
+
+  @deprecated("Use `makeDependencyElem` variant which takes excludes", "0.13.9")
   def makeDependencyElem(dependency: DependencyDescriptor, scope: Option[String], optional: Boolean, classifier: Option[String], tpe: Option[String]): Elem =
+    makeDependencyElem(dependency, scope, optional, classifier, tpe, Nil)
+
+  def makeDependencyElem(dependency: DependencyDescriptor, scope: Option[String], optional: Boolean, classifier: Option[String], tpe: Option[String], excludes: Seq[ExcludeRule]): Elem =
     {
       val mrid = dependency.getDependencyRevisionId
       <dependency>
@@ -272,7 +289,7 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger) {
         { optionalElem(optional) }
         { classifierElem(classifier) }
         { typeElem(tpe) }
-        { exclusions(dependency) }
+        { exclusions(dependency, excludes) }
       </dependency>
     }
 
@@ -322,9 +339,12 @@ class MakePom(val log: Logger) {
       (scope, opt.nonEmpty)
     }
 
-  def exclusions(dependency: DependencyDescriptor): NodeSeq =
+  @deprecated("Use `exclusions` variant which takes excludes", "0.13.9")
+  def exclusions(dependency: DependencyDescriptor): NodeSeq = exclusions(dependency, Nil)
+
+  def exclusions(dependency: DependencyDescriptor, excludes: Seq[ExcludeRule]): NodeSeq =
     {
-      val excl = dependency.getExcludeRules(dependency.getModuleConfigurations)
+      val excl = dependency.getExcludeRules(dependency.getModuleConfigurations) ++ excludes
       val (warns, excls) = IvyUtil.separate(excl.map(makeExclusion))
       if (warns.nonEmpty) log.warn(warns.mkString(IO.Newline))
       if (excls.nonEmpty) <exclusions>{ excls }</exclusions>
diff --git a/notes/0.13.9/project-level-exclusions-in-the-pom.markdown b/notes/0.13.9/project-level-exclusions-in-the-pom.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f534d989e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/0.13.9/project-level-exclusions-in-the-pom.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+  [@dwijnand]: http://github.com/dwijnand
+  [#1877]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/1877
+  [#2035]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/pull/2035
+
+### Fixes with compatibility implications
+
+### Improvements
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Add dependency-level exclusions in the POM for project-level exclusions. [#1877][]/[#2035][] by [@dwijnand][]
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/exclude-dependencies/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/exclude-dependencies/build.sbt
index 16bc85772..5390886f3 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/exclude-dependencies/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/exclude-dependencies/build.sbt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import scala.xml.{ Node, _ }
+import scala.xml.Utility.trim
+
 lazy val check = taskKey[Unit]("check")
 
 val dispatch = "net.databinder.dispatch" %% "dispatch-core" % "0.11.2"
@@ -31,5 +34,30 @@ lazy val root = (project in file(".")).
       if (bcp exists { _.data.getName contains "dispatch-core_2.11-0.11.1.jar" }) {
         sys.error("dispatch-core_2.11-0.11.1.jar found when it should NOT be included: " + bcp.toString)
       }
+
+      val bPomXml = makePomXml(streams.value.log, (makePomConfiguration in b).value, (ivyModule in b).value)
+
+      val repatchTwitterXml = bPomXml \ "dependencies" \ "dependency" find { d =>
+        (d \ "groupId").text == "com.eed3si9n" && (d \ "artifactId").text == "repatch-twitter-core_2.11"
+      } getOrElse (sys error s"Missing repatch-twitter-core dependency: $bPomXml")
+
+      val excludeDispatchCoreXml =
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>net.databinder.dispatch</groupId>
+          <artifactId>dispatch-core_2.11</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+
+      if (trim((repatchTwitterXml \ "exclusions" \ "exclusion").head) != trim(excludeDispatchCoreXml))
+        sys error s"Missing dispatch-core exclusion: $repatchTwitterXml"
+
+      ()
     }
-  )
\ No newline at end of file
+  )
+
+def makePomXml(log: Logger, makePomConfig: MakePomConfiguration, ivyModule: IvySbt#Module): Node = {
+  ivyModule.withModule[Node](log) { (ivy, md, default) =>
+    import makePomConfig._
+    new MakePom(log).toPom(
+      ivy, md, moduleInfo, configurations, includeTypes, extra, filterRepositories, allRepositories)
+  }
+}