diff --git a/ivy/IvyActions.scala b/ivy/IvyActions.scala
index c1eef5913..3a40aadf0 100644
--- a/ivy/IvyActions.scala
+++ b/ivy/IvyActions.scala
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ object IvyActions
 	{
 		import configuration.{allRepositories, moduleInfo, configurations, extra, file, filterRepositories, process}
 		module.withModule(log) { (ivy, md, default) =>
-			(new MakePom).write(ivy, md, moduleInfo, configurations, extra, process, filterRepositories, allRepositories, file)
+			(new MakePom(log)).write(ivy, md, moduleInfo, configurations, extra, process, filterRepositories, allRepositories, file)
 			log.info("Wrote " + file.getAbsolutePath)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/ivy/MakePom.scala b/ivy/MakePom.scala
index dc31760b1..fc0a90c16 100644
--- a/ivy/MakePom.scala
+++ b/ivy/MakePom.scala
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ import Configurations.Optional
 import org.apache.ivy.{core, plugins, Ivy}
 import core.settings.IvySettings
 import core.module.{descriptor, id}
-import descriptor.{DependencyDescriptor, License, ModuleDescriptor}
+import descriptor.{DependencyDescriptor, License, ModuleDescriptor, ExcludeRule}
 import id.ModuleRevisionId
 import plugins.resolver.{ChainResolver, DependencyResolver, IBiblioResolver}
 
-class MakePom
+class MakePom(val log: Logger)
 {
 	def encoding = "UTF-8"
 	def write(ivy: Ivy, module: ModuleDescriptor, moduleInfo: ModuleInfo, configurations: Option[Iterable[Configuration]], extra: NodeSeq, process: XNode => XNode, filterRepositories: MavenRepository => Boolean, allRepositories: Boolean, output: File): Unit =
@@ -123,11 +123,21 @@ class MakePom
 	def makeDependency(dependency: DependencyDescriptor): NodeSeq =
 	{
 		val mrid = dependency.getDependencyRevisionId
+		val excl = dependency.getExcludeRules(dependency.getModuleConfigurations)
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>{mrid.getOrganisation}</groupId>
 			<artifactId>{mrid.getName}</artifactId>
 			<version>{mrid.getRevision}</version>
-			{ scopeAndOptional(dependency)}
+			{ scopeAndOptional(dependency) }
+			{
+				val (warns, excls) = List.separate(excl.map(makeExclusion))
+				if(!warns.isEmpty) log.warn(warns.mkString(IO.Newline))
+				if(excls.isEmpty) NodeSeq.Empty
+				else
+					<exclusions>
+						{ excls }
+					</exclusions>
+			}
 		</dependency>
 	}
 
@@ -159,6 +169,21 @@ class MakePom
 		(scope, !opt.isEmpty)
 	}
 
+	def makeExclusion(exclRule: ExcludeRule): Either[String, NodeSeq] =
+	{
+		val m = exclRule.getId.getModuleId
+		val (g, a) = (m.getOrganisation, m.getName)
+		if(g == null || g.isEmpty || g == "*" || a.isEmpty || a == "*")
+			Left("Skipped generating '<exclusion/>' for %s. Dependency exclusion should have both 'org' and 'module' to comply with Maven POM's schema.".format(m))
+		else
+			Right(
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>{g}</groupId>
+					<artifactId>{a}</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			)
+	}
+
 	def makeRepositories(settings: IvySettings, includeAll: Boolean, filterRepositories: MavenRepository => Boolean) =
 	{
 		class MavenRepo(name: String, snapshots: Boolean, releases: Boolean)