diff --git a/compile/interface/src/main/scala/xsbt/Dependency.scala b/compile/interface/src/main/scala/xsbt/Dependency.scala
index b8a55c8a9..1edae4ac0 100644
--- a/compile/interface/src/main/scala/xsbt/Dependency.scala
+++ b/compile/interface/src/main/scala/xsbt/Dependency.scala
@@ -146,7 +146,13 @@ final class Dependency(val global: CallbackGlobal) extends LocateClassFile
 					deps.foreach(addDependency)
 				case Template(parents, self, body) =>
 					traverseTrees(body)
-				case MacroExpansionOf(original) =>
+				/*
+				 * Some macros appear to contain themselves as original tree
+				 * In this case, we don't need to inspect the original tree because
+				 * we already inspected its expansion, which is equal.
+				 * See https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-8486
+				 */
+				case MacroExpansionOf(original) if original != tree =>
 					this.traverse(original)
 				case other => ()
 			}
diff --git a/compile/interface/src/main/scala/xsbt/ExtractUsedNames.scala b/compile/interface/src/main/scala/xsbt/ExtractUsedNames.scala
index 6ab01c9eb..ba8e87a1e 100644
--- a/compile/interface/src/main/scala/xsbt/ExtractUsedNames.scala
+++ b/compile/interface/src/main/scala/xsbt/ExtractUsedNames.scala
@@ -55,7 +55,14 @@ class ExtractUsedNames[GlobalType <: CallbackGlobal](val global: GlobalType) ext
 		}
 
 		def handleTreeNode(node: Tree): Unit = {
-			def handleMacroExpansion(original: Tree): Unit = original.foreach(handleTreeNode)
+			def handleMacroExpansion(original: Tree): Unit = {
+				// Some macros seem to have themselves registered as original tree.
+				// In this case, we only need to handle the children of the original tree,
+				// because we already handled the expanded tree.
+				// See https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-8486
+				if(original == node) original.children.foreach(handleTreeNode)
+				else original.foreach(handleTreeNode)
+			}
 
 			def handleClassicTreeNode(node: Tree): Unit = node match {
 				case _: DefTree | _: Template => ()
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/Client.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/Client.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ecbe6fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/Client.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package macros
+
+object Client {
+	Provider.printTree(Foo.str)
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/Foo.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/Foo.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f410fca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/Foo.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package macros
+
+object Foo {
+  def str: String = "abc"
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/changes/Foo.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/changes/Foo.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f2a62b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-client/changes/Foo.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package macros
+object Foo {
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-provider/Provider.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-provider/Provider.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b39b4c282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/macro-provider/Provider.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package macros
+import scala.language.experimental.macros
+import scala.reflect.macros._
+
+object Provider {
+	def printTree(arg: Any) = macro printTreeImpl
+	def printTreeImpl(c: Context)(arg: c.Expr[Any]): c.Expr[String] = {
+	  val argStr = arg.tree.toString
+	  val literalStr = c.universe.Literal(c.universe.Constant(argStr))
+	  c.Expr[String](literalStr)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/project/build.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/project/build.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89cd91ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/project/build.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import sbt._
+import Keys._
+
+object build extends Build {
+	val defaultSettings = Seq(
+		libraryDependencies <+= scalaVersion("org.scala-lang" % "scala-reflect" % _ ),
+		incOptions := incOptions.value.withNameHashing(true),
+		scalaVersion := "2.11.0-RC3"
+	)
+
+	lazy val root = Project(
+	   base = file("."),
+	   id = "macro",
+	   aggregate = Seq(macroProvider, macroClient),
+	   settings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ defaultSettings
+	)
+
+	lazy val macroProvider = Project(
+	   base = file("macro-provider"),
+	   id = "macro-provider",
+	   settings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ defaultSettings
+	)
+
+	lazy val macroClient = Project(
+	   base = file("macro-client"),
+	   id = "macro-client",
+	   dependencies = Seq(macroProvider),
+	   settings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ defaultSettings
+	)
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..183aa6c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-2-11/test
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+> compile
+
+# remove `Foo.str` which is an argument to a macro
+$ copy-file macro-client/changes/Foo.scala macro-client/Foo.scala
+
+# we should recompile Foo.scala first and then fail to compile Client.scala due to missing
+# `Foo.str`
+-> macro-client/compile
+
+> clean
+
+-> compile
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/Client.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/Client.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76c16af24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/Client.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package macros
+
+object Client {
+	Provider.printTree(Provider.printTree(Foo.str))
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/Foo.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/Foo.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f410fca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/Foo.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package macros
+
+object Foo {
+  def str: String = "abc"
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/changes/Foo.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/changes/Foo.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f2a62b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-client/changes/Foo.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package macros
+object Foo {
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-provider/Provider.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-provider/Provider.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b39b4c282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/macro-provider/Provider.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package macros
+import scala.language.experimental.macros
+import scala.reflect.macros._
+
+object Provider {
+	def printTree(arg: Any) = macro printTreeImpl
+	def printTreeImpl(c: Context)(arg: c.Expr[Any]): c.Expr[String] = {
+	  val argStr = arg.tree.toString
+	  val literalStr = c.universe.Literal(c.universe.Constant(argStr))
+	  c.Expr[String](literalStr)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/project/build.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/project/build.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89cd91ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/project/build.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import sbt._
+import Keys._
+
+object build extends Build {
+	val defaultSettings = Seq(
+		libraryDependencies <+= scalaVersion("org.scala-lang" % "scala-reflect" % _ ),
+		incOptions := incOptions.value.withNameHashing(true),
+		scalaVersion := "2.11.0-RC3"
+	)
+
+	lazy val root = Project(
+	   base = file("."),
+	   id = "macro",
+	   aggregate = Seq(macroProvider, macroClient),
+	   settings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ defaultSettings
+	)
+
+	lazy val macroProvider = Project(
+	   base = file("macro-provider"),
+	   id = "macro-provider",
+	   settings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ defaultSettings
+	)
+
+	lazy val macroClient = Project(
+	   base = file("macro-client"),
+	   id = "macro-client",
+	   dependencies = Seq(macroProvider),
+	   settings = Defaults.defaultSettings ++ defaultSettings
+	)
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..231939418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/source-dependencies/macro-arg-dep-nested-2-11/test
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+> compile
+
+# remove `Foo.str` which is an argument to a macro
+# (this macro itself that is an argument to another macro)
+$ copy-file macro-client/changes/Foo.scala macro-client/Foo.scala
+
+# we should recompile Foo.scala first and then fail to compile Client.scala due to missing
+# `Foo.str`
+-> macro-client/compile
+
+> clean
+
+-> compile