diff --git a/main/actions/src/main/scala/sbt/Tests.scala b/main/actions/src/main/scala/sbt/Tests.scala
index 7c33183fe..c6549e4e2 100644
--- a/main/actions/src/main/scala/sbt/Tests.scala
+++ b/main/actions/src/main/scala/sbt/Tests.scala
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ object Tests
 	}
 	type TestRunnable = (String, () => TestResult.Value)
 	def makeParallel(runnables: Iterable[TestRunnable], setupTasks: Task[Unit], tags: Seq[(Tag,Int)]) =
-		runnables map { case (name, test) => task { (name, test()) } dependsOn setupTasks named name tagw(tags : _*) }
+		runnables map { case (name, test) => task { (name, test()) } tagw(tags : _*) dependsOn setupTasks named name }
 	def makeSerial(runnables: Seq[TestRunnable], setupTasks: Task[Unit], tags: Seq[(Tag,Int)]) =
 		task { runnables map { case (name, test) => (name, test()) } } dependsOn(setupTasks)
 
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/Counter.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/Counter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7341df0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/Counter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+object Counter {
+	private[this] val Name = "test.count"
+
+	// synchronize on Predef because that is shared between the subprojects
+	def get = Predef.synchronized { System.getProperty(Name, "0").toInt }
+
+	def add(i: Int) = Predef.synchronized {
+		val count = get + i
+		System.setProperty(Name, count.toString)
+		count
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/Dummy.java b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/Dummy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f536ab04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/Dummy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+public class Dummy {
+	 public static final Dummy d = new Dummy();
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/project/Build.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/project/Build.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4fb1c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/project/Build.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import sbt._
+import Keys._
+
+object SomeBuild extends Build {
+  val buildSettings = Seq(
+    organization := "com.softwaremill",
+    version := "0.0.1-SNAPSHOT",
+    scalaVersion := "2.10.0",
+    libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "1.9.1" % "test"
+  )
+
+  lazy val parent: Project = Project("root", file("."), aggregate = Seq(sub1,sub2)).settings(buildSettings : _*)
+
+  lazy val sub1: Project = Project("sub1", file("sub1")).settings(buildSettings : _*).dependsOn(parent)
+  lazy val sub2: Project = Project("sub2", file("sub2")).settings(buildSettings : _*).dependsOn(parent)
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/sub1/src/test/scala/Test1.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/sub1/src/test/scala/Test1.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ada90a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/sub1/src/test/scala/Test1.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import org.scalatest._
+import java.util.Date
+
+class Test1 extends FlatSpec {
+  it should "work" in {
+	val start = Counter.add(13)
+  	println(s"Starting test 1 ($start)...")
+
+  	Thread.sleep(2000L)
+
+	val end = Counter.get
+  	println(s"Test 1 done ($end)")
+
+	assert(end == start, s"Expected Counter to stay at $start, but it changed to $end")
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/sub2/src/test/scala/Test2.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/sub2/src/test/scala/Test2.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d804713f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/sub2/src/test/scala/Test2.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import org.scalatest._
+import java.util.Date
+
+class Test2 extends FlatSpec {
+  it should "work" in {
+   val start = Counter.add(7)
+  	println(s"Starting test 2 ($start)...")
+
+  	Thread.sleep(5000L)
+
+   val end = Counter.get
+  	println(s"Test 2 done ($end)")
+
+	assert(end == start, s"Expected Counter to stay at $start, but it changed to $end")
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a657fd48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/tests/serial/test
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This verifies that the tests would normally execute concurrently if not
+# for the restrictions defined later below.  However, it will only fail
+# if the tests are actually executed concurrently.  The default concurrent
+# restrictions limit the number of concurrent tasks to the number of processors,
+# so we set it to 2.
+> set concurrentRestrictions in Global := Seq(Tags.limitAll(2))
+-> test
+
+# this should prevent concurrent execution of tests
+> set concurrentRestrictions in Global += Tags.limit(Tags.Test, 1)
+> test