diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/artificial-root-no-publish/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/artificial-root-no-publish/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..974a291a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/artificial-root-no-publish/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+val commonSettings = Seq(
+  organization := "com.example",
+  version := "0.1.0",
+  ivyPaths := new IvyPaths((baseDirectory in LocalRootProject).value, Some((target in LocalRootProject).value / "ivy-cache"))
+)
+
+lazy val app = (project in file("app")).
+  settings(commonSettings: _*)
+
+commonSettings
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/artificial-root-no-publish/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/artificial-root-no-publish/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13d050bce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/artificial-root-no-publish/test
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+> publishLocal
+$ exists target/ivy-cache/local/com.example/app_2.10/0.1.0/poms/app_2.10.pom
+$ exists target/ivy-cache/local/com.example/app_2.10/0.1.0/jars/app_2.10.jar
+$ absent target/ivy-cache/local/com.example/default-root_2.10/0.1.0/ivys/ivy.xml