diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3911a9cf5..6885ec812 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ env:
     - SCRIPTED_TEST="scripted tests/*"
     - SCRIPTED_TEST="scripted project-load/*"
     - SCRIPTED_TEST="checkBuildScala211"
-    # - SCRIPTED_TEST="mavenResolverPluginTest:scripted dependency-management/*1of2 project/transitive-plugins"
-    # - SCRIPTED_TEST="mavenResolverPluginTest:scripted dependency-management/*2of2"
+    - SCRIPTED_TEST="mavenResolverPluginTest:scripted dependency-management/*1of2 project/transitive-plugins"
+    - SCRIPTED_TEST="mavenResolverPluginTest:scripted dependency-management/*2of2"
 
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diff --git a/notes/0.13.10/maven-plugin-transitive-excludes.markdown b/notes/0.13.10/maven-plugin-transitive-excludes.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b45a24b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/0.13.10/maven-plugin-transitive-excludes.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[@jsuereth]: http://github.com/jsuereth
+[2109]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/2109
+
+### Fixes with compatibility implications
+
+### Improvements
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Expand transitive dependency exclusions when using sbt-maven-resolver-plugin [#2109][2109] by [@jsuereth][@jsuereth]
diff --git a/sbt-maven-resolver/src/main/scala/sbt/mavenint/MavenRepositoryResolver.scala b/sbt-maven-resolver/src/main/scala/sbt/mavenint/MavenRepositoryResolver.scala
index 7e105957c..e550b9c0a 100644
--- a/sbt-maven-resolver/src/main/scala/sbt/mavenint/MavenRepositoryResolver.scala
+++ b/sbt-maven-resolver/src/main/scala/sbt/mavenint/MavenRepositoryResolver.scala
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import java.util.Date
 import org.apache.ivy.core.IvyContext
 import org.apache.ivy.core.cache.{ ArtifactOrigin, ModuleDescriptorWriter }
 import org.apache.ivy.core.module.descriptor._
-import org.apache.ivy.core.module.id.{ ModuleId, ModuleRevisionId }
+import org.apache.ivy.core.module.id.{ ArtifactId, ModuleId, ModuleRevisionId }
 import org.apache.ivy.core.report.{ ArtifactDownloadReport, DownloadReport, DownloadStatus, MetadataArtifactDownloadReport }
 import org.apache.ivy.core.resolve.{ DownloadOptions, ResolveData, ResolvedModuleRevision }
 import org.apache.ivy.core.settings.IvySettings
-import org.apache.ivy.plugins.matcher.ExactPatternMatcher
+import org.apache.ivy.plugins.matcher.{ PatternMatcher, ExactPatternMatcher }
 import org.apache.ivy.plugins.parser.m2.{ PomModuleDescriptorBuilder, ReplaceMavenConfigurationMappings }
 import org.apache.ivy.plugins.parser.xml.XmlModuleDescriptorWriter
 import org.apache.ivy.plugins.resolver.AbstractResolver
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ abstract class MavenRepositoryResolver(settings: IvySettings) extends AbstractRe
         addDependenciesFromAether(result, md)
         // Here we use pom.xml Dependency management section to create Ivy dependency mediators.
         addManagedDependenciesFromAether(result, md)
-        // TODO - Add excludes?
 
         // Here we rip out license info.
         addLicenseInfo(md, result.getProperties)
@@ -319,8 +318,9 @@ abstract class MavenRepositoryResolver(settings: IvySettings) extends AbstractRe
   }
 
   /** Adds the dependency mediators required based on the managed dependency instances from this pom. */
-  def addManagedDependenciesFromAether(result: AetherDescriptorResult, md: DefaultModuleDescriptor) {
+  def addManagedDependenciesFromAether(result: AetherDescriptorResult, md: DefaultModuleDescriptor): Unit = {
     for (d <- result.getManagedDependencies.asScala) {
+      // TODO - Figure out what to do about exclusions on managed dependencies.
       md.addDependencyDescriptorMediator(
         ModuleId.newInstance(d.getArtifact.getGroupId, d.getArtifact.getArtifactId),
         ExactPatternMatcher.INSTANCE,
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ abstract class MavenRepositoryResolver(settings: IvySettings) extends AbstractRe
   }
 
   /** Adds the list of dependencies this artifact has on other artifacts. */
-  def addDependenciesFromAether(result: AetherDescriptorResult, md: DefaultModuleDescriptor) {
+  def addDependenciesFromAether(result: AetherDescriptorResult, md: DefaultModuleDescriptor): Unit = {
     // First we construct a map of any extra attributes we must append to dependencies.
     // This is necessary for transitive maven-based sbt plugin dependencies, where we need to
     // attach the sbtVersion/scalaVersion to the dependency id otherwise we'll fail to resolve the
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ abstract class MavenRepositoryResolver(settings: IvySettings) extends AbstractRe
       // TODO - Configuration mappings (are we grabbing scope correctly, or should the default not always be compile?)
       val scope = Option(d.getScope).filterNot(_.isEmpty).getOrElse("compile")
       val mapping = ReplaceMavenConfigurationMappings.addMappings(dd, scope, d.isOptional)
-      // TODO - include rules and exclude rules.
       Message.debug(s"Adding maven transitive dependency ${md.getModuleRevisionId} -> ${dd}")
       // TODO - Unify this borrowed Java code into something a bit friendlier.
       // Now we add the artifact....
@@ -390,6 +389,18 @@ abstract class MavenRepositoryResolver(settings: IvySettings) extends AbstractRe
         // TOOD - We may need to fix the configuration mappings here.
         dd.addDependencyArtifact(optionalizedScope, depArtifact)
       }
+      // Include rules and exclude rules.
+      for (e <- d.getExclusions.asScala) {
+        val excludedModule = new ModuleId(e.getGroupId, e.getArtifactId)
+        for (conf <- dd.getModuleConfigurations) {
+          // TODO - Do we need extra attributes for this?
+          dd.addExcludeRule(conf, new DefaultExcludeRule(new ArtifactId(
+            excludedModule, PatternMatcher.ANY_EXPRESSION,
+            PatternMatcher.ANY_EXPRESSION,
+            PatternMatcher.ANY_EXPRESSION),
+            ExactPatternMatcher.INSTANCE, null))
+        }
+      }
       md.addDependency(dd)
     }
   }
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-parent-pom/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-parent-pom/build.sbt
index 82e17b0ab..d0fb533bb 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-parent-pom/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/pom-parent-pom/build.sbt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ cleanExampleCache := {
 
 val checkIvyXml = taskKey[Unit]("Checks the ivy.xml transform was correct")
 
+
+
 checkIvyXml := {
   ivySbt.value.withIvy(streams.value.log) { ivy =>
     val cacheDir = ivy.getSettings.getDefaultRepositoryCacheBasedir
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ checkIvyXml := {
       //cacheDir / "com.example" / "example-child" / "ivy-1.0-SNAPSHOT.xml"
     val lines = IO.read(xmlFile)
     if(lines.isEmpty) sys.error(s"Unable to read $xmlFile, could not resolve geronimo...")
-    assert(lines contains "xmlns:e", s"Failed to appropriately modify ivy.xml file for sbt extra attributes!\n$lines")
+    // Note: We do not do this if the maven plguin is enabled, because there is no rewrite of ivy.xml, extra attribtues
+    // are handled in a different mechanism.  This is a hacky mechanism to detect that.
+    val isMavenResolver = updateOptions.value.resolverConverter != PartialFunction.empty
+    if(!isMavenResolver) assert(lines contains "xmlns:e", s"Failed to appropriately modify ivy.xml file for sbt extra attributes!\n$lines")
   }
 }