diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Tasks.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Tasks.scala
index 10cf1758d..bfd3c2ca0 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Tasks.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala-2.10/coursier/Tasks.scala
@@ -212,12 +212,15 @@ object Tasks {
   // are cached
   private val reportsCache = new mutable.HashMap[ReportCacheKey, UpdateReport]
 
-  private def forcedScalaModules(scalaVersion: String): Map[Module, String] =
+  private def forcedScalaModules(
+    scalaOrganization: String,
+    scalaVersion: String
+  ): Map[Module, String] =
     Map(
-      Module("org.scala-lang", "scala-library") -> scalaVersion,
-      Module("org.scala-lang", "scala-compiler") -> scalaVersion,
-      Module("org.scala-lang", "scala-reflect") -> scalaVersion,
-      Module("org.scala-lang", "scalap") -> scalaVersion
+      Module(scalaOrganization, "scala-library") -> scalaVersion,
+      Module(scalaOrganization, "scala-compiler") -> scalaVersion,
+      Module(scalaOrganization, "scala-reflect") -> scalaVersion,
+      Module(scalaOrganization, "scalap") -> scalaVersion
     )
 
   private def projectDescription(project: Project) =
@@ -270,7 +273,9 @@ object Tasks {
 
       val log = streams.value.log
 
-      val sv = scalaVersion.value // is this always defined? (e.g. for Java only projects?)
+      // are these always defined? (e.g. for Java only projects?)
+      val so = scalaOrganization.value
+      val sv = scalaVersion.value
       val sbv = scalaBinaryVersion.value
 
       val userForceVersions = dependencyOverrides.value.map(
@@ -348,7 +353,7 @@ object Tasks {
           // order matters here
           userForceVersions ++
           sourceRepositoriesForcedDependencies ++
-          forcedScalaModules(sv) ++
+          forcedScalaModules(so, sv) ++
           projects.map(_.moduleVersion)
       )
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/build.sbt b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5516cb1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+scalaOrganization := "org.typelevel"
+scalaVersion := "2.11.7"
+scalacOptions += "-Xexperimental"
+
+// no effect, as the right version is forced anyway (to scalaVersion.value)
+libraryDependencies += "org.typelevel" % "scala-library" % "2.11.12345"
+
+coursierCachePolicies := {
+  if (sys.props("os.name").startsWith("Windows"))
+    coursierCachePolicies.value
+  else
+    Seq(coursier.CachePolicy.ForceDownload)
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/project/plugins.sbt b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..152225a9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  val pluginVersion = sys.props.getOrElse(
+    "plugin.version",
+    throw new RuntimeException(
+      """|The system property 'plugin.version' is not defined.
+         |Specify this property using the scriptedLaunchOpts -D.""".stripMargin
+    )
+  )
+
+  addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier" % "sbt-coursier" % pluginVersion)
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/src/main/scala/Main.scala b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/src/main/scala/Main.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32ca74bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/src/main/scala/Main.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Files
+
+object Main extends App {
+  val n': 2.type = 2
+
+  Files.write(new File("output").toPath, "OK".getBytes("UTF-8"))
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/test b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2182f57b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel-force-version-stdlib/test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+$ delete output
+> run
+$ exists output
diff --git a/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/build.sbt b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea4504032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+scalaOrganization := "org.typelevel"
+scalaVersion := "2.11.7"
+scalacOptions += "-Xexperimental"
+
+coursierCachePolicies := {
+  if (sys.props("os.name").startsWith("Windows"))
+    coursierCachePolicies.value
+  else
+    Seq(coursier.CachePolicy.ForceDownload)
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/project/plugins.sbt b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..152225a9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  val pluginVersion = sys.props.getOrElse(
+    "plugin.version",
+    throw new RuntimeException(
+      """|The system property 'plugin.version' is not defined.
+         |Specify this property using the scriptedLaunchOpts -D.""".stripMargin
+    )
+  )
+
+  addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier" % "sbt-coursier" % pluginVersion)
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/src/main/scala/Main.scala b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/src/main/scala/Main.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32ca74bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/src/main/scala/Main.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Files
+
+object Main extends App {
+  val n': 2.type = 2
+
+  Files.write(new File("output").toPath, "OK".getBytes("UTF-8"))
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/test b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2182f57b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/sbt-test/sbt-coursier/typelevel/test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+$ delete output
+> run
+$ exists output