diff --git a/main/Load.scala b/main/Load.scala
index e6817b611..db5b00631 100644
--- a/main/Load.scala
+++ b/main/Load.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ object Load
 			rootProject,
 			project => projectInherit(lb, project),
 			(project, config) => configInherit(lb, project, config, rootProject),
-			(project, task) => Nil,
+			task => task.extend,
 			(project, extra) => Nil
 		)
 	}
diff --git a/main/Scope.scala b/main/Scope.scala
index ae14196d2..4b2403b80 100644
--- a/main/Scope.scala
+++ b/main/Scope.scala
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ object Scope
 		rootProject: URI => String,
 		projectInherit: ProjectRef => Seq[ProjectRef],
 		configInherit: (ResolvedReference, ConfigKey) => Seq[ConfigKey],
-		taskInherit: (ResolvedReference, AttributeKey[_]) => Seq[AttributeKey[_]],
+		taskInherit: AttributeKey[_] => Seq[AttributeKey[_]],
 		extraInherit: (ResolvedReference, AttributeMap) => Seq[AttributeMap]): Scope => Seq[Scope] =
 	{
 		val index = delegates(refs, configurations, projectInherit, configInherit)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ object Scope
 		resolve: Reference => ResolvedReference,
 		index: DelegateIndex,
 		rootProject: URI => String,
-		taskInherit: (ResolvedReference, AttributeKey[_]) => Seq[AttributeKey[_]],
+		taskInherit: AttributeKey[_] => Seq[AttributeKey[_]],
 		extraInherit: (ResolvedReference, AttributeMap) => Seq[AttributeMap])(rawScope: Scope): Seq[Scope] =
 	{
 		val scope = Scope.replaceThis(GlobalScope)(rawScope)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ object Scope
 			val p = px.toOption getOrElse resolvedProj
 			val configProj = p match { case pr: ProjectRef => pr; case br: BuildRef => ProjectRef(br.build, rootProject(br.build)) }
 			val cLin = scope.config match { case Select(conf) => index.config(configProj, conf); case _ => withGlobalAxis(scope.config) }
-			val tLin = withGlobalAxis(scope.task)
+			val tLin = scope.task match { case t @ Select(task) => linearize(t)(taskInherit); case _ => withGlobalAxis(scope.task) }
 			val eLin = withGlobalAxis(scope.extra)
 			for(c <- cLin; t <- tLin; e <- eLin) yield Scope(px, c, t, e)
 		}
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ object Scope
 	{
 		val refDelegates = withRawBuilds(linearize(Select(ref), false)(projectInherit))
 		val configs = confs map { c => axisDelegates(configInherit, ref, c) }
-		val tasks = confs map { c => axisDelegates(configInherit, ref, c) }
 		new ProjectDelegates(ref, refDelegates, configs.toMap)
 	}
 	def axisDelegates[T](direct: (ResolvedReference, T) => Seq[T], ref: ResolvedReference, init: T): (T, Seq[ScopeAxis[T]]) =
diff --git a/util/collection/Attributes.scala b/util/collection/Attributes.scala
index f275cdbe0..1025c03df 100644
--- a/util/collection/Attributes.scala
+++ b/util/collection/Attributes.scala
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import Types._
 sealed trait AttributeKey[T] {
 	def label: String
 	def description: Option[String]
+	def extend: Seq[AttributeKey[_]]
 	override final def toString = label
 }
 object AttributeKey
@@ -18,10 +19,17 @@ object AttributeKey
 	def apply[T](name: String): AttributeKey[T] = new AttributeKey[T] {
 		def label = name
 		def description = None
+		def extend = Nil
 	}
 	def apply[T](name: String, description0: String): AttributeKey[T] = new AttributeKey[T] {
 		def label = name
 		def description = Some(description0)
+		def extend = Nil
+	}
+	def apply[T](name: String, description0: String, extend0: Seq[AttributeKey[_]]): AttributeKey[T] = new AttributeKey[T] {
+		def label = name
+		def description = Some(description0)
+		def extend = extend0
 	}
 }