diff --git a/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties b/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
index aea11e8a..f92e14d5 100644
--- a/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
+++ b/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-kobalt.version=1.0.17
\ No newline at end of file
+kobalt.version=1.0.18
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ResolveDependency.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ResolveDependency.kt
index b1a0fb2a..7c848461 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ResolveDependency.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ResolveDependency.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.KobaltMavenResolver
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KobaltExecutors
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.Node
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.kobaltLog
+import com.beust.kobalt.misc.warn
 import com.google.inject.Inject
 import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.DefaultArtifact
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode
@@ -104,7 +105,12 @@ class ResolveDependency @Inject constructor(
                 kobaltLog(2, "Found dependency ${dep.dep.id} level: ${dep.level}")
                 result.add(node)
                 seen.add(it.id)
-                node.addChildren(findChildren(node, seen))
+                try {
+                    node.addChildren(findChildren(node, seen))
+                } catch(ex: Exception) {
+                    if (! it.optional) warn("Couldn't resolve " + node)
+                    // else don't warn about missing optional dependencies
+                }
             }
         }
         kobaltLog(2, "Children for ${root.value.dep.id}: ${result.size}")
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IClasspathDependency.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IClasspathDependency.kt
index a24344ad..527e6f13 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IClasspathDependency.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IClasspathDependency.kt
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@ interface IClasspathDependency {
 
     /** Used to only keep the most recent version for an artifact if no version was specified */
     val shortId: String
+
+    val excluded: ArrayList<Dependencies.ExcludeConfig>
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IDependencyManager.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IDependencyManager.kt
index c2e7fdb9..e272e3d5 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IDependencyManager.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IDependencyManager.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.api
 
-import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Filters
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Filters.EXCLUDE_OPTIONAL_FILTER
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.KobaltMavenResolver
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Scope
+import com.beust.kobalt.misc.kobaltLog
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyFilter
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode
 
 /**
  * Manage the creation of dependencies and also provide dependencies for projects.
@@ -38,7 +41,48 @@ interface IDependencyManager {
      * allDependencies is typically either compileDependencies or testDependencies
      */
     fun calculateDependencies(project: Project?, context: KobaltContext,
-            dependencyFilter: DependencyFilter = Filters.EXCLUDE_OPTIONAL_FILTER,
+            dependencyFilter: DependencyFilter =
+                createDependencyFilter(project, project?.compileDependencies ?: emptyList()),
             scopes: List<Scope> = listOf(Scope.COMPILE),
             vararg passedDependencies: List<IClasspathDependency>): List<IClasspathDependency>
+
+    /**
+     * Create an Aether dependency filter that uses the dependency configuration included in each
+     * IClasspathDependency.
+     */
+    fun createDependencyFilter(project: Project?, dependencies: List<IClasspathDependency>) : DependencyFilter {
+        return DependencyFilter { p0, p1 ->
+            fun isNodeExcluded(node: DependencyNode, passedDep: IClasspathDependency) : Boolean {
+                val dep = create(KobaltMavenResolver.artifactToId(node.artifact))
+                return passedDep.excluded.any { ex -> ex.isExcluded(dep)}
+            }
+            fun isDepExcluded(node: DependencyNode, excluded: List<IClasspathDependency>?) : Boolean {
+                val dep = create(KobaltMavenResolver.artifactToId(node.artifact))
+                return excluded?.map { it.id }?.contains(dep.id) ?: false
+            }
+
+            val accept = dependencies.any {
+                // Is this dependency excluded?
+                val isExcluded = isNodeExcluded(p0, it) || isDepExcluded(p0, project?.excludedDependencies)
+
+                // Is the parent dependency excluded?
+                val isParentExcluded =
+                    if (p1.any()) {
+                        isNodeExcluded(p1[0], it) || isDepExcluded(p1[0], project?.excludedDependencies)
+                    } else {
+                        false
+                    }
+
+                // Only accept if no exclusions were found
+                ! isExcluded && ! isParentExcluded
+            }
+
+            if (! accept) {
+                kobaltLog(2, "Excluding $p0")
+            }
+
+            if (accept) EXCLUDE_OPTIONAL_FILTER.accept(p0, p1)
+            else accept
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Project.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Project.kt
index 5e45e7cb..e6796a9a 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Project.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Project.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.beust.kobalt.api
 import com.beust.kobalt.TestConfig
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.annotation.Directive
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.AetherDependency
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.KobaltMavenResolver
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.kobaltLog
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import java.io.File
 import java.util.*
 import java.util.concurrent.Future
 import java.util.concurrent.FutureTask
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
 
 open class Project(
         @Directive open var name: String = "",
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ class Dependencies(val project: Project,
      * future tasks receive a get(), the repos will be correct.
      */
     private fun addToDependencies(project: Project, dependencies: ArrayList<IClasspathDependency>,
-            dep: Array<out String>, optional: Boolean = false): List<Future<File>>
+            dep: Array<out String>, optional: Boolean = false, excludeConfig: ExcludeConfig? = null): List<Future<File>>
         = with(dep.map {
             val resolved =
                 if (KobaltMavenResolver.isRangeVersion(it)) {
@@ -160,12 +162,70 @@ class Dependencies(val project: Project,
             DependencyManager.create(resolved, optional, project.directory)
         }) {
             dependencies.addAll(this)
+            if (excludeConfig != null) {
+                this.forEach { it.excluded.add(excludeConfig) }
+            }
+
             this.map { FutureTask { it.jarFile.get() } }
         }
 
     @Directive
     fun compile(vararg dep: String) = addToDependencies(project, dependencies, dep)
 
+    class ExcludeConfig {
+        val ids = arrayListOf<String>()
+
+        @Directive
+        fun exclude(vararg passedIds: String) = ids.addAll(passedIds)
+
+        class ArtifactConfig(
+            var groupId: String? = null,
+            var artifactId: String? = null,
+            var version: String? = null
+        )
+
+        val artifacts = arrayListOf<ArtifactConfig>()
+
+        @Directive
+        fun exclude(groupId: String? = null, artifactId: String? = null, version: String? = null)
+            = artifacts.add(ArtifactConfig(groupId, artifactId, version))
+
+        fun match(pattern: String?, id: String) : Boolean {
+            return pattern == null || Pattern.compile(pattern).matcher(id).matches()
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @return true if the dependency is excluded with any of the exclude() directives. The matches
+         * are performed by a regular expression match against the dependency.
+         */
+        fun isExcluded(dep: IClasspathDependency) : Boolean {
+            // Straight id match
+            var result = ids.any { match(it, dep.id) }
+
+            // Match on any combination of (groupId, artifactId, version)
+            if (! result && dep.isMaven) {
+                val mavenDep = dep as AetherDependency
+                val artifact = mavenDep.artifact
+                result = artifacts.any {
+                    val match1 = it.groupId == null || match(it.groupId, artifact.groupId)
+                    val match2 = it.artifactId == null || match(it.artifactId, artifact.artifactId)
+                    val match3 = it.version == null || match(it.version, artifact.version)
+                    match1 && match2 && match3
+                }
+            }
+
+            return result
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Directive
+    fun compile(dep: String, init: ExcludeConfig.() -> Unit) {
+        val excludeConfig = ExcludeConfig().apply {
+            init()
+        }
+        addToDependencies(project, dependencies, arrayOf(dep), excludeConfig = excludeConfig)
+    }
+
     @Directive
     fun compileOptional(vararg dep: String) {
         addToDependencies(project, optionalDependencies, dep, optional = true)
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/JvmCompiler.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/JvmCompiler.kt
index 25294934..58f65776 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/JvmCompiler.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/JvmCompiler.kt
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class JvmCompiler @Inject constructor(val dependencyManager: DependencyManager)
             flags: List<String>): TaskResult {
 
         // Dependencies
-        val allDependencies = (info.dependencies
-                + dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context!!, passedDependencies = info.dependencies))
+        val allDependencies = (info.dependencies + dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context!!,
+                passedDependencies = info.dependencies))
             .distinct()
 
         // Plugins that add flags to the compiler
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/JvmCompilerPlugin.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/JvmCompilerPlugin.kt
index c27e26bb..15cd7fc3 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/JvmCompilerPlugin.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/JvmCompilerPlugin.kt
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ open class JvmCompilerPlugin @Inject constructor(
         if (testContributor != null && testContributor.affinity(project, context) > 0) {
 //            val td1 = dependencyManager.testDependencies(project, context)
             val testDependencies = dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context,
+                    dependencyFilter = dependencyManager.createDependencyFilter(project, project.testDependencies),
                     scopes = listOf(Scope.TEST))
             val compileDependencies = dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, context,
                     scopes = listOf(Scope.COMPILE))
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TestNgRunner.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TestNgRunner.kt
index 568287f5..f43be88c 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TestNgRunner.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/TestNgRunner.kt
@@ -48,79 +48,4 @@ class TestNgRunner : GenericTestRunner() {
             addAll(testConfig.testArgs)
         }
     }
-
-//    fun _runTests(project: Project, context: KobaltContext, classpath: List<IClasspathDependency>,
-//            configName: String): Boolean {
-//        var result = false
-//        val port = 2345
-//
-//        val classpath = listOf(homeDir("java/jcommander/kobaltBuild/classes"),
-//                homeDir(".kobalt/cache/org/testng/testng/6.10/testng-6.10.jar"),
-//                homeDir(".kobalt/cache/com/beust/jcommander/1.66/jcommander-1.66.jar"),
-//                homeDir(".kobalt/cache/org/yaml/snakeyaml/1.17/snakeyaml-1.17.jar"),
-//                homeDir(".kobalt/cache/com/google/code/findbugs/jsr305/3.0.1/jsr305-3.0.1.jar"),
-//                homeDir("java/jcommander/kobaltBuild/test-classes"),
-//                homeDir("java/jcommander/src/test/resources/testng.xml"),
-//                homeDir("kotlin/kobalt/lib/testng-remote-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar"),
-//                homeDir("kotlin/kobalt/lib/testng-remote6_10-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar")
-//            ).joinToString(File.pathSeparator)
-//        val passedArgs = listOf(
-//                "-classpath",
-//                classpath,
-//                "org.testng.remote.RemoteTestNG",
-//                "-serport", port.toString(),
-//                "-version", "6.10",
-//                "-dontexit",
-//                RemoteArgs.PROTOCOL,
-//                "json",
-//                "src/test/resources/testng.xml")
-//
-//        Thread {
-//            val exitCode = runCommand {
-//                command = "java"
-//                directory = File(homeDir("java/jcommander"))
-//                args = passedArgs
-//            }
-//        }.start()
-//
-////        Thread {
-////            val args2 = arrayOf("-serport", port.toString(), "-dontexit", RemoteArgs.PROTOCOL, "json",
-////                    "-version", "6.10",
-////                    "src/test/resources/testng.xml")
-////            RemoteTestNG.main(args2)
-////        }.start()
-//
-//        val mh = MessageHub(JsonMessageSender("localhost", port, true))
-//        mh.setDebug(true)
-//        mh.initReceiver()
-//        val passed = arrayListOf<String>()
-//        data class FailedTest(val method: String, val cls: String, val stackTrace: String)
-//        val failed = arrayListOf<FailedTest>()
-//        var skipped = arrayListOf<String>()
-//        try {
-//            var message = mh.receiveMessage()
-//            println("")
-//            while (message != null) {
-//                message = mh.receiveMessage()
-//                if (message is TestResultMessage) {
-//                    when(message.result) {
-//                        MessageHelper.PASSED_TEST -> passed.add(message.name)
-//                        MessageHelper.FAILED_TEST -> failed.add(FailedTest(message.testClass,
-//                                message.method, message.stackTrace))
-//                        MessageHelper.SKIPPED_TEST -> skipped.add(message.name)
-//                    }
-//                }
-//                print("\r" + String.format("%4d / %4d / %4d", passed.size, failed.size, skipped.size))
-////                Thread.sleep(200)
-//            }
-//        } catch(ex: IOException) {
-//            println("Exception: ${ex.message}")
-//        }
-//        println("\nPassed: " + passed.size + ", Failed: " + failed.size + ", Skipped: " + skipped.size)
-//        failed.forEach {
-//            val top = it.stackTrace.substring(0, it.stackTrace.indexOf("\n"))
-//            println("  " + it.cls + "." + it.method + "\n    " + top)
-//        }
-//        return result
-//    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
index 9ff45407..14ae2c3d 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class DependencyManager @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors,
          * formally by groupId or artifactId.
          */
         fun isDependencyExcluded(dep: IClasspathDependency, excluded: List<IClasspathDependency>): Boolean {
-            excluded.any { excluded -> dep.id.startsWith(excluded.id) }.let { result ->
+            excluded.any { excluded -> dep.id == excluded.id }.let { result ->
                 if (result) {
                     context.logger.log(project?.name ?: "", 2, "  Excluding dependency $dep")
                 }
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ class DependencyManager @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors,
             dependencyFilter: DependencyFilter? = null,
             requiredBy: String? = null): List<IClasspathDependency> {
         val result = arrayListOf<IClasspathDependency>()
-        dependencies.forEach {
-            result.add(it)
-            if (it.isMaven) {
-                val resolved = resolver.resolveToIds(it.id, null, dependencyFilter)
-                result.addAll(resolved.map { create(it) })
+        dependencies.forEach { dependency ->
+            result.add(dependency)
+            if (dependency.isMaven) {
+                val resolved = resolver.resolveToIds(dependency.id, null, dependencyFilter).map { create(it) }
+                result.addAll(resolved)
             }
         }
         val reordered = reorderDependencies(result)
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/AetherDependency.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/AetherDependency.kt
index 7ec9bfe0..5cd532fe 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/AetherDependency.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/AetherDependency.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether
 
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.Dependencies
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.IClasspathDependency
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.Kobalt
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.CompletedFuture
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ class AetherDependency(val artifact: Artifact, override val optional: Boolean =
 
     override val shortId = artifact.groupId + ":" + artifact.artifactId + ":" + artifact.classifier
 
+    override val excluded = arrayListOf<Dependencies.ExcludeConfig>()
+
     override fun compareTo(other: AetherDependency): Int {
         return Versions.toLongVersion(artifact.version).compareTo(Versions.toLongVersion(
                 other.artifact.version))
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/dependency/FileDependency.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/dependency/FileDependency.kt
index a271cf9a..047754e2 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/dependency/FileDependency.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/dependency/FileDependency.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.maven.dependency
 
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.Dependencies
 import com.beust.kobalt.api.IClasspathDependency
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.CompletedFuture
 import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ open class FileDependency(open val fileName: String, override val optional: Bool
 
     override fun directDependencies() = arrayListOf<IClasspathDependency>()
 
+    override val excluded = arrayListOf<Dependencies.ExcludeConfig>()
+
     override fun compareTo(other: FileDependency) = fileName.compareTo(other.fileName)
 
     override fun toString() = fileName
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/Git.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/Git.kt
index 0507130b..f4c4161f 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/Git.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/Git.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ class Git @Inject constructor() {
                     .findGitDir()
                     .build()
             val git = org.eclipse.jgit.api.Git(repo)
-            val ref = git.tag().setAnnotated(annotated).setName(version).setMessage(message).call()
+            // jGit library will complain and not tag if setAnnotated(false)
+            var ref = if (annotated) {
+                git.tag().setAnnotated(annotated).setName(version).setMessage(message).call()
+            } else {
+                git.tag().setName(version).setMessage(message).call()
+            }
             git.push().setPushTags().call()
             true
         } catch(ex: Exception) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
index 8f7d3fe3..cf9afc94 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ParsedBuildFile.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.api.Project
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.build.BuildFile
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.build.VersionFile
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.DependencyManager
+import com.beust.kobalt.maven.aether.Filters.EXCLUDE_OPTIONAL_FILTER
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.BlockExtractor
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.kobaltLog
@@ -129,8 +130,8 @@ class ParsedBuildFile(val buildFile: BuildFile, val context: KobaltContext, val
         }
     }
 
-    private fun generateJarFile(context: KobaltContext, buildFile: BuildFile, buildScriptJarFile: File,
-            originalFile: BuildFile) {
+    private fun generateJarFile(context: KobaltContext, buildFile: BuildFile,
+            buildScriptJarFile: File, originalFile: BuildFile) {
 
         //
         // Compile the jar file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/kobalt.properties b/src/main/resources/kobalt.properties
index c0ad399b..bb9154b7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/kobalt.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/kobalt.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-kobalt.version=1.0.17
+kobalt.version=1.0.18
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/ExcludeTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/ExcludeTest.kt
index a772e428..41865745 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/ExcludeTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/ExcludeTest.kt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class ExcludeTest @Inject constructor(compilerFactory: BuildFileCompiler.IFactor
             arrayOf(EXCLUDED_DEPENDENCY)
     )
 
-    @Test(dataProvider = "dp")
-    fun excludeShouldWork(excludedDependency: String?) {
+    @Test(dataProvider = "dp", description = "Text exclusions that apply to the whole project")
+    fun globalExcludeShouldWork(excludedDependency: String?) {
         val projectText = """
                 dependencies {
                     compile("org.apache.maven:maven-model:jar:3.3.9")
@@ -44,7 +44,43 @@ class ExcludeTest @Inject constructor(compilerFactory: BuildFileCompiler.IFactor
         } else {
             assertThat(allIds).contains(EXCLUDED_DEPENDENCY)
         }
+    }
 
+    @DataProvider
+    fun dp2() = arrayOf<Array<Any?>>(
+        arrayOf(null, 8, ""),
+        arrayOf("{ exclude(\".*org.apache.*\") }", 4, "org.apache"),
+        arrayOf("{ exclude(groupId    = \"org.apache.*\") }", 4, "org.apache"),
+        arrayOf("{ exclude(artifactId = \".*core.*\") }", 7, "core"),
+        arrayOf("{ exclude(artifactId = \"httpcore\", version = \"4.3.3\") }", 7, "httpcore"),
+        arrayOf("{ exclude(version = \"4.3.3\") }", 7, "httpcore"),
+        arrayOf("{ exclude(artifactId = \"commons.codec\") }", 7, "commons-codec")
+    )
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "dp2", description = "Text exclusions tied to a specific dependency")
+    fun localExcludeShouldWork(excludedDependency: String?, expectedCount: Int, excludedString: String) {
+        val projectText = """
+                dependencies {
+                    compile("org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:4.5.0.201609210915-r")
+            """ +
+                (if (excludedDependency != null) """$excludedDependency""" else "") +
+                """
+                }
+            """
+
+        val project = compileSingleProject(projectText)
+        val allIds = dependencyManager.calculateDependencies(project, Kobalt.context!!,
+                scopes = listOf(Scope.COMPILE))
+                .map { it.id }
+
+        assertThat(allIds.size).isEqualTo(expectedCount)
+        if (excludedDependency != null) {
+            if (allIds.any { it.contains(excludedString) }) {
+                throw AssertionError("id's should not contain any string \"$excludedString\": $allIds")
+            }
+        } else {
+            assertThat(allIds.filter { it.contains("org.apache") }.size).isEqualTo(2)
+        }
     }
 }