diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/factory/DefaultArtifactFactoryTest.java b/maven-artifact/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/factory/DefaultArtifactFactoryTest.java
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+package org.apache.maven.artifact.factory;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
+
+public class DefaultArtifactFactoryTest
+    extends PlexusTestCase
+{
+    
+    public void testPropagationOfSystemScopeRegardlessOfInheritedScope() throws Exception
+    {
+        ArtifactFactory factory = (ArtifactFactory) lookup( ArtifactFactory.ROLE );
+        
+        Artifact artifact = factory.createDependencyArtifact( "test-grp", "test-artifact", VersionRange.createFromVersion("1.0"), "type", null, "system", "provided" );
+        Artifact artifact2 = factory.createDependencyArtifact( "test-grp", "test-artifact-2", VersionRange.createFromVersion("1.0"), "type", null, "system", "test" );
+        Artifact artifact3 = factory.createDependencyArtifact( "test-grp", "test-artifact-3", VersionRange.createFromVersion("1.0"), "type", null, "system", "runtime" );
+        Artifact artifact4 = factory.createDependencyArtifact( "test-grp", "test-artifact-4", VersionRange.createFromVersion("1.0"), "type", null, "system", "compile" );
+        
+        // this one should never happen in practice...
+        Artifact artifact5 = factory.createDependencyArtifact( "test-grp", "test-artifact-5", VersionRange.createFromVersion("1.0"), "type", null, "system", "system" );
+        
+        assertEquals( "system", artifact.getScope() );
+        assertEquals( "system", artifact2.getScope() );
+        assertEquals( "system", artifact3.getScope() );
+        assertEquals( "system", artifact4.getScope() );
+        assertEquals( "system", artifact5.getScope() );
+    }
+
+}