diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidator.java b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidator.java
index 397c925e8f..fdf3d8700c 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidator.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidator.java
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ public class DefaultModelValidator
         validateStringNotEmpty( "version", problems, false, model.getVersion() );
 
         boolean warnOnBadBoolean = request.getValidationLevel() < ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_3_0;
+        boolean warnOnBadDependencyScope = request.getValidationLevel() < ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_3_0;
 
         for ( Dependency d : model.getDependencies() )
         {
@@ -177,6 +178,9 @@ public class DefaultModelValidator
             {
                 validateBoolean( "dependencies.dependency.optional", problems, warnOnBadBoolean, d.getOptional(),
                                  d.getManagementKey() );
+
+                validateEnum( "dependencies.dependency.scope", problems, warnOnBadDependencyScope, d.getScope(),
+                              d.getManagementKey(), "provided", "compile", "runtime", "test", "system" );
             }
         }
 
@@ -228,9 +232,6 @@ public class DefaultModelValidator
             boolean warnOnMissingPluginVersion =
                 request.getValidationLevel() < ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_3_1;
 
-            boolean warnOnBadPluginDependencyScope =
-                request.getValidationLevel() < ModelBuildingRequest.VALIDATION_LEVEL_MAVEN_3_0;
-
             Build build = model.getBuild();
             if ( build != null )
             {
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ public class DefaultModelValidator
                     for ( Dependency d : p.getDependencies() )
                     {
                         validateEnum( "build.plugins.plugin[" + p.getKey() + "].dependencies.dependency.scope",
-                                      problems, warnOnBadPluginDependencyScope, d.getScope(), d.getManagementKey(),
+                                      problems, warnOnBadDependencyScope, d.getScope(), d.getManagementKey(),
                                       "compile", "runtime", "system" );
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java b/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
index 1baac7ab30..1adc4a853b 100644
--- a/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/model/validation/DefaultModelValidatorTest.java
@@ -352,4 +352,16 @@ public class DefaultModelValidatorTest
         assertTrue( result.getErrors().get( 2 ).contains( "test:f" ) );
     }
 
+    public void testBadDependencyScope()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        SimpleProblemCollector result = validate( "bad-dependency-scope.xml" );
+
+        assertViolations( result, 2, 0 );
+
+        assertTrue( result.getErrors().get( 0 ).contains( "test:f" ) );
+
+        assertTrue( result.getErrors().get( 1 ).contains( "test:g" ) );
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-dependency-scope.xml b/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-dependency-scope.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ae0b45ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-model-builder/src/test/resources/poms/validation/bad-dependency-scope.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <artifactId>aid</artifactId>
+  <groupId>gid</groupId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+      <version>0.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>0.2</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+      <version>0.2</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>d</artifactId>
+      <version>0.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>e</artifactId>
+      <version>0.2</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>f</artifactId>
+      <version>0.2</version>
+      <scope>import</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>test</groupId>
+      <artifactId>g</artifactId>
+      <version>0.2</version>
+      <scope>optional</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>