diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index f33e920d4d..7ba0fc7e5b 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ public class IntegrationTestSuite
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3807PluginConfigExpressionEvaluationTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3805ExtensionClassPathOrderingTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3796ClassImportInconsistencyTest.class );
+        suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3775ConflictResolutionBacktrackingTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3769ExclusionRelocatedTransdepsTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3766ToolchainsFromExtensionTest.class );
         suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng3760BaseUriPropertyTest.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3775ConflictResolutionBacktrackingTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3775ConflictResolutionBacktrackingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc4bbd172a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng3775ConflictResolutionBacktrackingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for <a href="http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3775">MNG-3775</a>.
+ * 
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ */
+public class MavenITmng3775ConflictResolutionBacktrackingTest
+    extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+    public MavenITmng3775ConflictResolutionBacktrackingTest()
+    {
+        super( "[3.0,)" );
+    }
+
+    public void testitABC()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        testit( "test-abc" );
+    }
+
+    public void testitACB()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        testit( "test-acb" );
+    }
+
+    public void testitBAC()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        testit( "test-bac" );
+    }
+
+    public void testitBCA()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        testit( "test-bca" );
+    }
+
+    public void testitCAB()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        testit( "test-cab" );
+    }
+
+    public void testitCBA()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        testit( "test-cba" );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that conflict resolution doesn't select nodes which are children of eventually disabled nodes.
+     * In other words, when a sub tree gets disabled, all previously selected winners among the children need to
+     * be revised.
+     */
+    private void testit( String project )
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-3775" );
+
+        Verifier verifier = newVerifier( new File( testDir, project ).getAbsolutePath() );
+        verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+        verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+        verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng3775" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "-s" );
+        verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
+        verifier.filterFile( "../settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties() );
+        verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+        verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+        verifier.resetStreams();
+
+        List test = verifier.loadLines( "target/test.txt", "UTF-8" );
+
+        assertTrue( project + " > " + test.toString(), test.contains( "a-0.1.jar" ) );
+        assertTrue( project + " > " + test.toString(), test.contains( "b-0.1.jar" ) );
+        assertTrue( project + " > " + test.toString(), test.contains( "x-0.1.jar" ) );
+        assertTrue( project + " > " + test.toString(), test.contains( "c-0.1.jar" ) );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/a/0.1/a-0.1.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/a/0.1/a-0.1.jar
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diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/a/0.1/a-0.1.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/a/0.1/a-0.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77cc9e64f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/a/0.1/a-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/b/0.1/b-0.1.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/b/0.1/b-0.1.jar
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index 0000000000..7a36629c88
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diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/b/0.1/b-0.1.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/b/0.1/b-0.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b692220d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/b/0.1/b-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/c/0.1/c-0.1.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/c/0.1/c-0.1.jar
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index 0000000000..1635d9ca93
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diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/c/0.1/c-0.1.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/c/0.1/c-0.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9a40b8dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/c/0.1/c-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/x/0.1/x-0.1.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/x/0.1/x-0.1.jar
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diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/x/0.1/x-0.1.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/x/0.1/x-0.1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc25721a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng3775/x/0.1/x-0.1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+      <id>maven-core-it</id>
+      <url>file:///${basedir}/repo</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/settings-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f22a7f3570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+
+<settings>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>maven-core-it-repo</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>maven-core-it</id>
+          <url>@baseurl@/../repo</url>
+          <releases>
+            <checksumPolicy>ignore</checksumPolicy>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>maven-core-it-repo</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-abc/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-abc/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..660dfc1bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-abc/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>abc</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3775</name>
+  <description>
+    Verify that conflict resolution doesn't select nodes which are children of eventually disabled nodes.
+    In other words, when a sub tree gets disabled, all previously selected winners among the children need to
+    be revised.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--
+    project
+    +- a:compile
+    |  \- b:compile
+    |     \- x:compile
+    +- b:compile
+    \- c:test
+       \- x:test
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- NOTE: This exclusion of a dependency shared with c is a crucial piece of this test -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+          <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <!-- NOTE: This dependency having a narrower scope than compile is a crucial piece of this test -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileClassPath>target/compile.txt</compileClassPath>
+          <testClassPath>target/test.txt</testClassPath>
+          <significantPathLevels>1</significantPathLevels>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>resolve</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>test</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-acb/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-acb/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da6e78393b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-acb/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>acb</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3775</name>
+  <description>
+    Verify that conflict resolution doesn't select nodes which are children of eventually disabled nodes.
+    In other words, when a sub tree gets disabled, all previously selected winners among the children need to
+    be revised.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--
+    project
+    +- a:compile
+    |  \- b:compile
+    |     \- x:compile
+    +- c:test
+    |  \- x:test
+    \- b:compile
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <!-- NOTE: This dependency having a narrower scope than compile is a crucial piece of this test -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- NOTE: This exclusion of a dependency shared with c is a crucial piece of this test -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+          <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileClassPath>target/compile.txt</compileClassPath>
+          <testClassPath>target/test.txt</testClassPath>
+          <significantPathLevels>1</significantPathLevels>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>resolve</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>test</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-bac/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-bac/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b400652de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-bac/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>bac</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3775</name>
+  <description>
+    Verify that conflict resolution doesn't select nodes which are children of eventually disabled nodes.
+    In other words, when a sub tree gets disabled, all previously selected winners among the children need to
+    be revised.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--
+    project
+    +- b:compile
+    +- a:compile
+    |  \- b:compile
+    |     \- x:compile
+    \- c:test
+       \- x:test
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- NOTE: This exclusion of a dependency shared with c is a crucial piece of this test -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+          <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <!-- NOTE: This dependency having a narrower scope than compile is a crucial piece of this test -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileClassPath>target/compile.txt</compileClassPath>
+          <testClassPath>target/test.txt</testClassPath>
+          <significantPathLevels>1</significantPathLevels>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>resolve</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>test</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-bca/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-bca/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..851d4ece3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-bca/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>bca</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3775</name>
+  <description>
+    Verify that conflict resolution doesn't select nodes which are children of eventually disabled nodes.
+    In other words, when a sub tree gets disabled, all previously selected winners among the children need to
+    be revised.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--
+    project
+    +- b:compile
+    +- c:test
+    |  \- x:test
+    \- a:compile
+       \- b:compile
+          \- x:compile
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- NOTE: This exclusion of a dependency shared with c is a crucial piece of this test -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+          <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <!-- NOTE: This dependency having a narrower scope than compile is a crucial piece of this test -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileClassPath>target/compile.txt</compileClassPath>
+          <testClassPath>target/test.txt</testClassPath>
+          <significantPathLevels>1</significantPathLevels>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>resolve</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>test</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-cab/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-cab/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb3347cab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-cab/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>cab</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3775</name>
+  <description>
+    Verify that conflict resolution doesn't select nodes which are children of eventually disabled nodes.
+    In other words, when a sub tree gets disabled, all previously selected winners among the children need to
+    be revised.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--
+    project
+    +- c:test
+    |  \- x:test
+    +- a:compile
+    |  \- b:compile
+    |     \- x:compile
+    \- b:compile
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <!-- NOTE: This dependency having a narrower scope than compile is a crucial piece of this test -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- NOTE: This exclusion of a dependency shared with c is a crucial piece of this test -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+          <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileClassPath>target/compile.txt</compileClassPath>
+          <testClassPath>target/test.txt</testClassPath>
+          <significantPathLevels>1</significantPathLevels>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>resolve</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>test</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-cba/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-cba/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c1984c7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-3775/test-cba/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+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>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+  <artifactId>cba</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: MNG-3775</name>
+  <description>
+    Verify that conflict resolution doesn't select nodes which are children of eventually disabled nodes.
+    In other words, when a sub tree gets disabled, all previously selected winners among the children need to
+    be revised.
+  </description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!--
+    project
+    +- c:test
+    |  \- x:test
+    +- b:compile
+    \- a:compile
+       \- b:compile
+          \- x:compile
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>c</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <!-- NOTE: This dependency having a narrower scope than compile is a crucial piece of this test -->
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>b</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <!-- NOTE: This exclusion of a dependency shared with c is a crucial piece of this test -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+          <artifactId>x</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.mng3775</groupId>
+      <artifactId>a</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.its.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <compileClassPath>target/compile.txt</compileClassPath>
+          <testClassPath>target/test.txt</testClassPath>
+          <significantPathLevels>1</significantPathLevels>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>resolve</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+              <goal>test</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>