Index: tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java
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--- tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java	(revision 950974)
+++ tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import org.apache.felix.karaf.features.Repository;
 import org.apache.felix.karaf.features.internal.RepositoryImpl;
 import org.apache.felix.utils.manifest.Clause;
+import org.apache.felix.utils.manifest.Parser;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultArtifactRepository;
@@ -122,6 +123,11 @@
      * The set of packages exported by the system bundle and by Karaf itself
      */
     private Set<String> systemExports = new HashSet<String>();
+    
+    /*
+     * The set of OSGi system packages export by the Karaf config
+     */
+    private Set<Clause> osgiSystemExports = new HashSet<Clause>();
 
     /**
      * The Mojo's main method
@@ -252,6 +258,16 @@
         	properties.load(new FileInputStream(new File(karafConfig)));
         }
 
+        // export the osgi system properties
+        String osgiPackages = (String) properties.get("org.osgi.framework.system.packages");
+        if (osgiPackages != null) {
+        	Clause[] clauses = Parser.parseHeader(osgiPackages);
+        	for(Clause clause : clauses) {
+        		osgiSystemExports.add(clause);
+        		debug("    Adding  %s into osgi system export package.", clause.getName());
+        	}
+        }
+        
         String packages = (String) properties.get(jreVersion);
         for (String pkg : packages.split(";")) {
             systemExports .add(pkg.trim());
@@ -312,6 +328,8 @@
     private void validateImportsExports(Feature feature) throws Exception {
         Map<Clause, String> imports = new HashMap<Clause, String>();
         Set<Clause> exports = new HashSet<Clause>();
+        // Add the osgi plateform exports packages into exports
+        exports.addAll(osgiSystemExports);
         for (Feature dependency : feature.getDependencies()) {
             if (featureExports.containsKey(dependency.getName())) {
                 exports.addAll(featureExports.get(dependency.getName()));