diff --git a/tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java b/tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java
index 38191e6..17ef11a 100644
--- a/tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java
+++ b/tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java
@@ -351,11 +349,13 @@ public class ValidateFeaturesMojo extends MojoSupport {
      */
     private void analyzeExports(Repository repository) throws Exception {
         for (Feature feature : repository.getFeatures()) {
+            info("    scanning feature %s for exports", feature.getName());
             Set<Clause> exports = new HashSet<Clause>();
             for (String bundle : getBundleLocations(feature)) {
                 exports.addAll(getExports(getManifest(bundle, bundles.get(bundle))));
             }
-            info("    scanning feature %s for exports", feature.getName());
+            // add the dependency feature exports
+            exports.addAll(getDependencyFeatureExports(feature));
             featureExports.put(feature.getName(), exports);
         }
     }
@@ -406,6 +406,27 @@ public class ValidateFeaturesMojo extends MojoSupport {
         }
     }
 
+    private Set<Clause> getDependencyFeatureExports(Feature feature) throws Exception {
+        Set<Clause> exports = new HashSet<Clause>();
+
+        for (Feature dependency : feature.getDependencies()) {
+            if (featureExports.containsKey(dependency.getName())) {
+                exports.addAll(featureExports.get(dependency.getName()));
+            } else {
+                validateImportsExports(dependency);
+                exports.addAll(featureExports.get(dependency.getName()));
+            }
+            exports.addAll(getDependencyFeatureExports(dependency));
+        }
+
+        // add the export of the feature
+        for (String bundle : getBundleLocations(feature)) {
+            Manifest meta = manifests.get(bundles.get(bundle));
+            exports.addAll(getExports(meta));
+        }
+        return exports;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Validate if all imports for a feature are being matched with exports
      */
@@ -413,12 +434,13 @@ public class ValidateFeaturesMojo extends MojoSupport {
         Map<Clause, String> imports = new HashMap<Clause, String>();
         Set<Clause> exports = new HashSet<Clause>();
         for (Feature dependency : feature.getDependencies()) {
-            if (featureExports.containsKey(dependency.getName())) {
-                exports.addAll(featureExports.get(dependency.getName()));
-            } else {
+            if (!featureExports.containsKey(dependency.getName())) {
                 validateImportsExports(features.get(dependency.getName(), dependency.getVersion()));
             }
         }
+        // add the exports for dependency feature
+        exports.addAll(getDependencyFeatureExports(feature));
+
         for (String bundle : getBundleLocations(feature)) {
             Manifest meta = manifests.get(bundles.get(bundle));
             exports.addAll(getExports(meta));