diff --git a/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/pom.xml b/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/pom.xml
index 16471d273..d5509aa38 100644
--- a/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/pom.xml
+++ b/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <artifactId>pax-exam-container-karaf</artifactId>
 
     <name>OPS4J Pax Exam Karaf Container</name>
-    
+
     <dependencies>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@
             <type>xml</type>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/karaf/container/internal/DependenciesDeployer.java b/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/karaf/container/internal/DependenciesDeployer.java
index eaf443ed3..9736fdd86 100644
--- a/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/karaf/container/internal/DependenciesDeployer.java
+++ b/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/src/main/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/karaf/container/internal/DependenciesDeployer.java
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ public KarafFeaturesOption getDependenciesFeature() {
         try {
             File featuresXmlFile = new File(karafBase, "test-dependencies.xml");
             Writer wr = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(featuresXmlFile), "UTF-8");
-            writeDependenciesFeature(wr, subsystem.getOptions(ProvisionOption.class));
+
+            ProvisionOption<?>[] provisionOptions = subsystem.getOptions(ProvisionOption.class);
+            KarafFeaturesOption[] karafFeaturesOptions = subsystem.getOptions(KarafFeaturesOption.class);
+
+            writeDependenciesFeature(wr, provisionOptions, karafFeaturesOptions);
             wr.close();
             String repoUrl = "file:"
                 + featuresXmlFile.toString().replaceAll("\\\\", "/").replaceAll(" ", "%20");
@@ -140,9 +144,11 @@ public KarafFeaturesOption getDependenciesFeature() {
      * in system to the given writer
      * 
      * @param writer where to write the feature xml
-     * @param provisionOptions dependencies
+     * @param provisionOptions bundle dependencies
+     * @param karafFeaturesOptions feature dependencies
      */
-    static void writeDependenciesFeature(Writer writer, ProvisionOption<?>... provisionOptions) {
+    static void writeDependenciesFeature(Writer writer, ProvisionOption<?>[] provisionOptions,
+        KarafFeaturesOption[] karafFeaturesOptions) {
         XMLOutputFactory xof =  XMLOutputFactory.newInstance();
         xof.setProperty("javax.xml.stream.isRepairingNamespaces", true);
         XMLStreamWriter sw = null;
@@ -157,6 +163,7 @@ static void writeDependenciesFeature(Writer writer, ProvisionOption<?>... provis
             sw.writeStartElement("feature");
             sw.writeAttribute("name", "test-dependencies");
             sw.writeCharacters("\n");
+            // Write bundle dependencies
             for (ProvisionOption<?> provisionOption : provisionOptions) {
                 if (provisionOption.getURL().startsWith("link")
                     || provisionOption.getURL().startsWith("scan-features")) {
@@ -170,6 +177,14 @@ static void writeDependenciesFeature(Writer writer, ProvisionOption<?>... provis
                 sw.writeCharacters(provisionOption.getURL());
                 endElement(sw);
             }
+            // Write feature dependencies
+            for (KarafFeaturesOption karafFeaturesOption : karafFeaturesOptions) {
+                for (String karafFeature : karafFeaturesOption.getFeatures()) {
+                    sw.writeStartElement("feature");
+                    sw.writeCharacters(karafFeature);
+                    endElement(sw);
+                }
+            }
             endElement(sw);
             endElement(sw);
             sw.writeEndDocument();
diff --git a/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/src/test/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/karaf/container/internal/DependenciesDeployerTest.java b/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/src/test/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/karaf/container/internal/DependenciesDeployerTest.java
index 79ddf6613..519e4675e 100644
--- a/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/src/test/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/karaf/container/internal/DependenciesDeployerTest.java
+++ b/containers/pax-exam-container-karaf/src/test/java/org/ops4j/pax/exam/karaf/container/internal/DependenciesDeployerTest.java
@@ -3,12 +3,20 @@
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.mavenBundle;
 import static org.ops4j.pax.exam.CoreOptions.wrappedBundle;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Scanner;
 
 import org.hamcrest.core.StringContains;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.ops4j.pax.exam.ExamSystem;
+import org.ops4j.pax.exam.karaf.options.KarafDistributionOption;
+import org.ops4j.pax.exam.karaf.options.KarafFeaturesOption;
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.options.MavenArtifactProvisionOption;
+import org.ops4j.pax.exam.options.ProvisionOption;
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.options.WrappedUrlProvisionOption;
 import org.ops4j.pax.exam.options.WrappedUrlProvisionOption.OverwriteMode;
 
@@ -23,7 +31,8 @@ public void testEncoding() {
         option.instructions("Export-Package=my.package.*");
         option.overwriteManifest(OverwriteMode.MERGE);
         StringWriter wr = new StringWriter();
-        DependenciesDeployer.writeDependenciesFeature(wr, option);
+        DependenciesDeployer.writeDependenciesFeature(wr, new ProvisionOption<?>[] { option },
+            new KarafFeaturesOption[] {});
         Assert.assertThat(wr.toString(), StringContains.containsString("<bundle>wrap:mvn:mygroup/myArtifactId/1.0$overwrite=MERGE&amp;Export-Package=my.package.*</bundle>"));
     }
     
@@ -31,7 +40,8 @@ public void testEncoding() {
     public void testDependencyFeature() {
         MavenArtifactProvisionOption option = mavenBundle().groupId("mygroup").artifactId("myArtifactId").version("1.0");
         StringWriter wr = new StringWriter();
-        DependenciesDeployer.writeDependenciesFeature(wr, option);
+        DependenciesDeployer.writeDependenciesFeature(wr, new ProvisionOption<?>[] { option },
+            new KarafFeaturesOption[] {});
         Assert.assertEquals(
             "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" + 
             "<features xmlns=\"http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.0.0\" name=\"test-dependencies\">\n" + 
@@ -45,7 +55,8 @@ public void testDependencyFeature() {
     public void testDependencyFeatureWithBundleStartLevel() {
         MavenArtifactProvisionOption option = mavenBundle().groupId("mygroup").artifactId("myArtifactId").version("1.0").startLevel(42);
         StringWriter wr = new StringWriter();
-        DependenciesDeployer.writeDependenciesFeature(wr, option);
+        DependenciesDeployer.writeDependenciesFeature(wr, new ProvisionOption<?>[] { option },
+            new KarafFeaturesOption[] {});
         Assert.assertEquals(
             "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" + 
             "<features xmlns=\"http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.0.0\" name=\"test-dependencies\">\n" + 
@@ -54,4 +65,45 @@ public void testDependencyFeatureWithBundleStartLevel() {
             "</feature>\n" + 
             "</features>\n", wr.toString());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDependencyFeatureWithFeatureDependencies() throws FileNotFoundException {
+
+        // Given a KarafFeatureOption exists
+        KarafFeaturesOption option = KarafDistributionOption
+            .features("mvn:mygroup/myArtifactId/1.0/xml/features", "myFeature");
+
+        ExamSystem subsystem = Mockito.mock(ExamSystem.class);
+        Mockito.when(subsystem.getOptions(Mockito.eq(ProvisionOption.class)))
+            .thenReturn(new ProvisionOption[0]);
+        Mockito.when(subsystem.getOptions(Mockito.eq(KarafFeaturesOption.class)))
+            .thenReturn(new KarafFeaturesOption[] { option });
+        File karafBase = new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"));
+        File karafHome = karafBase;
+        DependenciesDeployer dependenciesDeployer = new DependenciesDeployer(subsystem, karafBase,
+            karafHome);
+
+        // When test-dependencies.xml is generated 
+        KarafFeaturesOption dependenciesFeature = dependenciesDeployer.getDependenciesFeature();
+
+        // Then include any feature dependencies configured
+        File outputFeaturesFile = new File(karafBase, "test-dependencies.xml");
+        Assert.assertEquals("file:" + outputFeaturesFile, dependenciesFeature.getURL());
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(new String[] { "test-dependencies" },
+            dependenciesFeature.getFeatures());
+
+        // Read XML output into a String
+        String xmlOutputString;
+        try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(outputFeaturesFile)) {
+            xmlOutputString = scanner.useDelimiter("\\Z").next() + "\n";
+        }
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
+            + "<features xmlns=\"http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.0.0\" name=\"test-dependencies\">\n"
+            + "<feature name=\"test-dependencies\">\n"
+            + "<feature>myFeature</feature>\n"
+            + "</feature>\n"
+            + "</features>\n",
+            xmlOutputString);
+    }
 }