diff --git a/resources/build/tests/trees/.gitignore b/resources/build/tests/trees/.gitignore
index 4ed4ecc8ed..90fec2fedb 100644
--- a/resources/build/tests/trees/.gitignore
+++ b/resources/build/tests/trees/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-child?.*
\ No newline at end of file
+child?.*
+dep.*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/build/tests/trees/build.sh b/resources/build/tests/trees/build.sh
index 106b8caa82..55f34abdd3 100755
--- a/resources/build/tests/trees/build.sh
+++ b/resources/build/tests/trees/build.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # All child actions will generate files which we need to verify for test
-rm -f ./child?.*
+rm -f ./child?.* ./dep.clean ./dep.configure ./dep.build
 
 function test_present() {
   local target=$1
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function test_present() {
     if [ ! -f $target.$action ]; then
       builder_die "$CROSS FAIL: ./$target.$action to be present"
     else
-      echo "$CHECK PASS: ./$target.$action found as expected"
+      echo -e "$CHECK PASS: ./$target.$action found as expected"
     fi
   fi
 }
diff --git a/resources/build/tests/trees/child1/build.sh b/resources/build/tests/trees/child1/build.sh
index a3715c468b..de70085e72 100755
--- a/resources/build/tests/trees/child1/build.sh
+++ b/resources/build/tests/trees/child1/build.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ cd "$THIS_SCRIPT_PATH"
 project=child1
 
 builder_describe "$project test module" \
+  "@../dep" \
   clean \
   configure \
   build \
diff --git a/resources/build/tests/trees/dep/build.sh b/resources/build/tests/trees/dep/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..77bc3bb449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/build/tests/trees/dep/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eu
+
+## START STANDARD BUILD SCRIPT INCLUDE
+# adjust relative paths as necessary
+THIS_SCRIPT="$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+. "${THIS_SCRIPT%/*}/../../../../../resources/build/build-utils.sh"
+# END STANDARD BUILD SCRIPT INCLUDE
+
+cd "$THIS_SCRIPT_PATH"
+
+# Test builder_describe_outputs and dependencies
+
+project=dep
+
+builder_describe "$project test module" \
+  clean \
+  configure \
+  build
+
+builder_parse "$@"
+
+if builder_is_child_build; then
+  builder_die "FAIL: builder_is_child_build should return false but was $_builder_is_child for a dependency script"
+else
+  builder_echo "PASS: builder_is_child_build is false ($_builder_is_child) for the dependency script"
+fi
+
+function test_action() {
+  local action=$1
+
+  if builder_start_action $action; then
+    touch ../$project.$action
+    builder_finish_action success $action
+  fi
+}
+
+test_action clean
+test_action configure
+test_action build
diff --git a/resources/build/tests/trees/test.sh b/resources/build/tests/trees/test.sh
index 284e3ec8f7..d93ff47815 100755
--- a/resources/build/tests/trees/test.sh
+++ b/resources/build/tests/trees/test.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,26 @@
 
 set -eu
 
+echo "--- Full clean configure build install test build ---"
 ./build.sh clean configure build install test
 if [ $(ls child?.* | wc -l) -ne 14 ]; then
   echo unexpected output file count
   exit 1
 fi
 
+echo "--- Test error result for child build ---"
 ./build.sh error && (echo should not have passed; exit 1) || (echo "  ... build returned error as expected")
 
+echo "--- Test building only specific actions and targets (install:child1 test:child2) ---"
 ./build.sh install:child1 test:child2
 if [ $(ls child?.* | wc -l) -ne 2 ]; then
   echo unexpected output file count
   exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "--- Test that --no-deps is passed correctly to child scripts ---"
+./build.sh --no-deps
+if [ -f ./dep.configure ] || [ -f ./dep.build ]; then
+  echo unexpected dep.configure or dep.build file, should not have built this because of --no-deps flag
+  exit 1
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/builder.inc.sh b/resources/builder.inc.sh
index 65a8f929af..bd069e5a5c 100755
--- a/resources/builder.inc.sh
+++ b/resources/builder.inc.sh
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ _builder_execute_child() {
 
   "$script" $action \
     --builder-child \
+    $_builder_build_deps \
     ${child_options[@]} \
     $builder_verbose \
     $builder_debug \