diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/invoker.properties b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6486eb1de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# 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.
+
+invoker.goals = clean apache-rat:rat
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/module1/NoLicense.java b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/module1/NoLicense.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62786f837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/module1/NoLicense.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+* A file without a license
+*/
+class NoLicense {
+}
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/module2/NoLicenseAsWell.java b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/module2/NoLicenseAsWell.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e82022509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/module2/NoLicenseAsWell.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+* No license as well.
+*/
+class NoLicenseAsWell {
+}
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/pom.xml b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5d4fbc1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/pom.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.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <groupId>org.apache.rat.test</groupId>
+  <artifactId>RAT-510</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@pom.version@</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
+          <ignoreErrors>false</ignoreErrors>
+          <inputExcludes>
+            <exclude>module1</exclude>
+          </inputExcludes>
+          <inputExcludes>
+            <exclude>module2</exclude>
+          </inputExcludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/verify.groovy b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff02bbbc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-rat-plugin/src/it/RAT-510/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * 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.rat.testhelpers.TextUtils
+
+content = new File(basedir, 'build.log').text
+
+assert content.contains('BUILD SUCCESS')
+assert content.contains('[INFO] Excluding patterns: module2') // only the last explicit inclusion worked
+// assert content.contains('[INFO] Excluding patterns: module1') // if RAT-510 is fixed
+
+