diff --git a/inttest/depplugins/base_dir_cwd_plugin.erl b/inttest/depplugins/base_dir_cwd_plugin.erl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4953b8b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inttest/depplugins/base_dir_cwd_plugin.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-module(base_dir_cwd_plugin).
+-export([pre_compile/2]).
+
+pre_compile(_, _) ->
+    File = "base_dir_cwd_pre.compile",
+    ok = file:write_file(File, <<"base_dir cwd pre_compile plugin">>),
+    rebar_log:log(info, "Wrote ~p/~s~n", [rebar_utils:get_cwd(), File]).
diff --git a/inttest/depplugins/dep_cwd_plugin.erl b/inttest/depplugins/dep_cwd_plugin.erl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe1ceba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inttest/depplugins/dep_cwd_plugin.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-module(dep_cwd_plugin).
+-export([pre_compile/2]).
+
+pre_compile(_, _) ->
+    File = "dep_cwd_pre.compile",
+    ok = file:write_file(File, <<"dep cwd pre_compile plugin">>),
+    rebar_log:log(info, "Wrote ~p/~s~n", [rebar_utils:get_cwd(), File]).
diff --git a/inttest/depplugins/depplugins_rt.erl b/inttest/depplugins/depplugins_rt.erl
index 7b106ebf..a45fa93a 100644
--- a/inttest/depplugins/depplugins_rt.erl
+++ b/inttest/depplugins/depplugins_rt.erl
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 %%%
 %%% It has three applications:
 %%% <ol>
-%%%   <li>fish. top-level module, has one dependency: `dependsonplugin'.</li>
-%%%   <li>dependsonplugin. This depends on some pre-compile actions by the
-%%%       plugin. In the test the plugin creates a file `pre.compile' in the
-%%%       top-level folder of this application.</li>
-%%%   <li>testplugin. This is a plugin application which creates the file.</li>
+%%%   <li>fish. top-level app, has one dependency: `dependsonplugin'.
+%%%       It also loads a plugin from CWD which creates
+%%%       base_dir_cwd_pre.compile on pre_compile.</li>
+%%%   <li>dependsonplugin, has one dependency: `testplugin' and loads
+%%%       the testplugin_mod plugin.</li>
+%%%   <li>testplugin. This is a plugin application which creates
+%%%       plugin_pre.compile on pre_compile. It also loads a plugin from CWD
+%%%       which creates dep_cwd_pre.compile on pre_compile.</li>
 %%% </ol>
 
 -module(depplugins_rt).
@@ -20,21 +23,37 @@ files() ->
     [
      {copy, "../../rebar", "rebar"},
      {copy, "rebar.config", "rebar.config"},
+     {copy, "base_dir_cwd_plugin.erl", "base_dir_cwd_plugin.erl"},
      {create, "ebin/fish.app", app(fish, [])},
 
-     {create, "deps/dependsonplugin/ebin/dependsonplugin.app",
-        app(dependsonplugin, [])},
      {copy, "rebar_dependsonplugin.config",
-        "deps/dependsonplugin/rebar.config"},
+      "deps/dependsonplugin/rebar.config"},
+     {create, "deps/dependsonplugin/ebin/dependsonplugin.app",
+      app(dependsonplugin, [])},
+
+     {copy, "rebar_testplugin.config", "deps/testplugin/rebar.config"},
      {copy, "testplugin_mod.erl",
-        "deps/testplugin/plugins/testplugin_mod.erl"},
-     {create, "deps/testplugin/ebin/testplugin.app",
-        app(testplugin, [])}
+      "deps/testplugin/plugins/testplugin_mod.erl"},
+     {copy, "dep_cwd_plugin.erl", "deps/testplugin/dep_cwd_plugin.erl"},
+     {create, "deps/testplugin/ebin/testplugin.app", app(testplugin, [])}
     ].
 
 run(_Dir) ->
     ?assertMatch({ok, _}, retest_sh:run("./rebar compile", [])),
-    ?assertEqual(true, filelib:is_regular("deps/dependsonplugin/pre.compile")),
+
+    ?assertEqual(true, filelib:is_regular("base_dir_cwd_pre.compile")),
+
+    ?assertEqual(true, filelib:is_regular(
+                         "deps/dependsonplugin/base_dir_cwd_pre.compile")),
+    ?assertEqual(true, filelib:is_regular(
+                         "deps/dependsonplugin/plugin_pre.compile")),
+
+    ?assertEqual(true, filelib:is_regular(
+                         "deps/testplugin/base_dir_cwd_pre.compile")),
+    ?assertEqual(true, filelib:is_regular(
+                         "deps/testplugin/dep_cwd_pre.compile")),
+    ?assertEqual(true, filelib:is_regular(
+                         "deps/testplugin/plugin_pre.compile")),
     ok.
 
 %%
diff --git a/inttest/depplugins/rebar.config b/inttest/depplugins/rebar.config
index 3a2e34ed..86fb0372 100644
--- a/inttest/depplugins/rebar.config
+++ b/inttest/depplugins/rebar.config
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 {deps, [dependsonplugin]}.
+{plugins, [base_dir_cwd_plugin]}.
diff --git a/inttest/depplugins/rebar_testplugin.config b/inttest/depplugins/rebar_testplugin.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58a1f997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inttest/depplugins/rebar_testplugin.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{plugins, [dep_cwd_plugin]}.
diff --git a/inttest/depplugins/testplugin_mod.erl b/inttest/depplugins/testplugin_mod.erl
index 055bbc79..d829ff0e 100644
--- a/inttest/depplugins/testplugin_mod.erl
+++ b/inttest/depplugins/testplugin_mod.erl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 -module(testplugin_mod).
--compile(export_all).
+-export([pre_compile/2]).
 
-pre_compile(Config, _) ->
-    ok = file:write_file("pre.compile", <<"Yadda!">>),
-    rebar_log:log(info, "Wrote ~p/pre.compile~n", [rebar_utils:get_cwd()]).
+pre_compile(_, _) ->
+    File = "plugin_pre.compile",
+    ok = file:write_file(File, <<"Yadda!">>),
+    rebar_log:log(info, "Wrote ~p/~s~n", [rebar_utils:get_cwd(), File]).
diff --git a/src/rebar_core.erl b/src/rebar_core.erl
index 631cef22..4efc9784 100644
--- a/src/rebar_core.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_core.erl
@@ -502,6 +502,8 @@ acc_modules([Module | Rest], Command, Config, File, Acc) ->
 %%
 plugin_modules(Config, PredirsAssoc) ->
     Modules = lists:flatten(rebar_config:get_all(Config, plugins)),
+    ?DEBUG("Plugins requested while processing ~s: ~p~n",
+           [rebar_utils:get_cwd(), Modules]),
     plugin_modules(Config, PredirsAssoc, ulist(Modules)).
 
 ulist(L) ->
@@ -543,6 +545,7 @@ plugin_modules(Config, PredirsAssoc, FoundModules, MissingModules) ->
 load_plugin_modules(Config, PredirsAssoc, Modules) ->
     Cwd = rebar_utils:get_cwd(),
     PluginDirs = get_all_plugin_dirs(Config, Cwd, PredirsAssoc),
+    ?DEBUG("Plugin dirs for ~s:~n~p~n", [Cwd, PluginDirs]),
 
     %% Find relevant sources in base_dir and plugin_dir
     Erls = string:join([atom_to_list(M)++"\\.erl" || M <- Modules], "|"),
@@ -558,7 +561,9 @@ load_plugin_modules(Config, PredirsAssoc, Modules) ->
     {Loaded, NotLoaded}.
 
 get_all_plugin_dirs(Config, Cwd, PredirsAssoc) ->
-    get_plugin_dir(Config, Cwd) ++ get_base_plugin_dirs(Cwd, PredirsAssoc).
+    [rebar_utils:get_cwd()]
+        ++ get_plugin_dir(Config, Cwd)
+        ++ get_base_plugin_dirs(Cwd, PredirsAssoc).
 
 get_plugin_dir(Config, Cwd) ->
     case rebar_config:get_local(Config, plugin_dir, undefined) of
@@ -577,7 +582,7 @@ get_base_plugin_dirs(Cwd, PredirsAssoc) ->
     [filename:join(Dir, "plugins") ||
         Dir <- get_plugin_base_dirs(Cwd, PredirsAssoc)].
 
-%% @doc PredirsAssoc is a dictionary of plugindir -> 'parent' pairs
+%% @doc PredirsAssoc is a dictionary of plugindir -> 'parent' pairs.
 %% 'parent' in this case depends on plugin; therefore we have to give
 %% all plugins that Cwd ('parent' in this case) depends on.
 get_plugin_base_dirs(Cwd, PredirsAssoc) ->