diff --git a/test/defsystem-depends-on/defsystem-dependency.asd b/test/defsystem-depends-on/defsystem-dependency.asd
index 3f7f139c06c6891670ef01e823b814e1be7e5ee0..e6059ad0e7d42337138c8ef5f03c86915e49b321 100644
--- a/test/defsystem-depends-on/defsystem-dependency.asd
+++ b/test/defsystem-depends-on/defsystem-dependency.asd
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 (defsystem "defsystem-dependency"
   :depends-on ("overlapping-dependency")
-  :components ((:file "defsystem-dependency")))
+  :components ((:file "defsystem-dependency"))
+  :in-order-to ((test-op (test-op "test-system"))))
diff --git a/test/defsystem-depends-on/defsystem-dependency.lisp b/test/defsystem-depends-on/defsystem-dependency.lisp
index c391ea4463ee1f5c9a7927182aed795fcc9aa16d..0442efc702e424c5f2f9bfea451c8bd5db851126 100644
--- a/test/defsystem-depends-on/defsystem-dependency.lisp
+++ b/test/defsystem-depends-on/defsystem-dependency.lisp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 (in-package :asdf-test)
 (defvar *dd* 0)
 (incf *dd*)
+(format t "Loaded defsystem-dependency.lisp ~d time~(~:*~p~)~%" *dd*)
+(setf (find-class 'asdf::my-cl-source-file) (find-class 'cl-source-file))
diff --git a/test/defsystem-depends-on/intermediate-dependency.asd b/test/defsystem-depends-on/intermediate-dependency.asd
index caf4ef95c8becfc730e53562f7669441f100c579..dbb020e4533c2b0121905178adad004322370678 100644
--- a/test/defsystem-depends-on/intermediate-dependency.asd
+++ b/test/defsystem-depends-on/intermediate-dependency.asd
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 (defsystem "intermediate-dependency"
   :defsystem-depends-on ("defsystem-dependency")
-  :components ((:file "intermediate-dependency")))
+  :components ((:my-cl-source-file "intermediate-dependency")))
diff --git a/test/defsystem-depends-on/test-system.asd b/test/defsystem-depends-on/test-system.asd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9d3b24b5c3636358c5dc09c7f211c66def58bc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/defsystem-depends-on/test-system.asd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+(defsystem "test-system"
+  :defsystem-depends-on ("defsystem-dependency")
+  :components ((:my-cl-source-file "test-system"))
+  :perform (test-op (o c) (symbol-call :asdf-test :run-test)))
diff --git a/test/defsystem-depends-on/test-system.lisp b/test/defsystem-depends-on/test-system.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..814acde71afc57076456960217426dc899c134a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/defsystem-depends-on/test-system.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(in-package :asdf-test)
+
+(setf *dd* 10)
+
+(defun run-test ()
+  (format t "Running tests...")
+  t)
diff --git a/test/test-defsystem-depends-on-phase-overlap.script b/test/test-defsystem-depends-on-phase-overlap.script
index f4147b47721d74c9ae3abc3ba656609bfdbed1d4..d1322402bdc5735e44f78a4cc8b3163aa38a9749 100644
--- a/test/test-defsystem-depends-on-phase-overlap.script
+++ b/test/test-defsystem-depends-on-phase-overlap.script
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ;;-*- Lisp -*-
 
-;; TODO: make it files, so that DEFINE-OP can propagate and cause reloading.
-
 (in-package :asdf-test)
 
 (setf *central-registry* (list (subpathname *test-directory* "defsystem-depends-on/")))
@@ -45,3 +43,13 @@
 (with-asdf-session (:override t)
   (load-system "main-system" :force '("overlapping-dependency")))
 (assert-equal (list *od* *dd* *id* *ms*) '(1 1 1 1))
+
+(DBG "actions marked as needed at one level should still be planned if needed at a higher level")
+(reset-vars)
+(setf (find-class 'asdf::my-cl-source-file) nil)
+(asdf::clear-registered-systems)
+(assert-equal *dd* 0)
+(with-asdf-session (:override t)
+  (test-system "defsystem-dependency"))
+(assert-equal *dd* 10)
+