diff --git a/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/DependencyManager.java b/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/DependencyManager.java
index a60c740..ae494a4 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/DependencyManager.java
+++ b/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/DependencyManager.java
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@
     
     // TODO note to self, there are Dependency's and DependencyCollections 
     // (being a dependency on more than one, fi ServiceDendency, ResourceDependency
-    public Service createResourceAdapterService(String resourceFilter, Class iface2, Object impl) {
+    public Service createResourceAdapterService(String resourceFilter, Class iface2, Object impl, boolean propagate) {
         return createService()
-            .setImplementation(new ResourceAdapterImpl(impl, iface2))
+            .setImplementation(new ResourceAdapterImpl(impl, iface2, propagate))
             .add(createResourceDependency()
                 .setFilter(resourceFilter)
                 .setAutoConfig(false)
diff --git a/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/dependencies/ResourceDependency.java b/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/dependencies/ResourceDependency.java
index fb59e88..5e69da4 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/dependencies/ResourceDependency.java
+++ b/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/dependencies/ResourceDependency.java
@@ -99,4 +99,6 @@
      ResourceDependency setRequired(boolean required);
 
      ResourceDependency setFilter(String resourceFilter);
+     
+     ResourceDependency setPropagate(boolean propagate);
 }
diff --git a/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/impl/ResourceAdapterImpl.java b/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/impl/ResourceAdapterImpl.java
index 53cfd6a..89e9c3b 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/impl/ResourceAdapterImpl.java
+++ b/dependencymanager/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/dm/impl/ResourceAdapterImpl.java
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 	private volatile DependencyManager m_manager;
 	private final Object m_impl;
 	private final Class m_iface;
+    private final boolean m_propagate;
 
-	public ResourceAdapterImpl(Object impl, Class iface) {
+	public ResourceAdapterImpl(Object impl, Class iface, boolean propagate) {
 		m_impl = impl;
 		m_iface = iface;
+		m_propagate = propagate;
 	}
 
 	public void added(Resource resource) {
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@
 			.add(m_manager.createResourceDependency()
 				.setResource(resource)
 				.setRequired(true)
+				.setPropagate(m_propagate)
 				)
 			);
 	}