diff --git a/include/boost/test/impl/framework.ipp b/include/boost/test/impl/framework.ipp
index 9786a42f..15c30565 100644
--- a/include/boost/test/impl/framework.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/test/impl/framework.ipp
@@ -347,12 +347,10 @@ public:
     , m_dep_collector( dep_collector )
     {}
 
-private:
     // test_tree_visitor interface
     virtual bool    visit( test_unit const& tu )
     {
         const_cast<test_unit&>(tu).p_run_status.value = m_new_status == test_unit::RS_INVALID ? tu.p_default_status : m_new_status;
-
         if( m_dep_collector ) {
             BOOST_TEST_FOREACH( test_unit_id, dep_id, tu.p_dependencies.get() ) {
                 test_unit const& dep = framework::get( dep_id, TUT_ANY );
@@ -369,6 +367,7 @@ private:
         return true;
     }
 
+private:
     // Data members
     test_unit::run_status   m_new_status;
     test_unit_id_list*      m_dep_collector;
@@ -623,8 +622,13 @@ public:
             while(   parent_id != INV_TEST_UNIT_ID
                   && parent_id != master_tu_id )
             {
-                traverse_test_tree( parent_id, enabler, true );
-                parent_id = framework::get( parent_id, TUT_ANY ).p_parent_id;
+                // we do not use the traverse_test_tree as otherwise it would enable the sibblings and subtree
+                // of the test case we want to enable (we need to enable the parent suites and their dependencies only)
+                // the parent_id needs to be enabled in order to be properly parsed by finalize_run_status, the visit
+                // does the job
+                test_unit& tu_parent = framework::get( parent_id, TUT_ANY );
+                enabler.visit( tu_parent );
+                parent_id = tu_parent.p_parent_id;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Jamfile.v2 b/test/Jamfile.v2
index f5bc1fd5..2f71457c 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/Jamfile.v2
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ test-suite "test-organization-ts"
   [ boost.test-self-test run : test-organization-ts : dataset-variadic_and_move_semantic-test : : : : : : $(requirements_datasets) ]
   [ boost.test-self-test run : test-organization-ts : test_unit-order-test ]
   [ boost.test-self-test run : test-organization-ts : test_unit-order-shuffled-test : : : : : : $(requirements_boost_test_full_support) ]
+  [ boost.test-self-test run : test-organization-ts : test_unit-nested-suite-dependency ]
   [ boost.test-self-test run : test-organization-ts : test-tree-management-test ]
   [ boost.test-self-test run : test-organization-ts : test-tree-several-suite-decl ]
 ;
diff --git a/test/test-organization-ts/test_unit-nested-suite-dependency.cpp b/test/test-organization-ts/test_unit-nested-suite-dependency.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cf38cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-organization-ts/test_unit-nested-suite-dependency.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+//  (C) Copyright Raffi Enficiaud 2017.
+//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//  (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/test for the library home page.
+//
+//! @file
+//! checking the nested suites activation, ticket trac #13149
+// *****************************************************************************
+
+#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE test_nested_dependency
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include <boost/test/unit_test_parameters.hpp>
+#include <boost/test/tree/test_case_counter.hpp>
+#include <boost/test/tree/traverse.hpp>
+
+// initial reproducing snippet on the corresponding ticket
+#if 0
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(suite1, *boost::unit_test::depends_on("suite2"))
+	BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(suite1_nested)
+    BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(suite1_test1)
+    {
+      BOOST_CHECK(true);
+    }
+	BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(suite2)
+  BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(suite2_test2)
+  {
+    BOOST_CHECK(true);
+  }
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+#endif
+
+void suite1_test1()
+{
+  BOOST_CHECK(true);
+}
+
+void suite2_test2()
+{
+  BOOST_CHECK(true);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( some_test )
+{
+    using namespace boost::unit_test;
+
+    // test tree
+    test_suite* master_ts = BOOST_TEST_SUITE("local master");
+    test_suite* t_suite1 = BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "suite1" );
+    test_suite* t_suite1_nested = BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "suite1_nested" );
+    t_suite1_nested->add( BOOST_TEST_CASE( suite1_test1 ) );
+    t_suite1->add(t_suite1_nested);
+
+    test_suite* t_suite2 = BOOST_TEST_SUITE( "suite2" );
+    t_suite2->add( BOOST_TEST_CASE( suite2_test2 ) );
+
+    master_ts->add(t_suite1);
+    master_ts->add(t_suite2);
+
+    // dependencies
+    t_suite1->depends_on( t_suite2 );
+
+    // running
+    char const* argv[] = { "dummy-test-module.exe", "--log_level=all", "--run_test=suite1/suite1_nested"};
+    int argc = sizeof(argv)/sizeof(argv[0]);
+
+    master_ts->p_default_status.value = test_unit::RS_ENABLED;
+    framework::finalize_setup_phase( master_ts->p_id );
+
+    runtime_config::init( argc, (char**)argv );
+    framework::impl::setup_for_execution( *master_ts );
+
+    // no need to run
+    //framework::run( master_ts );
+
+    // we should have 2 test cases enabled with this run parameters
+    test_case_counter tcc;
+    traverse_test_tree( master_ts->p_id, tcc );
+    BOOST_TEST( tcc.p_count == 2 );
+}