diff --git a/native-maven-plugin/src/functionalTest/groovy/org/graalvm/buildtools/maven/JavaApplicationWithTestsFunctionalTest.groovy b/native-maven-plugin/src/functionalTest/groovy/org/graalvm/buildtools/maven/JavaApplicationWithTestsFunctionalTest.groovy
index 80e6f5c18..a7ca1d4e6 100644
--- a/native-maven-plugin/src/functionalTest/groovy/org/graalvm/buildtools/maven/JavaApplicationWithTestsFunctionalTest.groovy
+++ b/native-maven-plugin/src/functionalTest/groovy/org/graalvm/buildtools/maven/JavaApplicationWithTestsFunctionalTest.groovy
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 package org.graalvm.buildtools.maven
 
+import spock.lang.IgnoreIf
 import spock.lang.Issue
 
 class JavaApplicationWithTestsFunctionalTest extends AbstractGraalVMMavenFunctionalTest {
@@ -153,4 +154,32 @@ class JavaApplicationWithTestsFunctionalTest extends AbstractGraalVMMavenFunctio
         outputContains "SurefirePlugin - Tests run: 8, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0"
     }
 
+    @IgnoreIf({ os.windows })
+    def "dependencies with scope provided are on classpath for test binary"() {
+        withSample("java-application-with-tests")
+
+        when:
+        mvn '-Pnative', '-DquickBuild', 'test'
+
+        def expectedOutput = ["local-repo", "org", "apache", "commons", "commons-lang3", "3.12.0", "commons-lang3-3.12.0.jar"].join(File.separator)
+
+        then:
+        buildSucceeded
+        outputContains expectedOutput
+    }
+
+    @IgnoreIf({ os.windows })
+    def "dependencies with scope provided are not on classpath for main binary"() {
+        withSample("java-application-with-tests")
+
+        when:
+        mvn '-Pnative', '-DquickBuild', '-DskipNativeTests', 'package'
+
+        def expectedOutput = ["local-repo", "org", "apache", "commons", "commons-lang3", "3.12.0", "commons-lang3-3.12.0.jar"].join(File.separator)
+
+        then:
+        buildSucceeded
+        outputDoesNotContain expectedOutput
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/native-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/graalvm/buildtools/maven/NativeTestMojo.java b/native-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/graalvm/buildtools/maven/NativeTestMojo.java
index a59009a57..353370829 100644
--- a/native-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/graalvm/buildtools/maven/NativeTestMojo.java
+++ b/native-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/graalvm/buildtools/maven/NativeTestMojo.java
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ protected List<String> getDependencyScopes() {
             Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE,
             Artifact.SCOPE_RUNTIME,
             Artifact.SCOPE_TEST,
-            Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE_PLUS_RUNTIME
+            Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE_PLUS_RUNTIME,
+            Artifact.SCOPE_PROVIDED
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/samples/java-application-with-tests/pom.xml b/samples/java-application-with-tests/pom.xml
index a5631def4..19b088af7 100644
--- a/samples/java-application-with-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/java-application-with-tests/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>