diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/frontend-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 026ff10c..53d04923 100644
--- a/frontend-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@
               <filterProperties>
                 <repository.proxy.url>${repository.proxy.url}</repository.proxy.url>
               </filterProperties>
-              <pomIncludes>**/pom.xml</pomIncludes>
+              <pomIncludes>
+                <pomInclude>**/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+                <pomInclude>!**/sub-*/pom.xml</pomInclude>
+              </pomIncludes>
             </configuration>
 
             <executions>
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.bash_profile b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.bash_profile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9db6f1d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.bash_profile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FNM_DIR=$HOME/.fnm
+PATH=$FNM_DIR:$PATH
+eval "$(fnm env --use-on-cd --version-file-strategy=recursive --shell bash)"
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.gitignore b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c3629e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.nvmrc b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78a94959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v20.15.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/install-fnm.sh b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/install-fnm.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..175118d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/install-fnm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# invoker env variables are not loaded yet
+export HOME="$(dirname "$0")"
+
+export FNM_DIR="$HOME/.fnm";
+mkdir "$FNM_DIR"
+
+curl -fsSL https://fnm.vercel.app/install | bash -s -- --install-dir "$FNM_DIR" --skip-shell --force-install
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/invoker.properties b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9a961e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+invoker.environmentVariables.HOME=${basedir}/target/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules
+invoker.environmentVariables.FNM_DIR=${basedir}/target/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/.fnm
+invoker.environmentVariables.XDG_DATA_HOME=${basedir}/target/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/pom.xml b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35d4b254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+    <artifactId>fnm-with-modules</artifactId>
+    <version>0</version>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>sub-module</module>
+    </modules>
+
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <!-- NB! Set <version> to the latest released version of frontend-maven-plugin, like in README.md -->
+                    <version>@project.version@</version>
+
+                    <configuration>
+                        <workingDirectory>${basedir}</workingDirectory>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+                <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>install node</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/prebuild.groovy b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/prebuild.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ee4d10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/prebuild.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+def p = "bash $basedir/install-fnm.sh".execute()
+p.waitFor()
+println p.text
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/package-lock.json b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a8b7d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "name": "example",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "lockfileVersion": 2,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "example",
+      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "classnames": "^2.3.2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/classnames": {
+      "version": "2.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/classnames/-/classnames-2.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CSbhY4cFEJRe6/GQzIk5qXZ4Jeg5pcsP7b5peFSDpffpe1cqjASH/n9UTjBwOp6XpMSTwQ8Za2K5V02ueA7Tmw=="
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "classnames": {
+      "version": "2.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/classnames/-/classnames-2.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CSbhY4cFEJRe6/GQzIk5qXZ4Jeg5pcsP7b5peFSDpffpe1cqjASH/n9UTjBwOp6XpMSTwQ8Za2K5V02ueA7Tmw=="
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/package.json b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e36bdbfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "example",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "classnames": "^2.3.2"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "prebuild": "npm install"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/pom.xml b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e81c70dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/sub-module/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+        <artifactId>fnm-with-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>0</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>fnm-with-modules-sub-module</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+                <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>npm ci</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>npm</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <!-- Optional configuration which provides for running any npm command -->
+                        <configuration>
+                            <arguments>ci</arguments>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/verify.groovy b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9759bced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-modules/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils
+
+String buildLog = FileUtils.fileRead(new File(basedir, 'build.log'))
+assert buildLog.contains('Installing node with FNM') : 'Node has been installed with a different version manager'
+
+assert !new File(basedir, 'node').exists() : "Node was installed bypassing version manager"
+assert new File(basedir, 'sub-module/node_modules').exists() : "Node modules were not installed in the base directory"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-npm/verify.groovy b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-npm/verify.groovy
index 07e5cc50..ff99e02a 100644
--- a/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-npm/verify.groovy
+++ b/frontend-maven-plugin/src/it/node-version-manager/fnm/with-npm/verify.groovy
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils
 String buildLog = FileUtils.fileRead(new File(basedir, 'build.log'))
 assert buildLog.contains('Installing node with FNM') : 'Node has been installed with a different version manager'
 
-assert !new File(basedir, 'node').exists() : "with-npm: Node was installed bypassing version manager"
-assert new File(basedir, 'node_modules').exists() : "with-npm: Node modules were not installed in the base directory"
\ No newline at end of file
+assert !new File(basedir, 'node').exists() : "Node was installed bypassing version manager"
+assert new File(basedir, 'node_modules').exists() : "Node modules were not installed in the base directory"
\ No newline at end of file