diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 4602e436..2a5aca60 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ def pkg_relations(rel_type, args_):
         default=False, help='Don\'t report version information')
     parser.add_argument('--dont-strip-revision', action='store_true',
         default=False, help='Always treat VERSION macro as VERSION-REVISION')
+    parser.add_argument('--recursive', action='store_true',
+        default=False, help='Find dependencies recursively')
     parser.add_argument('--dont-expand-version-macros', action='store_true',
         default=False, help='Don\'t expand VERSION and REVISION macros')
     args = parser.parse_args(args_)
@@ -507,12 +509,20 @@ def pkg_relations(rel_type, args_):
     else:
         subsecs = args.subsections.split(',')
     debug('flavour = ', args.flavour, ', subsecs = ', ' '.join(subsecs))
+
     r = []
     flavours = args.flavour.split(',')
     for flavour in flavours:
         for s in subsecs:
-            for m in args.module:
-                value = get_value(m, 'pkg.' + rel_type + '.' + s, flavour)
+            section = 'pkg.' + rel_type + '.' + s
+            visited = set()
+            modules = args.module.copy()
+            while len(modules):
+                m = modules.pop(0)
+                if m in visited:
+                    continue
+                visited.add(m)
+                value = get_value(m, section, flavour)
                 if not value:
                     continue
                 deps = value.split(',')
@@ -521,29 +531,34 @@ def pkg_relations(rel_type, args_):
                     if args.no_version:
                         dep = dep[:1]
                     dep = list(map(str.strip, dep))
+                    dep_name = re.sub('-dev$|-devel$|-run$', '', dep[0])
                     if args.no_subpackages:
-                        dep[0] = re.sub('-dev$|-devel$|-run$', '', dep[0])
+                        dep[0] = dep_name
                     for i, item in enumerate(dep):
                         dep[i] = item.strip()
-                    if s == 'jw' and len(dep) == 3:
-                        dep_project = re.sub(r'-devel$|-dev$|-run$', '', dep[0])
-                        if args.dont_expand_version_macros and dep_project in args.module:
-                            version = dep[2]
-                        else:
-                            version = get_value(dep_project, 'version', '')
-                        if dep[2] == 'VERSION':
-                            if args.dont_strip_revision:
-                                dep[2] = version
+                    if s == 'jw':
+                        if args.recursive and not dep_name in visited and not dep_name in modules:
+                            modules.append(dep_name)
+                        if len(dep) == 3:
+                            if args.dont_expand_version_macros and dep_name in args.module:
+                                version = dep[2]
                             else:
-                                dep[2] = version.split('-')[0]
-                        elif dep[2] == 'VERSION-REVISION':
-                            dep[2] = version
-                        elif version_pattern.match(dep[2]):
-                            # dep[2] = dep[2]
-                            pass
-                        else:
-                            raise Exception("Unknown version specifier in " + spec)
-                    r.append(' '.join(dep))
+                                version = get_value(dep_name, 'version', '')
+                            if dep[2] == 'VERSION':
+                                if args.dont_strip_revision:
+                                    dep[2] = version
+                                else:
+                                    dep[2] = version.split('-')[0]
+                            elif dep[2] == 'VERSION-REVISION':
+                                dep[2] = version
+                            elif version_pattern.match(dep[2]):
+                                # dep[2] = dep[2]
+                                pass
+                            else:
+                                raise Exception("Unknown version specifier in " + spec)
+                    cleaned_dep = ' '.join(dep)
+                    if not cleaned_dep in r:
+                        r.append(cleaned_dep)
     print(args.delimiter.join(r))
 
 def get_libname(names):