diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
index ff4036c..344180e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-installer/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <appendedResourcesDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/appended-resources</appendedResourcesDirectory>
+
+    <failsafe.test.excludes>**/DmlRecoveryIT.java</failsafe.test.excludes>
+    <cluster.test.excludes>**/AsterixClusterLifeCycleIT.java</cluster.test.excludes>
+    <cluster.extest.excludes>**/ClusterExecutionIT.java</cluster.extest.excludes>
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>
@@ -307,6 +311,17 @@
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludes combine.children="append">
+            <exclude>${failsafe.test.excludes}</exclude>
+            <exclude>${cluster.test.excludes}</exclude>
+            <exclude>${cluster.extest.excludes}</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index b708187..e49f9aa 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@
     <global.test.includes>**/*TestSuite.java,**/*Test.java</global.test.includes>
     <global.test.excludes>${invalid.tests},${repeated.tests}</global.test.excludes>
 
-    <failsafe.test.excludes>**/DmlRecoveryIT.java</failsafe.test.excludes>
-    <cluster.test.excludes>**/AsterixClusterLifeCycleIT.java</cluster.test.excludes>
-    <cluster.extest.excludes>**/ClusterExecutionIT.java</cluster.extest.excludes>
-
     <!-- Versions under dependencymanagement or used in many projects via properties -->
     <algebricks.version>0.3.2-SNAPSHOT</algebricks.version>
     <hyracks.version>0.3.2-SNAPSHOT</hyracks.version>
@@ -117,11 +113,6 @@
           <forkCount>1</forkCount>
           <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
           <argLine>${coverageArgLine}</argLine>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>${failsafe.test.excludes}</exclude>
-            <exclude>${cluster.test.excludes}</exclude>
-            <exclude>${cluster.extest.excludes}</exclude>
-          </excludes>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>