diff --git a/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/SimpleProjectFunctionalTest.java b/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/SimpleProjectFunctionalTest.java
index 75f04e8e..3c4787c9 100644
--- a/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/SimpleProjectFunctionalTest.java
+++ b/analyzer/src/functTest/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/SimpleProjectFunctionalTest.java
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@ public void ensureAlignmentFileCreated() throws IOException, URISyntaxException,
             });
         });
 
-        //verify that dummy.gradle now includes the gme-repos.gradle injection
-        final File extraGradleFile = projectRoot.toPath().resolve("gradle/dummy.gradle").toFile();
+        //verify that dummy.gradle and another.gradle now includes the gme-repos.gradle injection
+        File extraGradleFile = projectRoot.toPath().resolve("gradle/dummy.gradle").toFile();
+        assertThat(extraGradleFile).exists();
+        assertThat(FileUtils.readLines(extraGradleFile, Charset.defaultCharset()))
+                .filteredOn(l -> l.trim().equals(AlignmentTask.APPLY_GME_REPOS)).hasSize(1);
+        extraGradleFile = projectRoot.toPath().resolve("gradle/subdirectory/another.gradle").toFile();
         assertThat(extraGradleFile).exists();
         assertThat(FileUtils.readLines(extraGradleFile, Charset.defaultCharset()))
                 .filteredOn(l -> l.trim().equals(AlignmentTask.APPLY_GME_REPOS)).hasSize(1);
diff --git a/analyzer/src/functTest/resources/simple-project/gradle/subdirectory/another.gradle b/analyzer/src/functTest/resources/simple-project/gradle/subdirectory/another.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60fbc7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/analyzer/src/functTest/resources/simple-project/gradle/subdirectory/another.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// this is used in order to test that gme-repos.gradle gets injected
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'de.thetaphi:forbiddenapis:2.5'
+    }
+}
diff --git a/analyzer/src/main/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/AlignmentTask.java b/analyzer/src/main/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/AlignmentTask.java
index 9c348a42..dc3228ed 100644
--- a/analyzer/src/main/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/AlignmentTask.java
+++ b/analyzer/src/main/java/org/jboss/gm/analyzer/alignment/AlignmentTask.java
@@ -128,8 +128,11 @@ public class AlignmentTask extends DefaultTask {
     /**
      * The groovy code to apply the {@link AlignmentTask#GME_REPOS gme-repos.gradle} build script.
      */
-    public static final String APPLY_GME_REPOS = "buildscript { apply from: new File(buildscript.getSourceFile().getParentFile(), \""
-            + GME_REPOS + "\"), to: buildscript }";
+    // Can't use the path of the build script as it may be in a subdirectory. Further it may be included from via
+    // a composite build which alters the root path.
+    public static final String APPLY_GME_REPOS = "buildscript { apply from: new File((gradle.getParent() == null ? gradle : gradle.getParent()).startParameter.getCurrentDir(), \"gradle/"
+            + GME_REPOS
+            + "\"), to: buildscript }";
     /**
      * The task name {@code generateAlignmentMetadata}.
      */