diff --git a/src/Acl.php b/src/Acl.php
index c4179e4..c00f166 100644
--- a/src/Acl.php
+++ b/src/Acl.php
@@ -572,7 +572,9 @@ public function setRule($operation, $type, $roles = null, $resources = null,
         $resources = array();
         foreach ($resourcesTemp as $resource) {
             if (null !== $resource) {
-                $resources[] = $this->getResource($resource);
+                $children = $this->getChildResources($this->getResource($resource));
+                $resources = array_merge($resources, $children);
+                $resources[$resource] = $this->getResource($resource);
             } else {
                 $resources[] = null;
             }
@@ -659,6 +661,28 @@ public function setRule($operation, $type, $roles = null, $resources = null,
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns all child resources from the given resource.
+     *
+     * @param  Resource\ResourceInterface|string    $resource
+     * @return Resource\ResourceInterface[]
+     */
+    protected function getChildResources(Resource\ResourceInterface $resource)
+    {
+        $return = array();
+        $id = $resource->getResourceId();
+
+        $children = $this->resources[$id]['children'];
+        foreach($children as $child) {
+            $child_return = $this->getChildResources($child);
+            $child_return[$child->getResourceId()] = $child;
+
+            $return = array_merge($return, $child_return);
+        }
+
+        return $return;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns true if and only if the Role has access to the Resource
      *
@@ -747,7 +771,10 @@ public function isAllowed($role = null, $resource = null, $privilege = null)
                 if (null !== ($ruleType = $this->getRuleType($resource, null, $privilege))) {
                     return self::TYPE_ALLOW === $ruleType;
                 } elseif (null !== ($ruleTypeAllPrivileges = $this->getRuleType($resource, null, null))) {
-                    return self::TYPE_ALLOW === $ruleTypeAllPrivileges;
+                    $result = self::TYPE_ALLOW === $ruleTypeAllPrivileges;
+                    if ($result || null === $resource) {
+                        return $result;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 // try next Resource
diff --git a/test/AclTest.php b/test/AclTest.php
index ebe62d1..b8788f5 100644
--- a/test/AclTest.php
+++ b/test/AclTest.php
@@ -1303,4 +1303,29 @@ public function testRemoveDenyWithNullResourceAppliesToAllResources()
         $this->assertFalse($this->_acl->isAllowed('guest', 'newsletter', 'read'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group ZF2-3454
+     */
+    public function testAclResourcePermissionsAreInheritedWithMultilevelResourcesAndDenyPolicy()
+    {
+        $this->_acl->addRole('guest');
+        $this->_acl->addResource('blogposts');
+        $this->_acl->addResource('feature', 'blogposts');
+        $this->_acl->addResource('post_1', 'feature');
+        $this->_acl->addResource('post_2', 'feature');
+
+        // Allow a guest to read feature posts and
+        // comment on everything except feature posts.
+        $this->_acl->deny();
+        $this->_acl->allow('guest', 'feature', 'read');
+        $this->_acl->allow('guest', null, 'comment');
+        $this->_acl->deny('guest', 'feature', 'comment');
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->_acl->isAllowed('guest', 'feature', 'write'));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->_acl->isAllowed('guest', 'post_1', 'read'));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->_acl->isAllowed('guest', 'post_2', 'read'));
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->_acl->isAllowed('guest', 'post_1', 'comment'));
+        $this->assertFalse($this->_acl->isAllowed('guest', 'post_2', 'comment'));
+    }
 }