diff --git a/sample_files/oca_modules.txt b/sample_files/oca_modules.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adb516066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sample_files/oca_modules.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# List the OCA satellite projects to merge into this repo
+# Format <repo identifier> <repo git url> <repo branch>
+
+# Examples
+# ========
+#
+# To integrate the modules in the 'OCA/web' repository, use:
+# web
+#
+# To explicitely give the URL of a fork, and still use the version specified in
+# .travis.yml, use:
+# web https://github.com/OCA/web.git
+#
+# To provide both the URL and a branch, use:
+# web https://github.com/OCA/web.git branchname
diff --git a/tests/test_repo/oca_modules.txt b/tests/test_repo/oca_modules.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6bb7e1a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_repo/oca_modules.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# List the OCA satellite projects to merge into this repo
+# Format <repo identifier> <repo git url> <repo branch>
+
+integrated-repo https://github.com/OCA/maintainer-quality-tools.git test-dependencies
diff --git a/travis/clone_oca_dependencies b/travis/clone_oca_dependencies
index f6541aec5..38307850f 100755
--- a/travis/clone_oca_dependencies
+++ b/travis/clone_oca_dependencies
@@ -56,26 +56,55 @@ def parse_depfile(depsfile_path, owner='OCA'):
     return deps
 
 
-def git_checkout(deps_checkout_dir, reponame, url, branch):
-    checkout_dir = osp.join(deps_checkout_dir, reponame)
-    if not osp.isdir(checkout_dir):
-        command = ['git', 'clone', '-q', url, '-b', branch, checkout_dir]
-        _logger.info('Calling %s', ' '.join(command))
-        subprocess.check_call(command)
-    return checkout_dir
-
-
-def clone_repos(checkout_path, repo_path, deps_name='oca_dependencies.txt'):
-    """Clone all repos to a give directory all repos in a dependency file"""
-    deps_path = osp.join(repo_path, deps_name)
-    if osp.isdir(repo_path) and osp.isfile(deps_path):
-        deps = parse_depfile(deps_path) or []
+def run_shell(command):
+    _logger.info('Calling %s', ' '.join(command))
+    return subprocess.check_call(command)
+
+
+def git_clone(checkout_path, reponame, url, branch):
+    checkout_path = osp.join(checkout_path, reponame)
+    if not osp.isdir(checkout_path):
+        run_shell(['git', 'clone', '-q', url, '-b', branch, checkout_path])
+    return checkout_path
+
+
+def git_merge(checkout_path, reponame, url, branch):
+    if osp.isdir(checkout_path):
+        run_shell(
+            ['git', 'config', '--global',
+             'user.email', 'bot@odoo-community.org'])
+        run_shell(
+            ['git', 'config', '--global',
+             'user.name', 'OCA Bot'])
+        run_shell(
+            ['git', '-C', checkout_path, 'fetch', url, branch])
+        run_shell(
+            ['git', '-C', checkout_path, 'merge', '--no-edit',
+             '-X', 'ours', 'FETCH_HEAD'])
+    return checkout_path
+
+
+def clone_repos(method, deps_path, deps_name, target_path):
+    #, git_command, repo_path=None,
+    #            deps_name='oca_dependencies.txt'):
+    """Recursively install all dependency repositories
+
+    method:   function retrieving the repository
+    deps_path:  path where the dependency file is
+    deps_name:  name of the dependency file
+    target_path:  repository destination path
+    """
+    deps_file_path = osp.join(deps_path, deps_name)
+    if osp.isfile(deps_file_path):
+        deps = parse_depfile(deps_file_path) or []
         for dep_name, url, branch in deps:
-            if dep_name not in os.listdir(checkout_path):
-                _logger.info('Processing %s', dep_name)
-                checkout_dir = git_checkout(
-                    checkout_path, dep_name, url, branch)
-                clone_repos(deps_checkout_dir, checkout_dir)
+            _logger.info('Processing %s', dep_name)
+            checkout_path = method(
+                target_path, dep_name, url, branch)
+            if checkout_path and checkout_path != target_path:
+                # Only drill down if checkout was on another path
+                clone_repos(
+                    method, checkout_path, deps_name, target_path)
 
 
 def install_requirements(parent_path):
@@ -93,7 +122,10 @@ def install_requirements(parent_path):
 
 
 def run(deps_checkout_dir, build_dir):
-    clone_repos(deps_checkout_dir, build_dir)
+    clone_repos(
+        git_merge, build_dir, 'oca_modules.txt', build_dir)
+    clone_repos(
+        git_clone, build_dir, 'oca_dependencies.txt', deps_checkout_dir)
     install_requirements(deps_checkout_dir)
     install_requirements(build_dir)