diff --git a/src/report/dot.template.hbs b/src/report/dot.template.hbs
index a093d7f6c..5f14aafbe 100644
--- a/src/report/dot.template.hbs
+++ b/src/report/dot.template.hbs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ digraph "dependency-cruiser output"{
     edge [color=black arrowhead=normal fontname="Helvetica" fontsize="9"]
 
 {{#each things}}
-    {{#if folder}}{{#each path}}subgraph "cluster_{{{.}}}" {label="{{{.}}}" style="rounded" {{/each}}"{{{source}}}" [label="{{{label}}}"]{{#each path}} }{{/each}}
+    {{#if folder}}{{#each path}}subgraph "cluster_{{{aggregateDir}}}" {label="{{{dir}}}" style="rounded" {{/each}}"{{{source}}}" [label="{{{label}}}"]{{#each path}} }{{/each}}
     {{else~}}
     "{{{source}}}"
     {{/if}}
diff --git a/src/report/dot.template.js b/src/report/dot.template.js
index 6de181ce3..f2165a58e 100644
--- a/src/report/dot.template.js
+++ b/src/report/dot.template.js
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ templates['dot.template.hbs'] = template({"1":function(container,depth0,helpers,
     + ((stack1 = helpers.each.call(alias1,(depth0 != null ? depth0.path : depth0),{"name":"each","hash":{},"fn":container.program(5, data, 0),"inverse":container.noop,"data":data})) != null ? stack1 : "")
     + "\n";
 },"3":function(container,depth0,helpers,partials,data) {
-    var stack1, alias1=container.lambda;
+    var stack1, helper, alias1=depth0 != null ? depth0 : {}, alias2=helpers.helperMissing, alias3="function";
 
   return "subgraph \"cluster_"
-    + ((stack1 = alias1(depth0, depth0)) != null ? stack1 : "")
+    + ((stack1 = ((helper = (helper = helpers.aggregateDir || (depth0 != null ? depth0.aggregateDir : depth0)) != null ? helper : alias2),(typeof helper === alias3 ? helper.call(alias1,{"name":"aggregateDir","hash":{},"data":data}) : helper))) != null ? stack1 : "")
     + "\" {label=\""
-    + ((stack1 = alias1(depth0, depth0)) != null ? stack1 : "")
+    + ((stack1 = ((helper = (helper = helpers.dir || (depth0 != null ? depth0.dir : depth0)) != null ? helper : alias2),(typeof helper === alias3 ? helper.call(alias1,{"name":"dir","hash":{},"data":data}) : helper))) != null ? stack1 : "")
     + "\" style=\"rounded\" ";
 },"5":function(container,depth0,helpers,partials,data) {
     return " }";
diff --git a/src/report/dotReporter.js b/src/report/dotReporter.js
index 91f312057..f9938c6d3 100644
--- a/src/report/dotReporter.js
+++ b/src/report/dotReporter.js
@@ -5,22 +5,26 @@ const Handlebars = require("handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars.runtime");
 
 require("./dot.template");
 
-Handlebars.registerPartial(
-    'dot.template.hbs',
-    Handlebars.templates['dot.template.hbs']
-);
-
 function compareOnSource(pOne, pTwo) {
     return pOne.source > pTwo.source ? 1 : -1;
 }
 
+let toFullPath = (pAll, pCurrent) => `${pAll}${path.sep}${pCurrent}`;
+
+function agg (pFolder, i, ary){
+    return {
+        dir: pFolder,
+        aggregateDir: `${ary.slice(0, i).reduce(toFullPath, '')}${path.sep}${pFolder}`
+    };
+}
+
 function folderify(pDependencyItem) {
     let lAdditions = {};
     let lDirName = path.dirname(pDependencyItem.source);
 
     if (lDirName !== ".") {
         lAdditions.folder = lDirName;
-        lAdditions.path = lDirName.split(path.sep);
+        lAdditions.path = lDirName.split(path.sep).map(agg);
     }
 
     lAdditions.label = path.basename(pDependencyItem.source);
diff --git a/test/cli.index.spec.js b/test/cli.index.spec.js
index 96ffd84be..7ee5fd2c5 100644
--- a/test/cli.index.spec.js
+++ b/test/cli.index.spec.js
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ const testPairs = [
         expect: "{{moduleType}}.dir.filtered.dot",
         cleanup: true
     },
+    {
+        description: "dot - duplicate subs",
+        dirOrFile: "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs",
+        options: {
+            outputTo: path.join(OUT_DIR, "duplicate-subs.dot"),
+            outputType: "dot",
+            exclude: "node_modules"
+        },
+        expect: "duplicate-subs.dot",
+        cleanup: true
+    },
     {
         description: "csv",
         dirOrFile: "test/fixtures/{{moduleType}}",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/cjs.dir.filtered.dot b/test/fixtures/cjs.dir.filtered.dot
index 08af52e23..43d90a4f1 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/cjs.dir.filtered.dot
+++ b/test/fixtures/cjs.dir.filtered.dot
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ digraph "dependency-cruiser output"{
     node [shape=box style="rounded, filled" fillcolor="#ffffcc" height=0.2 fontname=Helvetica fontsize=9]
     edge [color=black arrowhead=normal fontname="Helvetica" fontsize="9"]
 
-    subgraph "cluster_test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/one_only_one.js" [label="one_only_one.js"] } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/one_only_two.js" [label="one_only_two.js"] } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/root_one.js" [label="root_one.js"] } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/root_two.js" [label="root_two.js"] } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/shared.js" [label="shared.js"] } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/sub/depindir.js" [label="depindir.js"] } } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/sub/dir.js" [label="dir.js"] } } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/two_only_one.js" [label="two_only_one.js"] } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/one_only_one.js" [label="one_only_one.js"] } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/one_only_two.js" [label="one_only_two.js"] } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/root_one.js" [label="root_one.js"] } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/root_two.js" [label="root_two.js"] } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/shared.js" [label="shared.js"] } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/sub/depindir.js" [label="depindir.js"] } } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/sub/dir.js" [label="dir.js"] } } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/cjs" {label="cjs" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/cjs/two_only_one.js" [label="two_only_one.js"] } } }
 
     "test/fixtures/cjs/one_only_one.js" -> "path" [color="grey"]
     "test/fixtures/cjs/one_only_two.js" -> "path" [color="grey"]
diff --git a/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs.dot b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs.dot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..148c3450f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs.dot
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+digraph "dependency-cruiser output"{
+    ordering=out
+    rankdir=LR
+    splines=true
+    overlap=false
+    nodesep=0.16
+    fontname="Helvetica"
+    fontsize="9"
+    compound=true
+    node [shape=box style="rounded, filled" fillcolor="#ffffcc" height=0.2 fontname=Helvetica fontsize=9]
+    edge [color=black arrowhead=normal fontname="Helvetica" fontsize="9"]
+
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs" {label="duplicate-subs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub" {label="nested-sub" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/index.js" [label="index.js"] } } } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs" {label="duplicate-subs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub" {label="nested-sub" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/sub.js" [label="sub.js"] } } } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs" {label="duplicate-subs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub" {label="nested-sub" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/wakka.js" [label="wakka.js"] } } } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs" {label="duplicate-subs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/index.js" [label="index.js"] } } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs" {label="duplicate-subs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/more-in-sub.js" [label="more-in-sub.js"] } } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/test" {label="test" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures" {label="fixtures" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs" {label="duplicate-subs" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/most-in-sub.js" [label="most-in-sub.js"] } } } }
+
+    "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/index.js" -> "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/sub.js" 
+    "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/index.js" -> "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/wakka.js" 
+    "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/sub.js" -> "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/wakka.js" 
+    "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/index.js" -> "test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/index.js" 
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/index.js b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cecafd30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const wakka = require('./wakka');
+const sub = require('./sub');
+
+console.log('yo from nested-sub/sub');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/sub.js b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/sub.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7dbc31ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/sub.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+let sub = require('./wakka');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/wakka.js b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/wakka.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c54cf471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/nested-sub/sub/wakka.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exports.yo = () => 'nothing, really';
diff --git a/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/index.js b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcfbbd830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+const sub = require('../nested-sub/sub');
+console.log('yo from sub');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/more-in-sub.js b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/more-in-sub.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/most-in-sub.js b/test/fixtures/duplicate-subs/sub/most-in-sub.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/test/report.dotReporter.spec.js b/test/report.dotReporter.spec.js
index d1fe69806..008a44013 100644
--- a/test/report.dotReporter.spec.js
+++ b/test/report.dotReporter.spec.js
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ const elFixture = `digraph "dependency-cruiser output"{
     node [shape=box style="rounded, filled" fillcolor="#ffffcc" height=0.2 fontname=Helvetica fontsize=9]
     edge [color=black arrowhead=normal fontname="Helvetica" fontsize="9"]
 
-    subgraph "cluster_node_modules" {label="node_modules" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_somemodule" {label="somemodule" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_node_modules" {label="node_modules" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_someothermodule" {label="someothermodule" style="rounded" "node_modules/somemodule/node_modules/someothermodule/main.js" [label="main.js"] } } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_node_modules" {label="node_modules" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_somemodule" {label="somemodule" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_src" {label="src" style="rounded" "node_modules/somemodule/src/moar-javascript.js" [label="moar-javascript.js"] } } }
-    subgraph "cluster_node_modules" {label="node_modules" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_somemodule" {label="somemodule" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_src" {label="src" style="rounded" "node_modules/somemodule/src/somemodule.js" [label="somemodule.js"] } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/node_modules" {label="node_modules" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/node_modules/somemodule" {label="somemodule" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/node_modules/somemodule/node_modules" {label="node_modules" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/node_modules/somemodule/node_modules/someothermodule" {label="someothermodule" style="rounded" "node_modules/somemodule/node_modules/someothermodule/main.js" [label="main.js"] } } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/node_modules" {label="node_modules" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/node_modules/somemodule" {label="somemodule" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/node_modules/somemodule/src" {label="src" style="rounded" "node_modules/somemodule/src/moar-javascript.js" [label="moar-javascript.js"] } } }
+    subgraph "cluster_/node_modules" {label="node_modules" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/node_modules/somemodule" {label="somemodule" style="rounded" subgraph "cluster_/node_modules/somemodule/src" {label="src" style="rounded" "node_modules/somemodule/src/somemodule.js" [label="somemodule.js"] } } }
     "one_only_one.js"
     "one_only_two.js"
     "root_one.js"
     "root_two.js"
     "shared.js"
-    subgraph "cluster_sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "sub/depindir.js" [label="depindir.js"] }
-    subgraph "cluster_sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "sub/dir.js" [label="dir.js"] }
+    subgraph "cluster_/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "sub/depindir.js" [label="depindir.js"] }
+    subgraph "cluster_/sub" {label="sub" style="rounded" "sub/dir.js" [label="dir.js"] }
     "two_only_one.js"
 
     "node_modules/somemodule/src/somemodule.js" -> "node_modules/somemodule/src/moar-javascript.js" [color="red" penwidth=2.0]