diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 3fe652cf..be6119ff 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 currentVersion=2.13.x-SNAPSHOT
+
diff --git a/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilder.java b/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilder.java
index b07a2bfa..0805cfdd 100644
--- a/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/services/src/main/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class AqlQueryBuilder {
     private AqlRootElement root = new AqlRootElement();
     private AqlItem sort;
     private AqlInclude include;
+    private boolean isTransitive = false;
 
     public AqlQueryBuilder item(AqlItem item) {
         root.putAll(item.value());
@@ -83,10 +84,20 @@ public AqlQueryBuilder desc(String... by) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public AqlQueryBuilder transitive() {
+        this.isTransitive = true;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public String build() {
         try {
             ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            return "items.find(" + getRootAsString(mapper) + ")" + getIncludeAsString() + getSortAsString(mapper);
+            String aql = "items.find(" + getRootAsString(mapper) + ")" + getIncludeAsString()
+                + getSortAsString(mapper);
+            if (this.isTransitive) {
+                aql += ".transitive()";
+            }
+            return aql;
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
             throw new AqlBuilderException("Error serializing object to json: ", e);
         }
diff --git a/services/src/main/resources/artifactory.client.release.properties b/services/src/main/resources/artifactory.client.release.properties
index f1c77e38..7bda86c6 100644
--- a/services/src/main/resources/artifactory.client.release.properties
+++ b/services/src/main/resources/artifactory.client.release.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-version=2.13.x-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+version=2.13.x-SNAPSHOT
+
diff --git a/services/src/test/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilderTest.java b/services/src/test/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilderTest.java
index cd69b590..b8e4ee1b 100644
--- a/services/src/test/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilderTest.java
+++ b/services/src/test/java/org/jfrog/artifactory/client/aql/AqlQueryBuilderTest.java
@@ -236,4 +236,12 @@ public void emptyElements() {
         assertThat(result, notNullValue());
         assertThat(result, is("items.find()"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void transitive() {
+        String result = new AqlQueryBuilder().include("size", "name", "repo").transitive().build();
+
+        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(result, is("items.find().include(\"size\",\"name\",\"repo\").transitive()"));
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file