diff --git a/internal/behavior/models.go b/internal/behavior/models.go
index 3649166..7bc6151 100644
--- a/internal/behavior/models.go
+++ b/internal/behavior/models.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ type Child struct {
 	// Parent is the flag to indicate whether the program is running in parent mode
 	Parent string
 
+	ParentLifecycles []string
+
 	// ParentParams is the list of parameters to be passed to the parent
 	ParentParams []string
 }
diff --git a/internal/ci/module_run.go b/internal/ci/module_run.go
index 29ecffd..ba6c7f1 100644
--- a/internal/ci/module_run.go
+++ b/internal/ci/module_run.go
@@ -163,13 +163,28 @@ func (m *Module) run(conductor *Conductor, source string, evalCtx *hcl.EvalConte
 		})
 	}
 
+	var parentLifecycles []string
+	if cfg.Behavior.Child.ParentLifecycles != nil {
+		parentLifecycles = cfg.Behavior.Child.ParentLifecycles
+	}
+	if m.Lifecycle != nil {
+		conductor.Eval().Mutex().RLock()
+		lifecyclePhases, d := m.Lifecycle.Phase.Value(evalCtx)
+		conductor.Eval().Mutex().RUnlock()
+		diags = diags.Extend(d)
+		for _, phase := range lifecyclePhases.AsValueSlice() {
+			parentLifecycles = append(parentLifecycles, phase.AsString())
+		}
+	}
+
 	b := &behavior.Behavior{
 		Unattended: conductor.Config.Behavior.Unattended,
 		Ci:         conductor.Config.Behavior.Ci,
 		Child: behavior.Child{
-			Enabled:      true,
-			Parent:       "",
-			ParentParams: nil,
+			Enabled:          true,
+			Parent:           "",
+			ParentParams:     nil,
+			ParentLifecycles: parentLifecycles,
 		},
 		DryRun: false,
 	}
@@ -194,8 +209,7 @@ func (m *Module) run(conductor *Conductor, source string, evalCtx *hcl.EvalConte
 	conductorOptions = append(conductorOptions, ConductorWithParser(conductor.Parser))
 
 	// populate input variables for the child conductor, which would be passed to the module
-	attrs, d := m.Body.JustAttributes()
-	diags = diags.Extend(d)
+	attrs, _ := m.Body.JustAttributes()
 	for _, attr := range attrs {
 		//we need to evaluate the values first within the parent's evaluation context
 		//before sending it to the child goroutine and child conductor
diff --git a/internal/ci/run.go b/internal/ci/run.go
index 6f0c8fe..9ee8aa1 100644
--- a/internal/ci/run.go
+++ b/internal/ci/run.go
@@ -112,10 +112,16 @@ func BlockCanRun(runnable Block, conductor *Conductor, runnableId string, depGra
 	ok = false
 	overridden = false
 
-	// if the list is empty, we will assume that the runnable is not overridden
+	// if the list is empty, we will assume that the runnable is not overridden,
 	// and we will run all module blocks. This is so that the child processoe
 	var phases []cty.Value
-	var phasesDefined bool
+
+	// if the parent config has lifecycles defined, we will append it to the child
+	for _, phase := range conductor.Config.Behavior.Child.ParentLifecycles {
+		phases = append(phases, cty.StringVal(phase))
+	}
+
+	var phasesDefined bool = len(phases) > 0
 	stage := runnable.(PhasedBlock)
 	if stage.LifecycleConfig() != nil {
 		evalContext := conductor.Eval().Context()
@@ -126,8 +132,8 @@ func BlockCanRun(runnable Block, conductor *Conductor, runnableId string, depGra
 			diags = diags.Extend(d)
 			return false, false, diags
 		}
-		phasesDefined = !phaseHcl.IsNull()
-		phases = phaseHcl.AsValueSlice()
+		phasesDefined = !phaseHcl.IsNull() || len(phases) > 0
+		phases = append(phases, phaseHcl.AsValueSlice()...)
 	}
 
 	if runnable.Type() == blocks.ModuleBlock && len(phases) == 0 && !phasesDefined {
diff --git a/tests/togomak.hcl b/tests/togomak.hcl
index 0a944d4..2ea4c83 100644
--- a/tests/togomak.hcl
+++ b/tests/togomak.hcl
@@ -49,6 +49,36 @@ stage "tests" {
   }
 }
 
+stage "module_phase_test" {
+  pre_hook {
+    stage {
+      script = "echo ${ansi.fg.green}${each.key}${ansi.reset}: full"
+    }
+  }
+
+  for_each = toset([
+    "../examples/module-phases-inheritance/togomak.hcl",
+  ])
+
+  depends_on = [stage.build, stage.coverage_prepare]
+  args = [
+    "./togomak_coverage",
+    "-C", dirname(each.key),
+    "--ci", "-v", "-v", "-v", 
+    "add"
+  ]
+
+  env {
+    name  = "GOCOVERDIR"
+    value = local.coverage_data_dir
+  }
+  env {
+    name  = "TOGOMAK_VAR_name"
+    value = "bot"
+  }
+
+}
+
 
 stage "tests_dry_run" {
   pre_hook {