diff --git a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactCollector.java b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactCollector.java
index 4547c66cb6..8f26cc7d99 100644
--- a/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactCollector.java
+++ b/maven-artifact/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/resolver/DefaultArtifactCollector.java
@@ -274,6 +274,15 @@ else if ( currentRange == null )
                         }
 
                         ResolutionGroup rGroup = source.retrieve( artifact, localRepository, remoteRepositories );
+
+                        //TODO might be better to have source.retreive() throw a specific exception for this situation
+                        //and catch here rather than have it return null
+                        if ( rGroup == null )
+                        {
+                            //relocated dependency artifact is declared excluded, no need to add and recurse further
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
                         child.addDependencies( rGroup.getArtifacts(), rGroup.getResolutionRepositories(), filter );
                     }
                     catch ( CyclicDependencyException e )
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
index 77f2304cbd..b31f273eb9 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ public ResolutionGroup retrieve( Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepo
                             artifact.setVersion( relocation.getVersion() );
                         }
 
+                        if ( artifact.getDependencyFilter() != null &&
+                            !artifact.getDependencyFilter().include( artifact ) )
+                        {
+                            return null;
+                        }
+
                         String message = "\n  This artifact has been relocated to " + artifact.getGroupId() + ":" +
                             artifact.getArtifactId() + ":" + artifact.getVersion() + ".\n";
 
@@ -199,8 +205,8 @@ public ResolutionGroup retrieve( Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepo
                 // or used the inherited scope (should that be passed to the buildFromRepository method above?)
                 try
                 {
-                    artifacts =
-                        project.createArtifacts( artifactFactory, artifact.getScope(), artifact.getDependencyFilter() );
+                    artifacts = project.createArtifacts( artifactFactory, artifact.getScope(),
+                                                         artifact.getDependencyFilter() );
                 }
                 catch ( InvalidDependencyVersionException e )
                 {