diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index e53c4486af..91f5c33a40 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public MavenProjectBuildingResult buildProjectWithDependencies( File pomFile, Pr
         Artifact pomArtifact = repositorySystem.createProjectArtifact( project.getGroupId(), project.getArtifactId(), project.getVersion() );
         pomArtifact.setFile( pomFile );
 
-        ArtifactResolutionRequest request = new ArtifactResolutionRequest().setArtifact( pomArtifact ).setArtifactDependencies( project.getDependencyArtifacts() )
+        ArtifactResolutionRequest request = new ArtifactResolutionRequest().setArtifact( pomArtifact ).setResolveTransitively( true ).setArtifactDependencies( project.getDependencyArtifacts() )
             .setLocalRepository( configuration.getLocalRepository() ).setRemoteRepostories( project.getRemoteArtifactRepositories() ).setManagedVersionMap( project.getManagedVersionMap() );
 
         ArtifactResolutionResult result = repositorySystem.resolve( request );
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
index e8f0912891..011b70f180 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSource.java
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ public ResolutionGroup retrieve( Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepo
     {
         Artifact pomArtifact = repositorySystem.createProjectArtifact( artifact.getGroupId(), artifact.getArtifactId(), artifact.getVersion() );
 
+        if ( "pom".equals( artifact.getType() ) )
+        {
+            pomArtifact.setFile( artifact.getFile() );
+        }
+
         Set<Artifact> artifacts = Collections.emptySet();
 
         ProjectBuilderConfiguration configuration = new DefaultProjectBuilderConfiguration();
@@ -79,7 +84,15 @@ public ResolutionGroup retrieve( Artifact artifact, ArtifactRepository localRepo
 
             if ( !artifact.getArtifactHandler().isIncludesDependencies() )
             {                
-                ArtifactFilter filter = new ScopeArtifactFilter( artifact.getScope() ); 
+                ArtifactFilter filter;
+                if ( artifact.getScope() == null )
+                {
+                    filter = null;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    filter = new ScopeArtifactFilter( artifact.getScope() );
+                }
                                 
                 artifacts = project.createArtifacts( filter );