diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultProjectDependenciesResolver.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultProjectDependenciesResolver.java
index cd2ca0c9f7..650fefaf2f 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultProjectDependenciesResolver.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultProjectDependenciesResolver.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package org.apache.maven;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -12,12 +10,8 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionResult;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ResolutionErrorHandler;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.AndArtifactFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ArtifactFilter;
-import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ExcludesArtifactFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ScopeArtifactFilter;
-import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
-import org.apache.maven.model.Exclusion;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.ProjectArtifact;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.RepositorySystem;
@@ -37,32 +31,10 @@ public class DefaultProjectDependenciesResolver
     public Set<Artifact> resolve( MavenProject project, String scope, ArtifactRepository localRepository, List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories )
         throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException
     {        
-        List<String> exclusions = new ArrayList<String>();
-        
-        for ( Dependency d : project.getDependencies() )
-        {
-            if ( d.getExclusions() != null )
-            {
-                for ( Exclusion e : d.getExclusions() )
-                {
-                    exclusions.add(  e.getGroupId() + ":" + e.getArtifactId() );
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        
         ArtifactFilter scopeFilter = new ScopeArtifactFilter( scope );
-        
-        ArtifactFilter filter; 
 
-        if ( ! exclusions.isEmpty() )
-        {
-            filter = new AndArtifactFilter( Arrays.asList( new ArtifactFilter[]{ new ExcludesArtifactFilter( exclusions ), scopeFilter } ) );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            filter = scopeFilter;
-        }
-                
+        ArtifactFilter filter = scopeFilter; 
+
         ArtifactResolutionRequest request = new ArtifactResolutionRequest()
             .setArtifact( new ProjectArtifact( project ) )
             .setResolveRoot( false )
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 6ec14ad96b..ad38797ae5 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
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.apache.maven.project.artifact;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -33,10 +34,13 @@ import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Metadata;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadata;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataManager;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.RepositoryMetadataResolutionException;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.AndArtifactFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ArtifactFilter;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.filter.ExcludesArtifactFilter;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ArtifactVersion;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.DefaultArtifactVersion;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Dependency;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Exclusion;
 import org.apache.maven.project.DefaultProjectBuildingRequest;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuilder;
@@ -135,6 +139,8 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
         {
             artifacts = new LinkedHashSet<Artifact>();
 
+            ArtifactFilter dependencyFilter = artifact.getDependencyFilter();
+
             for ( Dependency d : dependencies )
             {
                 String effectiveScope = getEffectiveScope( d.getScope(), artifact.getScope() );
@@ -153,14 +159,34 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
                         dependencyArtifact = repositorySystem.createArtifact( d.getGroupId(), d.getArtifactId(), d.getVersion(), effectiveScope, d.getType() );
                     }
 
-                    dependencyArtifact.setOptional( d.isOptional() );
-
-                    if ( Artifact.SCOPE_SYSTEM.equals( effectiveScope ) )
+                    if ( dependencyFilter == null || dependencyFilter.include( dependencyArtifact ) )
                     {
-                        dependencyArtifact.setFile( new File( d.getSystemPath() ) );
-                    }                    
-                    
-                    artifacts.add( dependencyArtifact );
+                        dependencyArtifact.setOptional( d.isOptional() );
+
+                        if ( Artifact.SCOPE_SYSTEM.equals( effectiveScope ) )
+                        {
+                            dependencyArtifact.setFile( new File( d.getSystemPath() ) );
+                        }
+
+                        if ( !d.getExclusions().isEmpty() )
+                        {
+                            List<String> exclusions = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+                            for ( Exclusion e : d.getExclusions() )
+                            {
+                                exclusions.add( e.getGroupId() + ":" + e.getArtifactId() );
+                            }
+
+                            ArtifactFilter newFilter = new ExcludesArtifactFilter( exclusions );
+                            if ( dependencyFilter != null )
+                            {
+                                newFilter = new AndArtifactFilter( Arrays.asList( dependencyFilter, newFilter ) );
+                            }
+                            dependencyArtifact.setDependencyFilter( newFilter );
+                        }
+
+                        artifacts.add( dependencyArtifact );
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t09/ProjectInheritanceTest.java b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t09/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
index 760c086dce..f583dee303 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t09/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/inheritance/t09/ProjectInheritanceTest.java
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ public class ProjectInheritanceTest
 
         assertNotNull("No artifacts", map);
         assertTrue("No Artifacts", map.size() > 0);
-        assertTrue("Set size should be 3, is " + map.size(), map.size() == 3);
+        assertTrue("Set size should be 2, is " + map.size(), map.size() == 2);
 
         assertTrue("maven-test:t09-a is not in the project", map.containsKey( "maven-test:t09-a" ));
         assertTrue("maven-test:t09-b is not in the project", map.containsKey( "maven-test:t09-b" ));
-
+        assertFalse("maven-test:t09-c is in the project", map.containsKey( "maven-test:t09-c" ));
     }
 
     /**