diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
index 195c25e01c..df75a6a138 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/MavenProject.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Writer;
 import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.ActiveProjectArtifact;
 import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.InvalidDependencyVersionException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource;
+import org.apache.maven.repository.MavenRepositoryWrapper;
 import org.apache.maven.repository.MavenRepositorySystem;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
  * </ol>
  */
 public class MavenProject
-    implements Cloneable
+    implements Cloneable, MavenRepositoryWrapper
 {
     public static final String EMPTY_PROJECT_GROUP_ID = "unknown";
 
@@ -1705,6 +1706,11 @@ public class MavenProject
     {
         return getBuild() != null ? getBuild().getDefaultGoal() : null;
     }
+    
+    public Artifact find( Artifact artifact )
+    {
+        return replaceWithActiveArtifact( artifact );
+    }
 
     public Artifact replaceWithActiveArtifact( Artifact pluginArtifact )
     {
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 8c68719e29..c56e87739c 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
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProject;
 import org.apache.maven.project.MavenProjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException;
 import org.apache.maven.project.validation.ModelValidationResult;
+import org.apache.maven.repository.MavenRepositoryWrapper;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusContainer;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
                                                  List<Dependency> dependencies,
                                                  String inheritedScope, 
                                                  ArtifactFilter dependencyFilter,
-                                                 MavenProject project )
+                                                 MavenRepositoryWrapper reactor )
         throws InvalidDependencyVersionException
     {
         Set<Artifact> projectArtifacts = new LinkedHashSet<Artifact>( dependencies.size() );
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
             }
             catch ( InvalidVersionSpecificationException e )
             {
-                throw new InvalidDependencyVersionException( project.getId(), d, project.getFile(), e );
+                throw new InvalidDependencyVersionException( reactor.getId(), d, reactor.getFile(), e );
             }
             Artifact artifact = artifactFactory.createDependencyArtifact( d.getGroupId(), d.getArtifactId(),
                                                                           versionRange, d.getType(), d.getClassifier(),
@@ -527,9 +528,9 @@ public class MavenMetadataSource
 
                 artifact.setDependencyFilter( artifactFilter );
 
-                if ( project != null )
+                if ( reactor != null )
                 {
-                    artifact = project.replaceWithActiveArtifact( artifact );
+                    artifact = reactor.find( artifact );
                 }
 
                 projectArtifacts.add( artifact );
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/LegacyMavenRepositorySystem.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/LegacyMavenRepositorySystem.java
index 86d7f7a8a8..39206f4395 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/LegacyMavenRepositorySystem.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/LegacyMavenRepositorySystem.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class LegacyMavenRepositorySystem
         return artifactFactory.createPluginArtifact( groupId, artifactId, versionRange );
     }
 
-    public Set<Artifact> createArtifacts( List<Dependency> dependencies, String inheritedScope, ArtifactFilter dependencyFilter, MavenProject project )
+    public Set<Artifact> createArtifacts( List<Dependency> dependencies, String inheritedScope, ArtifactFilter dependencyFilter, MavenRepositoryWrapper project )
         throws InvalidDependencyVersionException
     {
         return MavenMetadataSource.createArtifacts( artifactFactory, dependencies, inheritedScope, dependencyFilter, project );
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/MavenRepositorySystem.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/MavenRepositorySystem.java
index 1d35b4a95f..b76129705a 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/MavenRepositorySystem.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/MavenRepositorySystem.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public interface MavenRepositorySystem
 
     Artifact createDependencyArtifact( String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String type, String classifier, String scope, String inheritedScope );
     
-    Set<Artifact> createArtifacts( List<Dependency> dependencies, String inheritedScope, ArtifactFilter dependencyFilter, MavenProject project )
+    Set<Artifact> createArtifacts( List<Dependency> dependencies, String inheritedScope, ArtifactFilter dependencyFilter, MavenRepositoryWrapper reactor )
         throws InvalidDependencyVersionException;
 
     // Repository creation
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/MavenRepositoryWrapper.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/MavenRepositoryWrapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..590b082dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/repository/MavenRepositoryWrapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+package org.apache.maven.repository;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+
+/**
+ * small repository implementation used to find artifact in a local source
+ * instead of going out to the real repo. Used to search reactor for matches 
+ *
+ * @author Oleg Gusakov
+ * @version $Id$
+ *
+ */
+public interface MavenRepositoryWrapper
+{
+    /**
+     * finds supplied artifact, if any, in the wrapped source
+     * 
+     * @param artifact
+     * @return
+     */
+    Artifact find( Artifact artifact );
+
+    /**
+     * @return
+     */
+    String getId();
+
+    /**
+     * @return
+     */
+    File getFile();
+}