Index: src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSourceTest.java
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--- src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSourceTest.java	(revision 408551)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/maven/project/artifact/MavenMetadataSourceTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
 
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.io.File;
 
 public class MavenMetadataSourceTest
     extends PlexusTestCase
@@ -107,4 +108,34 @@
         assertEquals( "default scope NOT back-propagated to dependency.", Artifact.SCOPE_TEST, dep.getScope() );
     }
 
+    public void testScopeDependency()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        String groupId = "org.apache.maven";
+        String artifactId = "maven-model";
+
+        Dependency dep = new Dependency();
+
+        dep.setGroupId( groupId );
+        dep.setArtifactId( artifactId );
+        dep.setVersion( "2.0-alpha-3" );
+        dep.setScope( Artifact.SCOPE_SYSTEM );
+        dep.setSystemPath( "/sample/system/path.jar" );
+
+        Model model = new Model();
+
+        model.addDependency( dep );
+
+        MavenProject project = new MavenProject( model );
+
+        ArtifactFactory factory = (ArtifactFactory) lookup( ArtifactFactory.ROLE );
+
+        project.setArtifacts( project.createArtifacts( factory, null, null ) );
+
+        Map artifactMap = project.getArtifactMap();
+
+        Artifact artifact = (Artifact) artifactMap.values().iterator().next();
+
+        assertEquals( "Test location of artifact file", new File( "/sample/system/path.jar" ), artifact.getFile() );
+    }
 }