Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java	(revision 935208)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/AbstractDependencyFilterMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.AbstractArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.dependency.utils.DependencyStatusSets;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.dependency.utils.DependencyUtil;
@@ -271,6 +274,8 @@
             throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
         }
 
+        artifacts = replaceIncompleteArtifacts(artifacts);
+
         // transform artifacts if classifier is set
         DependencyStatusSets status = null;
         if ( StringUtils.isNotEmpty( classifier ) )
@@ -286,6 +291,35 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Replace artifacts that have not been packaged yet. This occurs if the artifact is
+     * part of the reactor build and the compile phase has been executed, but not the
+     * the package phase. These artifacts will be replaced by new artifact objects
+     * resolved from the repository.
+     * 
+     * @param artifacts the original sets of {@link Artifact} objects
+     * @return a set of {@link Artifact} objects built as described above
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException
+     */
+    private Set replaceIncompleteArtifacts(Set artifacts) throws MojoExecutionException {
+        Set result = new HashSet();
+        for (Iterator it = artifacts.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
+            Artifact artifact = (Artifact)it.next();
+            File file = artifact.getFile();
+            if (file != null && file.isDirectory()) {
+                artifact = factory.createDependencyArtifact(artifact.getGroupId(), artifact.getArtifactId(),
+                        artifact.getVersionRange(), artifact.getType(), artifact.getClassifier(), artifact.getScope());
+                try {
+                    resolver.resolve( artifact, remoteRepos, getLocal() );
+                } catch (AbstractArtifactResolutionException e) {
+                    throw new MojoExecutionException( e.getMessage(), e );
+                }
+            }
+            result.add(artifact);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+    
+    /**
      *
      * Transform artifacts
      *