Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/AbstractResolveMojo.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/AbstractResolveMojo.java	(revision 1167232)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/AbstractResolveMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 	 */
 	protected boolean appendOutput;
     
-    protected Set<Artifact> resolveDependencyArtifacts( MavenProject theProject )
+    protected void resolveDependencyArtifacts(MavenProject theProject, Set<Artifact> theResolvedArtifacts, Set<Artifact> theUnresolvedArtifacts)
         throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException, InvalidDependencyVersionException
     {
         Set<Artifact> artifacts =
@@ -87,9 +87,23 @@
         for ( Artifact artifact : artifacts )
         {
             // resolve the new artifact
-            this.resolver.resolve( artifact, this.remoteRepos, this.getLocal() );
+        	if (!theResolvedArtifacts.contains(artifact)) {
+        		try {
+        			this.resolver.resolve(artifact, this.remoteRepos, this.getLocal());
+        		} catch (ArtifactNotFoundException anfe) {
+        			theUnresolvedArtifacts.add(this.factory.createArtifact(anfe.getGroupId(), anfe.getArtifactId(), anfe.getVersion(), "", ""));
+        		}
+				theResolvedArtifacts.add(artifact);
+
+	            // now resolve it's dependencies
+	    		try {
+					this.resolveArtifactDependencies(artifact, theResolvedArtifacts, theUnresolvedArtifacts);
+				} catch (ProjectBuildingException e) {
+					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+					e.printStackTrace();
+				}
+        	}
         }
-        return artifacts;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -105,7 +119,7 @@
      * @throws ProjectBuildingException
      * @throws InvalidDependencyVersionException
      */
-    protected Set<Artifact> resolveArtifactDependencies( Artifact artifact )
+    protected void resolveArtifactDependencies( Artifact artifact, Set<Artifact> theResolvedArtifacts, Set<Artifact> theUnresolvedArtifacts )
         throws ArtifactResolutionException, ArtifactNotFoundException, ProjectBuildingException,
         InvalidDependencyVersionException
     {
@@ -114,6 +128,6 @@
 
         MavenProject pomProject = mavenProjectBuilder.buildFromRepository( pomArtifact, this.remoteRepos, this.getLocal() );
 
-        return resolveDependencyArtifacts( pomProject );
+        resolveDependencyArtifacts( pomProject, theResolvedArtifacts, theUnresolvedArtifacts);
     }
 }
Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/resolvers/ResolvePluginsMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/resolvers/ResolvePluginsMojo.java	(revision 1167232)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/dependency/resolvers/ResolvePluginsMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -102,7 +102,14 @@
 
                 if ( !excludeTransitive )
                 {
-                    for ( Artifact artifact : resolveArtifactDependencies( plugin ) )
+                	Set<Artifact> theResolvedArtifacts = new HashSet<Artifact>();
+                	Set<Artifact> theUnresolvedArtifacts = new HashSet<Artifact>();
+            		try {
+            			resolveArtifactDependencies(plugin, theResolvedArtifacts, theUnresolvedArtifacts);
+            		} catch (StackOverflowError e) {
+            			e.printStackTrace();
+            		}
+                    for ( Artifact artifact : theResolvedArtifacts)
                     {
                         logStr =
                             "    Plugin Dependency Resolved: " + DependencyUtil.getFormattedFileName( artifact, false );
@@ -118,6 +125,22 @@
                             outputWriter.write( "\n" );
                         }
                     }
+                    for ( Artifact artifact : theUnresolvedArtifacts)
+                    {
+                        logStr =
+                            "    Plugin Dependency Unresolved: " + DependencyUtil.getFormattedFileName( artifact, false );
+
+                        if ( !silent )
+                        {
+                            this.getLog().warn( logStr );
+                        }
+                        
+                        if ( outputWriter != null )
+                        {
+                            outputWriter.write( logStr );
+                            outputWriter.write( "\n" );
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -141,6 +164,9 @@
         {
             throw new MojoExecutionException( "Nested:", e );
         }
+        catch (Throwable t) {
+        	t.printStackTrace();
+        }
         finally
         {
             IOUtil.close( outputWriter );