diff --git a/tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java b/tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java
index 27bcf75..d728c1a 100644
--- a/tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java
+++ b/tooling/features-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/ValidateFeaturesMojo.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.ArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.DefaultArtifactRepository;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.layout.DefaultRepositoryLayout;
+import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactCollector;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolutionException;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactCollector;
@@ -76,6 +77,15 @@
     private DependencyTreeBuilder dependencyTreeBuilder;
 
     /**
+     * The ArtifactCollector provided by Maven at runtime
+     *
+     * @component
+     * @required
+     * @readonly
+     */
+    private ArtifactCollector collector;
+
+    /**
      * The file to generate
      * 
      * @parameter default-value="${project.build.directory}/classes/features.xml"
@@ -220,7 +230,7 @@
                 return true;
             }
 
-        }, new DefaultArtifactCollector());
+        }, collector);
         tree.accept(new DependencyNodeVisitor() {
             public boolean endVisit(DependencyNode node) {
                 // we want the next sibling too