diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bdbdf6754..b3f1b40ac 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ out/
 /javadoc-options-javadoc-resources.xml
 .checkstyle
 /src/it/mrm/3rdparty/_doclet-1.0.jar
+/src/it/mrm/repository/_mjavadoc450-static.jar
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c559ad8b3..7755ea5c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ under the License.
           </execution>
         </executions>
         <configuration>
-          <version>1.1.0</version>
+          <version>1.1.1</version>
           <models>
             <model>src/main/mdo/javadocOptions.mdo</model>
           </models>
diff --git a/src/it/mrm/repository/mjavadoc450-static.jar/custom.css b/src/it/mrm/repository/mjavadoc450-static.jar/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35d1e7c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/mrm/repository/mjavadoc450-static.jar/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+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.
+*/
+
+/* CUSTOM CSS */
diff --git a/src/it/mrm/repository/mjavadoc450.pom b/src/it/mrm/repository/mjavadoc450.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b7b159e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/mrm/repository/mjavadoc450.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!--
+  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.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.its</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mjavadoc450</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>war</packaging>
+    
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01043a9ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# 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.
+
+invoker.goals=javadoc:javadoc
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0f324e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<!--
+  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.
+-->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.maven-javadoc-plugin.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>mjavadoc450</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <url>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-450</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <maven.compiler.source>@maven.compiler.source@</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>@maven.compiler.target@</maven.compiler.target>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>@project.version@</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <stylesheetfile>custom.css</stylesheetfile>
+          </configuration>
+          <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins.javadoc.its</groupId>
+              <artifactId>mjavadoc450</artifactId>
+              <version>1.0</version>
+              <classifier>static</classifier>
+            </dependency>
+          </dependencies>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+  
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/src/main/java/com/foo/MyClass.java b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/src/main/java/com/foo/MyClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..385265d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/src/main/java/com/foo/MyClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.foo;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class MyClass
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac751d0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/MJAVADOC-450_classifier/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+ 
+def buildLog = new File( basedir, 'build.log' );
+assert buildLog.text.contains('[DEBUG] custom.css found in javadoc plugin dependencies.')
+
+def stylesheetCss = new File( basedir, 'target/site/apidocs/stylesheet.css' );
+assert stylesheetCss.text.contains('/* CUSTOM CSS */')
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
index db5198c6b..2168e5e36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/AbstractJavadocMojo.java
@@ -3813,6 +3813,7 @@ private Artifact createAndResolveArtifact( JavadocPathArtifact javadocArtifact )
         coordinate.setGroupId( javadocArtifact.getGroupId() );
         coordinate.setArtifactId( javadocArtifact.getArtifactId() );
         coordinate.setVersion( javadocArtifact.getVersion() );
+        coordinate.setClassifier( javadocArtifact.getClassifier() );
 
         return artifactResolver.resolveArtifact( getProjectBuildingRequest( project ), coordinate ).getArtifact();
     }
@@ -6252,14 +6253,15 @@ private Optional<File> getResource( File outputFile, String inputResourceName )
             List<Dependency> dependencies = javadocPlugin.getDependencies();
             for ( Dependency dependency : dependencies )
             {
-                JavadocPathArtifact javadocPathArtifact = new JavadocPathArtifact();
-                javadocPathArtifact.setGroupId( dependency.getGroupId() );
-                javadocPathArtifact.setArtifactId( dependency.getArtifactId() );
-                javadocPathArtifact.setVersion( dependency.getVersion() );
+                ResourcesArtifact resourceArtifact = new ResourcesArtifact();
+                resourceArtifact.setGroupId( dependency.getGroupId() );
+                resourceArtifact.setArtifactId( dependency.getArtifactId() );
+                resourceArtifact.setVersion( dependency.getVersion() );
+                resourceArtifact.setClassifier( dependency.getClassifier() );
                 Artifact artifact = null;
                 try
                 {
-                    artifact = createAndResolveArtifact( javadocPathArtifact );
+                    artifact = createAndResolveArtifact( resourceArtifact );
                 }
                 catch ( Exception e )
                 {
diff --git a/src/main/mdo/javadocOptions.mdo b/src/main/mdo/javadocOptions.mdo
index 3c500921b..b61e5274f 100644
--- a/src/main/mdo/javadocOptions.mdo
+++ b/src/main/mdo/javadocOptions.mdo
@@ -290,6 +290,13 @@ under the License.
           <type>String</type>
           <identifier>true</identifier>
         </field>
+        <field>
+          <name>classifier</name>
+          <description>The classifier of the artifact.</description>
+          <version>1.1.1+</version>
+          <type>String</type>
+          <identifier>true</identifier>
+        </field>
       </fields>
     </class>