Index: src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/GenerateDescriptorMojo.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/GenerateDescriptorMojo.java	(revision 1205035)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/karaf/tooling/features/GenerateDescriptorMojo.java	(working copy)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
  * Generates the features XML file
  * NB this requires a recent maven-install-plugin such as 2.3.1
  *
- * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
+ * @version $Revision$
  * @goal features-generate-descriptor
  * @phase compile
  * @requiresDependencyResolution runtime
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@
      * @readonly
      */
     private RepositorySystemSession repoSession;
+    
+    /**
+     * Flag indicating whether transitive dependencies should be included 
+     * (<code>true</code>) or not (<code>false</code>).
+     * 
+     * @parameter default-value="true"
+     */
+    private boolean includeTransitiveDependency;
 
     /**
      * The project's remote repositories to use for the resolution of project dependencies.
@@ -202,7 +210,7 @@
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
         try {
             DependencyHelper dependencyHelper = new DependencyHelper(pluginRepos, projectRepos, repoSession, repoSystem);
-            dependencyHelper.getDependencies(project, true);
+            dependencyHelper.getDependencies(project, includeTransitiveDependency);
             this.localDependencies = dependencyHelper.getLocalDependencies();
             this.treeListing = dependencyHelper.getTreeListing();
             File dir = outputFile.getParentFile();