diff --git a/cq-component-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/citytechinc/cq/component/maven/ComponentMojo.java b/cq-component-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/citytechinc/cq/component/maven/ComponentMojo.java
index 6918423e..ec04a070 100644
--- a/cq-component-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/citytechinc/cq/component/maven/ComponentMojo.java
+++ b/cq-component-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/citytechinc/cq/component/maven/ComponentMojo.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ public class ComponentMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 	@Parameter(required = false)
 	private List<Dependency> excludeDependencies;
 
+	@Parameter
+	private List<Dependency> includeDependencies;
+
 	@Parameter(defaultValue = "true")
 	private boolean generateTouchUiDialogs;
 
@@ -103,7 +107,12 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
 			Reflections reflections = ComponentMojoUtil.getReflections(classLoader);
 
 			List<CtClass> classList =
-				ComponentMojoUtil.getAllComponentAnnotations(classPool, reflections, getExcludedClasses());
+				ComponentMojoUtil.getAllComponentAnnotations(
+					classPool,
+					reflections,
+					getExcludedClasses(),
+					getIncludedClasses()
+				);
 
 			WidgetRegistry widgetRegistry =
 				new DefaultWidgetRegistry(classPool, classLoader, reflections, getAdditionalFeatures());
@@ -136,28 +145,52 @@ componentPathBase, componentPathSuffix, defaultComponentGroup, getArchiveFileFor
 	}
 
 	private Set<String> getExcludedClasses() throws DependencyResolutionRequiredException, MalformedURLException {
-
 		getLog().debug("Constructing set of excluded Class names");
+		if (!hasIncludeDependencies() && hasExcludeDependencies()) {
+			List<String> dependencyPaths = getDependencyPaths(excludeDependencies);
+			if (!dependencyPaths.isEmpty()) {
+				return getClassNames(dependencyPaths);
+			}
+		} else {
+			getLog().debug("Excluded Class names skipped");
+		}
+		return Collections.emptySet();
+	}
 
-		List<String> excludedDependencyPaths = getExcludedDependencyPaths();
-
-		if (excludedDependencyPaths != null) {
-			ClassLoader exclusionClassLoader =
-				ComponentMojoUtil.getClassLoader(excludedDependencyPaths, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+	private Set<String> getIncludedClasses() throws DependencyResolutionRequiredException, MalformedURLException {
+		getLog().debug("Constructing set of included Class names");
+		if (hasIncludeDependencies()) {
+			List<String> dependencyPaths = getDependencyPaths(includeDependencies);
+			if (!dependencyPaths.isEmpty()) {
+				return getClassNames(dependencyPaths);
+			}
+		} else {
+			getLog().debug("Included Class names skipped");
+		}
+		return Collections.emptySet();
+	}
 
-			Reflections reflections = ComponentMojoUtil.getReflections(exclusionClassLoader);
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve class names annotated with {@link Component} from specified dependency paths
+	 * @param dependencyPaths to obtain available class names
+	 * @return set of available class names
+	 * @throws MalformedURLException if error occurs
+	 */
+	private Set<String> getClassNames(List<String> dependencyPaths) throws MalformedURLException {
+		ClassLoader exclusionClassLoader =
+			ComponentMojoUtil.getClassLoader(dependencyPaths, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
 
-			Set<String> excludedClassNames = reflections.getStore().getTypesAnnotatedWith(Component.class.getName());
+		Reflections reflections = ComponentMojoUtil.getReflections(exclusionClassLoader);
 
-			return excludedClassNames;
-		}
+		Set<String> excludedClassNames = reflections.getStore()
+			.getTypesAnnotatedWith(Component.class.getName());
 
-		return null;
+		return excludedClassNames;
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private List<String> getExcludedDependencyPaths() throws DependencyResolutionRequiredException {
-		if (excludeDependencies != null && !excludeDependencies.isEmpty()) {
+	private List<String> getDependencyPaths(List<Dependency> dependencies) throws DependencyResolutionRequiredException {
+		if (dependencies != null && !dependencies.isEmpty()) {
 			getLog().debug("Exclusions Found");
 
 			List<Artifact> compileArtifacts = project.getCompileArtifacts();
@@ -166,7 +199,7 @@ private List<String> getExcludedDependencyPaths() throws DependencyResolutionReq
 
 			Set<String> excludedArtifactIdentifiers = new HashSet<String>();
 
-			for (Dependency curDependency : excludeDependencies) {
+			for (Dependency curDependency : dependencies) {
 				excludedArtifactIdentifiers.add(curDependency.getGroupId() + ":" + curDependency.getArtifactId());
 			}
 
@@ -193,7 +226,7 @@ private List<String> getExcludedDependencyPaths() throws DependencyResolutionReq
 			return excludedClasspathElements;
 		}
 
-		return null;
+		return Collections.emptyList();
 
 	}
 
@@ -222,4 +255,12 @@ private List<String> getAdditionalFeatures() {
 
 		return additionalFeatures;
 	}
+
+	private boolean hasIncludeDependencies(){
+		return includeDependencies != null && !includeDependencies.isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	private boolean hasExcludeDependencies(){
+		return excludeDependencies != null && !excludeDependencies.isEmpty();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cq-component-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/citytechinc/cq/component/maven/util/ComponentMojoUtil.java b/cq-component-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/citytechinc/cq/component/maven/util/ComponentMojoUtil.java
index f542541c..f1dc8f8d 100644
--- a/cq-component-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/citytechinc/cq/component/maven/util/ComponentMojoUtil.java
+++ b/cq-component-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/citytechinc/cq/component/maven/util/ComponentMojoUtil.java
@@ -512,28 +512,37 @@ public static List<InPlaceEditorConfigHolder> getInPlaceEditorAnnotations(ClassP
 	 * 
 	 * @param classPool
 	 * @param reflections
+	 * @param classes
 	 * @return A List of classes annotated as Components
 	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
 	 * @throws NotFoundException
 	 * @throws MalformedURLException
 	 */
 	public static List<CtClass> getAllComponentAnnotations(ClassPool classPool, Reflections reflections,
-		Set<String> excludedClasses) throws ClassNotFoundException, NotFoundException, MalformedURLException {
+														   final Set<String> excludedClasses, Set<String> includedClasses) throws ClassNotFoundException, NotFoundException, MalformedURLException {
 		getLog().debug("Scanning for Components");
 
 		List<CtClass> classes = new ArrayList<CtClass>();
 
 		Set<Class<?>> annotatedClasses = reflections.getTypesAnnotatedWith(Component.class);
 
-		if (excludedClasses != null && !excludedClasses.isEmpty()) {
-			for (Class<?> c : annotatedClasses) {
-				if (!excludedClasses.contains(c.getName())) {
+		if (includedClasses.isEmpty()) {
+			if (!excludedClasses.isEmpty()) {
+				for (Class<?> c : annotatedClasses) {
+					if (!excludedClasses.contains(c.getName())) {
+						classes.add(classPool.getCtClass(c.getName()));
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				for (Class<?> c : annotatedClasses) {
 					classes.add(classPool.getCtClass(c.getName()));
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
 			for (Class<?> c : annotatedClasses) {
-				classes.add(classPool.getCtClass(c.getName()));
+				if (includedClasses.contains(c.getName())) {
+					classes.add(classPool.getCtClass(c.getName()));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/configuration.md.vm b/src/site/markdown/configuration.md.vm
index f7101e1e..ffefcfbf 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/configuration.md.vm
+++ b/src/site/markdown/configuration.md.vm
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ $symbol_pound$symbol_pound$symbol_pound Maven POM
 	               <artifactId>dependency-artifact-id</artifactId>
 	           </dependency>
 	        </excludeDependencies>
+	        <includeDependencies>
+	           <dependency>
+	               <groupId>dependency.group.id</groupId>
+	               <artifactId>dependency-artifact-id</artifactId>
+	           </dependency>
+	        </includeDependencies>
 	        <additionalFeatures>
                 <additionalFeature>feature-flag</additionalFeature>
                 <additionalFeature>another-feature-flag</additionalFeature>
@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ $symbol_pound$symbol_pound Configurable Properties
 			</td>
 		</tr>
         <tr>
-            <td>excludedDependencies</td>
+            <td>excludeDependencies</td>
             <td>List</td>
             <td></td>
             <td>A list of Dependencies whose Components should be excluded from the construction process.  XML
@@ -149,6 +155,19 @@ $symbol_pound$symbol_pound Configurable Properties
                 <b>Currently unavailable in the Gradle Plugin.</b>
             </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td>includeDependencies</td>
+            <td>List</td>
+            <td></td>
+            <td>A list of Dependencies whose Components should be included to the construction process.  XML
+                files will be generated by this plugin for any Java Classes annotated as Components which are
+                members of any of the Dependencies in this list. If this dependency was specified excludeDependencies
+                will be skipped
+                <br/>
+                <br/>
+                <b>Currently unavailable in the Gradle Plugin.</b>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
         <tr>
             <td>generateTouchUiDialogs</td>
             <td>Boolean</td>