diff --git a/maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/MavenWorkingSessionImpl.java b/maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/MavenWorkingSessionImpl.java
index bacd99f1..696371f1 100644
--- a/maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/MavenWorkingSessionImpl.java
+++ b/maven/impl-maven/src/main/java/org/jboss/shrinkwrap/resolver/impl/maven/MavenWorkingSessionImpl.java
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ public class MavenWorkingSessionImpl extends ConfigurableMavenWorkingSessionImpl
 
     private boolean useMavenCentralRepository = true;
 
+    private static class InvalidLocalReporitoryException extends RuntimeException { }
+
     public MavenWorkingSessionImpl() {
         super();
         this.remoteRepositories = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ private static String toVersionedArtifact(String artifactId, String version) {
 
     private void processAdditionalDependencies(Path projectLocalRepository, String groupId,
                                                String artifactId, String version,
-                                               Set<MavenDependency> additionalDependencies) {
+                                               Set<MavenDependency> additionalDependencies) throws InvalidLocalReporitoryException {
         Path directory = projectLocalRepository.resolve(groupId).resolve(artifactId).resolve(version);
         File consumerPom = directory.resolve(toVersionedArtifact(artifactId, version) + "-consumer.pom").toFile();
         File buildPom = directory.resolve(toVersionedArtifact(artifactId, version) + "-build.pom").toFile();
@@ -250,6 +252,8 @@ private void processAdditionalDependencies(Path projectLocalRepository, String g
             // in some versions of maven, consumer pom is just generated with ".pom" extension
             // in that case, build pom will also exist
             consumerPom = directory.resolve(toVersionedArtifact(artifactId, version) + ".pom").toFile();
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidLocalReporitoryException();
         }
         if (consumerPom.exists()) {
             Set<MavenDependency> transitiveDependencies = loadPomFromFile(consumerPom).getParsedPomFile().getDependencies();
@@ -305,9 +309,14 @@ public Collection<MavenResolvedArtifact> resolveDependencies(final MavenResoluti
             resolveFromRepository = depsForResolution;
         } else {
             Set<MavenDependency> allDependencies = new LinkedHashSet<>(depsForResolution);
-            projectLocalDependencies = resolveProjectLocal(depsForResolution, allDependencies);
-            resolveFromRepository = filterFromLocal(
-                    allDependencies.stream().collect(Collectors.toList()), projectLocalDependencies);
+            try {
+                projectLocalDependencies = resolveProjectLocal(depsForResolution, allDependencies);
+                resolveFromRepository = filterFromLocal(
+                        allDependencies.stream().collect(Collectors.toList()), projectLocalDependencies);
+            } catch (InvalidLocalReporitoryException e) {
+                log.log(Level.FINE, "Invalid local repository structure, skipping project-local resolution");
+                resolveFromRepository = depsForResolution;
+            }
         }
 
         final CollectRequest request = new CollectRequest(MavenConverter.asDependencies(resolveFromRepository,