diff --git a/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/osgi/runtime/TychoOsgiRuntimeLocator.java b/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/osgi/runtime/TychoOsgiRuntimeLocator.java
index 1e878e5..e96a3b8 100644
--- a/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/osgi/runtime/TychoOsgiRuntimeLocator.java
+++ b/tycho-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/osgi/runtime/TychoOsgiRuntimeLocator.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.eclipse.sisu.equinox.embedder.EquinoxRuntimeLocator;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.dev.DevWorkspaceResolver;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.locking.facade.FileLockService;
 import org.eclipse.tycho.locking.facade.FileLocker;
+import org.sonatype.aether.repository.WorkspaceReader;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link org.eclipse.sisu.equinox.embedder.EquinoxRuntimeLocator} for Tycho's
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ public class TychoOsgiRuntimeLocator implements EquinoxRuntimeLocator {
     @Requirement
     private DevWorkspaceResolver workspaceState;
 
+    @Requirement(hint = "ide")
+    private WorkspaceReader workspaceReader;
+
     public void locateRuntime(EquinoxRuntimeDescription description) throws MavenExecutionException {
         WorkspaceTychoOsgiRuntimeLocator workspaceLocator = WorkspaceTychoOsgiRuntimeLocator
                 .getResolver(this.workspaceState);
@@ -201,6 +205,13 @@ public class TychoOsgiRuntimeLocator implements EquinoxRuntimeLocator {
         Artifact artifact = repositorySystem.createArtifact(dependency.getGroupId(), dependency.getArtifactId(),
                 dependency.getVersion(), dependency.getType());
 
+        if (workspaceReader != null) {
+            File artifactFile = workspaceReader.findArtifact(artifact);
+            if (artifactFile != null) {
+                artifact.setFile(artifactFile);
+            }
+        }
+
         ArtifactResolutionRequest request = new ArtifactResolutionRequest();
         request.setArtifact(artifact);
         request.setResolveRoot(true).setResolveTransitively(false);