diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/ParallelProjectRunner.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/ParallelProjectRunner.kt
index a46cd7bc..7041c402 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/ParallelProjectRunner.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/ParallelProjectRunner.kt
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class ParallelProjectRunner(val tasksByNames: (Project) -> ListMultimap<String,
 
         val projectGraph = DynamicGraph<ProjectTask>().apply {
             projects.forEach { project ->
+                addNode(ProjectTask(project, args.dryRun))
                 project.dependsOn.forEach {
                     addEdge(ProjectTask(project, args.dryRun), ProjectTask(it, args.dryRun))
                 }