diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
index a4a8a4f3..425a5695 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ import javax.inject.Singleton
 public class DependencyManager @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors,
         val depFactory: DepFactory){
 
+    /**
+     * Transitive dependencies for the compilation of this project.
+     */
+    fun calculateTransitiveDependencies(project: Project, context: KobaltContext)
+        = calculateDependencies(project, context, project.dependentProjects,
+            project.compileDependencies + project.compileRuntimeDependencies)
+
     /**
      * @return the classpath for this project, including the IClasspathContributors.
      * allDependencies is typically either compileDependencies or testDependencies