diff --git a/maven-resolver-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/RepositorySystem.java b/maven-resolver-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/RepositorySystem.java
index c71c08b2a..f2271a459 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/RepositorySystem.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/RepositorySystem.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.aether.deployment.DeployRequest;
 import org.eclipse.aether.deployment.DeployResult;
 import org.eclipse.aether.deployment.DeploymentException;
+import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyFilter;
 import org.eclipse.aether.graph.DependencyNode;
 import org.eclipse.aether.installation.InstallRequest;
 import org.eclipse.aether.installation.InstallResult;
@@ -158,6 +159,19 @@ DependencyResult resolveDependencies(RepositorySystemSession session, Dependency
      */
     List<DependencyNode> flattenDependencyNodes(RepositorySystemSession session, DependencyNode root);
 
+    /**
+     * Flattens the provided graph as {@link DependencyNode} into a {@link List}{@code <DependencyNode>} according to session
+     * configuration.
+     *
+     * @param session The repository session, must not be {@code null}.
+     * @param root The dependency node root of the graph, must not be {@code null}.
+     * @param filter The optional dependency filter, can be {@code null}.
+     * @return The flattened list of dependency nodes, never {@code null}.
+     * @since 2.0.0
+     */
+    List<DependencyNode> flattenDependencyNodes(
+            RepositorySystemSession session, DependencyNode root, DependencyFilter filter);
+
     /**
      * Resolves the path for an artifact. The artifact will be downloaded to the local repository if necessary. An
      * artifact that is already resolved will be skipped and is not re-resolved. In general, callers must not assume any
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultRepositorySystem.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultRepositorySystem.java
index 20f98dc22..d12aecb93 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultRepositorySystem.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/DefaultRepositorySystem.java
@@ -260,13 +260,9 @@ public DependencyResult resolveDependencies(RepositorySystemSession session, Dep
             throw new NullPointerException("dependency node and collect request cannot be null");
         }
 
-        final ArrayList<DependencyNode> dependencyNodes = new ArrayList<>();
-        DependencyVisitor builder = getDependencyVisitor(session, dependencyNodes::add);
-        DependencyFilter filter = request.getFilter();
-        DependencyVisitor visitor = (filter != null) ? new FilteringDependencyVisitor(builder, filter) : builder;
-        if (result.getRoot() != null) {
-            result.getRoot().accept(visitor);
-        }
+        final List<DependencyNode> dependencyNodes = result.getRoot() != null
+                ? flattenDependencyNodes(session, request.getRoot(), request.getFilter())
+                : new ArrayList<>();
 
         final List<ArtifactRequest> requests = dependencyNodes.stream()
                 .map(n -> {
@@ -303,11 +299,19 @@ public DependencyResult resolveDependencies(RepositorySystemSession session, Dep
 
     @Override
     public List<DependencyNode> flattenDependencyNodes(RepositorySystemSession session, DependencyNode root) {
+        return flattenDependencyNodes(session, root, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<DependencyNode> flattenDependencyNodes(
+            RepositorySystemSession session, DependencyNode root, DependencyFilter filter) {
         validateSession(session);
         requireNonNull(root, "root cannot be null");
 
         final ArrayList<DependencyNode> dependencyNodes = new ArrayList<>();
-        root.accept(getDependencyVisitor(session, dependencyNodes::add));
+        DependencyVisitor builder = getDependencyVisitor(session, dependencyNodes::add);
+        DependencyVisitor visitor = (filter != null) ? new FilteringDependencyVisitor(builder, filter) : builder;
+        root.accept(visitor);
         return dependencyNodes;
     }