diff --git a/java/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/problems/MavenModelProblemsProvider.java b/java/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/problems/MavenModelProblemsProvider.java
index 333d7a9cdf15..8b6da8d7d23b 100644
--- a/java/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/problems/MavenModelProblemsProvider.java
+++ b/java/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/problems/MavenModelProblemsProvider.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 import org.openide.util.RequestProcessor;
 import org.openide.util.lookup.Lookups;
 import org.netbeans.modules.maven.InternalActionDelegate;
+import org.netbeans.modules.maven.problems.SanityBuildAction.SanityBuildNeededChecker;
 import org.openide.util.Pair;
 
 /**
@@ -85,9 +86,10 @@
 @ProjectServiceProvider(service = { 
         ProjectProblemsProvider.class, 
         InternalActionDelegate.class,
+        SanityBuildNeededChecker.class,
     }, projectType = "org-netbeans-modules-maven"
 )
-public class MavenModelProblemsProvider implements ProjectProblemsProvider, InternalActionDelegate {
+public class MavenModelProblemsProvider implements ProjectProblemsProvider, InternalActionDelegate, SanityBuildNeededChecker {
     static final RequestProcessor RP  = new RequestProcessor(MavenModelProblemsProvider.class);
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(MavenModelProblemsProvider.class.getName());
     
diff --git a/java/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/problems/SanityBuildAction.java b/java/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/problems/SanityBuildAction.java
index b05bf2dee293..d964f5f4a218 100644
--- a/java/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/problems/SanityBuildAction.java
+++ b/java/maven/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/problems/SanityBuildAction.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import org.netbeans.modules.maven.execute.BeanRunConfig;
 import org.netbeans.modules.maven.execute.MavenProxySupport;
 import org.netbeans.modules.maven.execute.MavenProxySupport.ProxyResult;
-import org.netbeans.modules.maven.modelcache.MavenProjectCache;
 import org.netbeans.modules.maven.options.MavenSettings;
 import static org.netbeans.modules.maven.problems.Bundle.*;
 import org.netbeans.spi.project.ProjectServiceProvider;
@@ -173,7 +172,10 @@ public void run() {
                     if (et != null) {
                         et.waitFinished();
                         ProjectProblemsProvider.Result r;
-                        if (result.get() == 0) {
+                        if (result.get() == 0 ||
+                            // if the build failed, the problem may be in user's sources, rather than in
+                            // missing artifacts. Check if sanity build is still needed:
+                            !nbproject.getLookup().lookup(SanityBuildNeededChecker.class).isSanityBuildNeeded()) {
                             r = ProjectProblemsProvider.Result.create(ProjectProblemsProvider.Status.RESOLVED, ACT_PrimingComplete());
                         } else {
                             r = ProjectProblemsProvider.Result.create(ProjectProblemsProvider.Status.UNRESOLVED, ACT_PrimingFailed());
@@ -238,4 +240,7 @@ public void executionResult(RunConfig config, ExecutionContext res, int resultCo
         }
     }
 
+    public interface SanityBuildNeededChecker {
+        public boolean isSanityBuildNeeded();
+    }
 }