diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
index 9b7e1b8..b9cf49e 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -69,8 +70,11 @@ public class JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor
         try
         {
             MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest mojoAnnotationsScannerRequest = new MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest();
-            List<File> classesDirectories = toFiles( request.getProject().getCompileClasspathElements() );
-            mojoAnnotationsScannerRequest.setClassesDirectories( classesDirectories );
+
+            mojoAnnotationsScannerRequest.setClassesDirectories(
+                Arrays.asList( new File( request.getProject().getBuild().getOutputDirectory() ) ) );
+
+            mojoAnnotationsScannerRequest.setDependencies( request.getProject().getCompileClasspathElements() );
 
             List<MojoAnnotatedClass> mojoAnnotatedClasses =
                 mojoAnnotationsScanner.scan( mojoAnnotationsScannerRequest );
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScanner.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScanner.java
index 87ad59d..0a861aa 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScanner.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/scanner/DefaultMojoAnnotationsScanner.java
@@ -63,8 +63,16 @@ public class DefaultMojoAnnotationsScanner
         {
             for ( File classDirectory : request.getClassesDirectories() )
             {
-                mojoAnnotatedClasses.addAll( scanDirectory( classDirectory, request.getIncludePatterns() ) );
+                if ( classDirectory.exists() && classDirectory.isDirectory() )
+                {
+                    mojoAnnotatedClasses.addAll( scanDirectory( classDirectory, request.getIncludePatterns() ) );
+                    // TODO scan sources to get @since and @deprecated and description of classes and fields.
+                }
             }
+
+
+            //TODO scan dependencies to get super class annotations if exist request.getDependencies()
+
             return mojoAnnotatedClasses;
         }
         catch ( IOException e )
diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/scanner/MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest.java b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/scanner/MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest.java
index 343a571..faf1bb7 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/scanner/MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/annotations/scanner/MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public class MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest
 
     private List<String> includePatterns = Arrays.asList( "**/*.class" );
 
+    private List<File> sourceDirectories = new ArrayList<File>();
+
     public MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest()
     {
         // no o
@@ -69,4 +71,14 @@ public class MojoAnnotationsScannerRequest
     {
         this.includePatterns = includePatterns;
     }
+
+    public List<File> getSourceDirectories()
+    {
+        return sourceDirectories;
+    }
+
+    public void setSourceDirectories( List<File> sourceDirectories )
+    {
+        this.sourceDirectories = sourceDirectories;
+    }
 }