diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Resolution.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Resolution.scala
index 4b9d16e15..ec38adc46 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Resolution.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Resolution.scala
@@ -762,16 +762,22 @@ case class Resolution(
   def artifacts: Seq[Artifact] =
     artifacts0(None)
 
-  def dependencyArtifacts: Seq[(Dependency, Artifact)] =
+  private def dependencyArtifacts0(overrideClassifiers: Option[Seq[String]]): Seq[(Dependency, Artifact)] =
     for {
       dep <- minDependencies.toSeq
       (source, proj) <- projectCache
         .get(dep.moduleVersion)
         .toSeq
       artifact <- source
-        .artifacts(dep, proj, None)
+        .artifacts(dep, proj, overrideClassifiers)
     } yield dep -> artifact
 
+  def dependencyArtifacts: Seq[(Dependency, Artifact)] =
+    dependencyArtifacts0(None)
+
+  def dependencyClassifiersArtifacts(classifiers: Seq[String]): Seq[(Dependency, Artifact)] =
+    dependencyArtifacts0(Some(classifiers))
+
   def errors: Seq[(Dependency, Seq[String])] =
     for {
       dep <- dependencies.toSeq
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
index 4835282af..69cceecc3 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
   }
 
 
-  private def task = Def.task {
+  private def updateTask(withClassifiers: Boolean) = Def.task {
+
     // let's update only one module at once, for a better output
     // Downloads are already parallel, no need to parallelize further anyway
     synchronized {
@@ -148,7 +149,19 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
         }
       }
 
-      val trDepsWithArtifactsTasks = res.artifacts
+      val classifiers =
+        if (withClassifiers)
+          Some(transitiveClassifiers.value)
+        else
+          None
+
+      val allArtifacts =
+        classifiers match {
+          case None => res.artifacts
+          case Some(cl) => res.classifiersArtifacts(cl)
+        }
+
+      val trDepsWithArtifactsTasks = allArtifacts
         .toVector
         .map { a =>
           files.file(a, checksums = checksums, logger = logger)(cachePolicy = cachePolicy).run.map((a, _))
@@ -188,8 +201,14 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
 
       val sbtModuleReportsPerScope = configs.map { case (c, _) => c -> {
         val a = allExtends(c).flatMap(depsByConfig.getOrElse(_, Nil))
-        res.part(a)
-          .dependencyArtifacts
+        val partialRes = res.part(a)
+        val depArtifacts =
+          classifiers match {
+            case None => partialRes.dependencyArtifacts
+            case Some(cl) => partialRes.dependencyClassifiersArtifacts(cl)
+          }
+
+        depArtifacts
           .groupBy { case (dep, _) => dep }
           .map { case (dep, l) => dep -> l.map { case (_, a) => a } }
           .map { case (dep, artifacts) =>
@@ -250,7 +269,8 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     coursierVerbosity := 0,
     coursierResolvers <<= Tasks.coursierResolversTask,
     coursierCache := new File(sys.props("user.home") + "/.coursier/sbt"),
-    update <<= task,
+    update <<= updateTask(withClassifiers = false),
+    updateClassifiers <<= updateTask(withClassifiers = true),
     coursierProject <<= Tasks.coursierProjectTask,
     coursierProjects <<= Tasks.coursierProjectsTask
   )