diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/ConvertMojo.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/ConvertMojo.java
index a097f94605..10d33c0c26 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/ConvertMojo.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/ConvertMojo.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class ConvertMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 				this.aetherStubDownloaderFactory, this.repoSession).downloadAndUnpackContractsIfRequired(config, this.contractsDirectory);
 		getLog().info("Directory with contract is present at [" + contractsDirectory + "]");
 
-		new CopyContracts(this.project, this.mavenSession, this.mavenResourcesFiltering)
+		new CopyContracts(this.project, this.mavenSession, this.mavenResourcesFiltering, config)
 				.copy(contractsDirectory, this.stubsDirectory);
 
 		config.setContractsDslDir(isInsideProject() ? contractsDirectory : this.source);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/CopyContracts.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/CopyContracts.java
index 6b8e0bafdb..bbbd64c6de 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/CopyContracts.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/CopyContracts.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MavenResourcesExecution;
 import org.apache.maven.shared.filtering.MavenResourcesFiltering;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties;
 
 class CopyContracts {
 	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory
@@ -35,17 +36,22 @@ class CopyContracts {
 	private final MavenProject project;
 	private final MavenSession mavenSession;
 	private final MavenResourcesFiltering mavenResourcesFiltering;
+	private final ContractVerifierConfigProperties config;
 
 	public CopyContracts(MavenProject project, MavenSession mavenSession,
-			MavenResourcesFiltering mavenResourcesFiltering) {
+			MavenResourcesFiltering mavenResourcesFiltering,
+			ContractVerifierConfigProperties config) {
 		this.project = project;
 		this.mavenSession = mavenSession;
 		this.mavenResourcesFiltering = mavenResourcesFiltering;
+		this.config = config;
 	}
 
 	public void copy(File contractsDirectory, File outputDirectory)
 			throws MojoExecutionException {
-		log.info("Copying Spring Cloud Contract Verifier contracts");
+		log.info("Copying Spring Cloud Contract Verifier contracts. Only files matching "
+				+ "[" + this.config.getIncludedContracts() + "] pattern will end up in "
+				+ "the final JAR with stubs.");
 		Resource resource = new Resource();
 		resource.setDirectory(contractsDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
 		MavenResourcesExecution execution = new MavenResourcesExecution();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/PluginUnitTest.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/PluginUnitTest.java
index 31a9b2f906..19eb0d49e5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/PluginUnitTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/maven/verifier/PluginUnitTest.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.maven.verifier;
 import java.io.File;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.junit.Assume;
-import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -148,6 +146,7 @@ public class PluginUnitTest {
 		File basedir = this.resources.getBasedir("complex-remote-contracts");
 		this.maven.executeMojo(basedir, "convert", newParameter("contractsRepositoryUrl", "file://" + PluginUnitTest.class.getClassLoader().getResource("m2repo/repository").getFile().replace("/", File.separator)));
 		assertFilesPresent(basedir, "target/stubs/mappings/com/example/server/client1/contracts/shouldMarkClientAsFraud.json");
+		assertFilesNotPresent(basedir, "target/stubs/mappings/com/foo/bar/baz/shouldBeIgnoredByPlugin.json");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -162,6 +161,7 @@ public class PluginUnitTest {
 		File basedir = this.resources.getBasedir("complex-remote-contracts");
 		this.maven.executeMojo(basedir, "generateTests", newParameter("contractsRepositoryUrl", "file://" + PluginUnitTest.class.getClassLoader().getResource("m2repo/repository").getFile().replace("/", File.separator)));
 		assertFilesPresent(basedir, "target/generated-test-sources/contracts/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/tests/com/example/server/client1/ContractsTest.java");
+		assertFilesNotPresent(basedir, "target/generated-test-sources/contracts/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/tests/com/foo/bar/BazTest.java");
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/projects/complex-remote-contracts/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/projects/complex-remote-contracts/pom.xml
index c730b383ef..f38a4fe825 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/projects/complex-remote-contracts/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/projects/complex-remote-contracts/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-	<groupId>com.example</groupId>
+	<groupId>com.example.foo.bar.baz</groupId>
 	<artifactId>someartifact</artifactId>
 	<version>0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/m2repo/repository/com/example/contracts/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/contracts-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/m2repo/repository/com/example/contracts/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/contracts-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
index 4e3d44862b..623f11fff4 100644
Binary files a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/m2repo/repository/com/example/contracts/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/contracts-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar and b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/m2repo/repository/com/example/contracts/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/contracts-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar differ
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/TestGenerator.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/TestGenerator.groovy
index c81afc29e8..60ad94a94a 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/TestGenerator.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/TestGenerator.groovy
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class TestGenerator {
 		this.saver = saver
 		contractFileScanner = new ContractFileScanner(configProperties.contractsDslDir,
 				configProperties.excludedFiles as Set,
-				configProperties.ignoredFiles as Set)
+				configProperties.ignoredFiles as Set,
+				this.configProperties.includedContracts)
 	}
 
 	int generate() {