diff --git a/license-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/util/Selection.java b/license-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/util/Selection.java
index 799a6f4fa..6199fb910 100755
--- a/license-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/util/Selection.java
+++ b/license-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/util/Selection.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public ScanAction visitDirectory(final String name, final File directory) {
                         if (debugEnabled) {
                             log.debug("Skipping '" + new File(directory, name) + "' since it is excluded");
                         }
-                        return ScanAction.ABORT_DIRECTORY;
+                        return ScanAction.NO_RECURSE;
                     }
                     if (debugEnabled) {
                         log.debug("Visiting '" + new File(directory, name) + "' since it is not excluded");
diff --git a/license-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/util/SelectionTest.java b/license-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/util/SelectionTest.java
index 7cf28246e..288906ac8 100755
--- a/license-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/util/SelectionTest.java
+++ b/license-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/util/SelectionTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -92,7 +93,20 @@ private String buildDebugMessage(DirectoryScanner scanner) {
                 "includedDirsFiles=" + asList(scanner.getIncludedDirectories()) + ",\n" +
                 "includedFiles=" + asList(scanner.getIncludedFiles()) + ",\n" +
                 "notIncludedDirs=" + asList(scanner.getNotIncludedDirectories()) + ",\n" +
-                "notIncludedFiles=" + asList(scanner.getNotIncludedFiles()) + ",\n";
+                "notIncludedFiles=" + asList(scanner.getNotIncludedFiles()) + ",\n" +
+                "diskFiles=" + listFiles(scanner.getBasedir(), new ArrayList<File>());
+    }
+
+    private Collection<File> listFiles(File basedir, Collection<File> files) {
+        files.add(basedir);
+        for (File f : basedir.listFiles()) {
+            if (f.isDirectory()) {
+                listFiles(f, files);
+            } else {
+                files.add(f);
+            }
+        }
+        return files;
     }
 
     private void assertIncludedFilesInFakeProject(Selection selection, String debugMessage) {