--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/sjavac/JavacState.java	Wed Aug 14 21:44:51 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/sjavac/JavacState.java	Thu Aug 15 17:24:35 2013 +0200
@@ -808,7 +808,10 @@
 
         // Create a set of filenames with full paths.
         for (Source s : now.sources().values()) {
-            calculatedSources.add(s.file().getPath());
+            // Don't include link only sources when comparing sources to compile
+            if (!s.isLinkedOnly()) {
+                calculatedSources.add(s.file().getPath());
+            }
         }
         // Read in the file and create another set of filenames with full paths.
         try {

--- a/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/sjavac/Main.java	Wed Aug 14 21:44:51 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/sjavac/Main.java	Thu Aug 15 17:24:35 2013 +0200
@@ -249,16 +249,19 @@
                 return -1;
             }
 
-            // Find all source files allowable for linking.
+            // Create a map of all source files that are available for linking. Both -src and
+            // -sourcepath point to such files. It is possible to specify multiple
+            // -sourcepath options to enable different filtering rules. If the
+            // filters are the same for multiple sourcepaths, they may be concatenated
+            // using :(;). Before sending the list of sourcepaths to javac, they are
+            // all concatenated. The list created here is used by the SmartFileWrapper to
+            // make sure only the correct sources are actually available.
             // We might find more modules here as well.
             Map<String,Source> sources_to_link_to = new HashMap<String,Source>();
-            // Always reuse -src for linking as well! This means that we might
-            // get two -sourcepath on the commandline after the rewrite, which is
-            // fine. We can have as many as we like. You need to have separate -src/-sourcepath/-classpath
-            // if you need different filtering rules for different roots. If you have the same filtering
-            // rules for all sourcepath roots, you can concatenate them using :(;) as before.
-              rewriteOptions(args, "-src", "-sourcepath");
+            findFiles(args, "-src", Util.set(".java"), sources_to_link_to, modules, current_module, true);
             findFiles(args, "-sourcepath", Util.set(".java"), sources_to_link_to, modules, current_module, true);
+            // Rewrite the -src option to make it through to the javac instances.
+            rewriteOptions(args, "-src", "-sourcepath");
 
             // Find all class files allowable for linking.
             // And pickup knowledge of all modules found here.

--- a/langtools/test/tools/sjavac/SJavac.java	Wed Aug 14 21:44:51 2013 -0700
+++ b/langtools/test/tools/sjavac/SJavac.java	Thu Aug 15 17:24:35 2013 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
  * questions.
  */
 
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Tests sjavac basic functionality
+ */
+
 import java.util.*;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.*;
@@ -82,11 +87,13 @@
         compileWithOverrideSource();
         compileWithInvisibleSources();
         compileCircularSources();
+        compileExcludingDependency();
 
         delete(gensrc);
         delete(gensrc2);
         delete(gensrc3);
         delete(bin);
+        delete(headers);
     }
 
     void initialCompile() throws Exception {
@@ -381,6 +388,33 @@
         delete(bin);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests compiling class A that depends on class B without compiling class B
+     * @throws Exception If test fails
+     */
+    void compileExcludingDependency() throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("\nVerify that excluding classes from compilation but not from linking works.");
+        System.out.println("---------------------------------------------------------------------------");
+
+        delete(gensrc);
+        delete(bin);
+        previous_bin_state = collectState(bin);
+
+        populate(gensrc,
+                 "alfa/A.java",
+                 "package alfa; public class A { beta.B b; }",
+                 "beta/B.java",
+                 "package beta; public class B { }");
+
+        compile("-x", "beta", "-src", "gensrc", "-x", "alfa", "-sourcepath", "gensrc",
+                "-d", "bin", "--server:portfile=testserver,background=false");
+
+        Map<String,Long> new_bin_state = collectState(bin);
+        verifyThatFilesHaveBeenAdded(previous_bin_state, new_bin_state,
+                                     "bin/alfa/A.class",
+                                     "bin/javac_state");
+    }
+
     void removeFrom(Path dir, String... args) throws IOException {
         for (String filename : args) {
             Path p = dir.resolve(filename);
@@ -405,7 +439,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    void delete(Path root) throws IOException {
+    void delete(final Path root) throws IOException {
         if (!Files.exists(root)) return;
         Files.walkFileTree(root, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
                  @Override