diff --git a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/RawXJC2Mojo.java b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/RawXJC2Mojo.java
index 55dfd2ebf..f664ba5f2 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/RawXJC2Mojo.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/RawXJC2Mojo.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.net.CompositeURILastModifiedResolver;
 import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.net.FileURILastModifiedResolver;
 import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.net.URILastModifiedResolver;
+import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.resolver.tools.LoggingCatalogResolver;
 import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.resolver.tools.MavenCatalogResolver;
 import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.resolver.tools.ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper;
 import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.util.ArtifactUtils;
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ private void setupEntityResolver() {
 	}
 
 	protected EntityResolver createEntityResolver(CatalogResolver catalogResolver) {
-		final EntityResolver entityResolver = new ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper(catalogResolver);
+		final EntityResolver entityResolver = new ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper(catalogResolver, getLog());
 		return entityResolver;
 	}
 
@@ -919,6 +920,9 @@ private CatalogResolver createCatalogResolverByClassName(final String catalogRes
 				@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 				final Class<? extends CatalogResolver> catalogResolverClass = (Class<? extends CatalogResolver>) draftCatalogResolverClass;
 				final CatalogResolver catalogResolverInstance = catalogResolverClass.newInstance();
+				if (catalogResolverInstance instanceof LoggingCatalogResolver) {
+					((LoggingCatalogResolver) catalogResolverInstance).setLog(getLog());
+				}
 				return catalogResolverInstance;
 			}
 		} catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfex) {
diff --git a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ClasspathCatalogResolver.java b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ClasspathCatalogResolver.java
index 78031b0a7..3c87d05d9 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ClasspathCatalogResolver.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ClasspathCatalogResolver.java
@@ -1,24 +1,37 @@
 package org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.resolver.tools;
 
+import com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.resolver.CatalogManager;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
+import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.plugin.logging.NullLog;
+
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
 
 public class ClasspathCatalogResolver extends
-		com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.resolver.tools.CatalogResolver {
+		com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.resolver.tools.CatalogResolver implements LoggingCatalogResolver {
 
 	public static final String URI_SCHEME_CLASSPATH = "classpath";
+	private Log log;
+
+	public ClasspathCatalogResolver() {
+		super();
+		this.log = NullLog.INSTANCE;
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String getResolvedEntity(String publicId, String systemId) {
-//		System.out.println("Resolving [" + publicId + "], [" + systemId + "].");
+
+		log.debug( "ClasspathCatalogResolver : Resolving [" + publicId + "], [" + systemId + "].");
 		final String result = super.getResolvedEntity(publicId, systemId);
-//		System.out.println("Resolved to [" + result+ "].");
+		log.debug("ClasspathCatalogResolver : Resolved to [" + result+ "].");
 
 		if (result == null) {
-//			System.err.println(MessageFormat.format(
-//					"Could not resolve publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}]",
-//					publicId, systemId));
+			log.info(MessageFormat.format(
+					"ClasspathCatalogResolver : Could not resolve publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}]",
+					publicId, systemId));
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -26,25 +39,29 @@ public String getResolvedEntity(String publicId, String systemId) {
 			final URI uri = new URI(result);
 			if (URI_SCHEME_CLASSPATH.equals(uri.getScheme())) {
 				final String schemeSpecificPart = uri.getSchemeSpecificPart();
-//				System.out.println("Resolve [" + schemeSpecificPart + "].");
+				log.debug("ClasspathCatalogResolver : Resolve [" + schemeSpecificPart + "].");
 
 				final URL resource = Thread.currentThread()
 						.getContextClassLoader()
 						.getResource(schemeSpecificPart);
 				if (resource == null) {
-//					System.out.println("Returning [" + null + "].");
+					log.debug("ClasspathCatalogResolver : Returning [" + null + "].");
 					return null;
 				} else {
-//					System.out.println("Returning to [" + resource.toString()+ "].");
+					log.debug("ClasspathCatalogResolver : Returning to [" + resource.toString() + "].");
 					return resource.toString();
 				}
 			} else {
-//				System.out.println("Returning to [" + result+ "].");
+				log.debug("ClasspathCatalogResolver : Returning to [" + result+ "].");
 				return result;
 			}
 		} catch (URISyntaxException urisex) {
-//			System.out.println("Returning to [" + result+ "].");
+			log.debug("ClasspathCatalogResolver : Returning to [" + result+ "].");
 			return result;
 		}
 	}
+
+	public void setLog(Log log) {
+		this.log = log;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/LoggingCatalogResolver.java b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/LoggingCatalogResolver.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea0828738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/LoggingCatalogResolver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.resolver.tools;
+
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
+
+/**
+ * This interface allow Maven XJC Mojo to pass it's logger to the CatalogResolver
+ * in order to allow debugging with appropriate maven flags.
+ */
+public interface LoggingCatalogResolver {
+    void setLog(Log log);
+}
diff --git a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/MavenCatalogResolver.java b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/MavenCatalogResolver.java
index 10e7a650e..d44db300b 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/MavenCatalogResolver.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/MavenCatalogResolver.java
@@ -48,15 +48,10 @@ protected Log getLog() {
 	@Override
 	public String getResolvedEntity(String publicId, String systemId) {
 		getLog().debug(
-				MessageFormat.format(
-						"Resolving publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}].", publicId,
-						systemId));
-		final String superResolvedEntity = super.getResolvedEntity(publicId,
-				systemId);
+				MessageFormat.format("Resolving publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}].", publicId, systemId));
+		final String superResolvedEntity = super.getResolvedEntity(publicId, systemId);
 		getLog().debug(
-				MessageFormat
-						.format("Parent resolver has resolved publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}] to [{2}].",
-								publicId, systemId, superResolvedEntity));
+				MessageFormat.format("Parent resolver has resolved publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}] to [{2}].", publicId, systemId, superResolvedEntity));
 		if (superResolvedEntity != null) {
 			systemId = superResolvedEntity;
 		}
@@ -69,13 +64,10 @@ public String getResolvedEntity(String publicId, String systemId) {
 			final URI uri = new URI(systemId);
 			if (URI_SCHEME_MAVEN.equals(uri.getScheme())) {
 				getLog().debug(
-						MessageFormat
-								.format("Resolving systemId [{1}] as Maven dependency resource.",
-										publicId, systemId));
+						MessageFormat.format("Resolving systemId [{1}] as Maven dependency resource.", publicId, systemId));
 				final String schemeSpecificPart = uri.getSchemeSpecificPart();
 				try {
-					final DependencyResource dependencyResource = DependencyResource
-							.valueOf(schemeSpecificPart);
+					final DependencyResource dependencyResource = DependencyResource.valueOf(schemeSpecificPart);
 					try {
 						final URL url = dependencyResourceResolver
 								.resolveDependencyResource(dependencyResource);
diff --git a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper.java b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper.java
index 268018241..0f89cd766 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper.java
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 package org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.resolver.tools;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
+import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.plugin.logging.NullLog;
+import org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.util.StringUtils;
 import org.xml.sax.EntityResolver;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
@@ -9,36 +18,57 @@
 public class ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper implements EntityResolver {
 
 	private final EntityResolver entityResolver;
+	private final Log log;
 
-	public ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper(EntityResolver entityResolver) {
+	public ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper(EntityResolver entityResolver, Log log) {
 		if (entityResolver == null) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-					"Provided entity resolver must not be null.");
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Provided entity resolver must not be null.");
 		}
 		this.entityResolver = entityResolver;
+		this.log = Optional.ofNullable(log).orElse(NullLog.INSTANCE);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public InputSource resolveEntity(String publicId, String systemId)
 			throws SAXException, IOException {
-		// System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Resolving publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}].",
-		// publicId, systemId));
-		final InputSource resolvedInputSource = this.entityResolver
-				.resolveEntity(publicId, systemId);
+		log.debug(MessageFormat.format("ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper : Resolving publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}].", publicId, systemId));
+		final InputSource resolvedInputSource = this.entityResolver.resolveEntity(publicId, systemId);
 		if (resolvedInputSource == null) {
-			// System.out.println("Resolution result is null.");
+			log.debug("ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper : Resolution result is null.");
 			return null;
 		} else {
-			// System.out.println(MessageFormat.format(
-			// "Resolved to publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}].",
-			// resolvedInputSource.getPublicId(),
-			// resolvedInputSource.getSystemId()));
-			final String pId = publicId != null ? publicId
-					: resolvedInputSource.getPublicId();
-			final String sId = systemId != null ? systemId
-					: resolvedInputSource.getSystemId();
-			return new ReResolvingInputSourceWrapper(this.entityResolver,
-					resolvedInputSource, pId, sId);
+			log.debug(MessageFormat.format("ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper : Resolved to publicId [{0}], systemId [{1}].", resolvedInputSource.getPublicId(), resolvedInputSource.getSystemId()));
+			final String pId = !StringUtils.isEmpty(publicId) ? publicId : resolvedInputSource.getPublicId();
+			final String sId = computeSystemId(systemId, resolvedInputSource.getSystemId(), log);
+			return new ReResolvingInputSourceWrapper(this.entityResolver, resolvedInputSource, pId, sId, resolvedInputSource.getPublicId(), resolvedInputSource.getSystemId());
 		}
 	}
+
+	private static String computeSystemId(String systemId, String resolvedSystemId, Log log) {
+		if (systemId == null) {
+			return resolvedSystemId;
+		}
+		if (resolvedSystemId == null) {
+			return systemId;
+		}
+		boolean fileExistsSystemId = checkFileExists(systemId, log);
+		boolean fileExistsResolvedSystemId = checkFileExists(resolvedSystemId, log);
+		return !StringUtils.isEmpty(systemId) && fileExistsSystemId ? systemId : fileExistsResolvedSystemId ? resolvedSystemId : systemId;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean checkFileExists(String sId, Log log) {
+		try {
+			URI uriSystemId = new URI(sId);
+			if ("file".equals(uriSystemId.getScheme())) {
+				if (!Files.exists(Paths.get(uriSystemId))) {
+					// resolved file does not exist, warn and let's continue with original systemId
+					log.warn(MessageFormat.format("ReResolvingEntityResolverWrapper : File {0} does not exists.", sId));
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
+			// ignore, let it be handled by parser as is
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ReResolvingInputSourceWrapper.java b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ReResolvingInputSourceWrapper.java
index b6df23b64..8d15225b8 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ReResolvingInputSourceWrapper.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/resolver/tools/ReResolvingInputSourceWrapper.java
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ public class ReResolvingInputSourceWrapper extends InputSource {
 	private final EntityResolver entityResolver;
 	private final InputSource inputSource;
 
+	private final String resolvedPublicId;
+	private final String resolvedSystemId;
+
 	public ReResolvingInputSourceWrapper(EntityResolver entityResolver,
-			InputSource inputSource, String publicId, String systemId) {
+			InputSource inputSource, String publicId, String systemId,
+			 String resolvedPublicId, String resolvedSystemId) {
 		this.entityResolver = entityResolver;
 		this.inputSource = inputSource;
 		this.setPublicId(publicId);
 		this.setSystemId(systemId);
+		this.resolvedPublicId = resolvedPublicId;
+		this.resolvedSystemId = resolvedSystemId;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -27,22 +33,34 @@ public Reader getCharacterStream() {
 		if (originalReader == null) {
 			return null;
 		} else {
-			try {
-				InputSource resolvedEntity = this.entityResolver.resolveEntity(
-						getPublicId(), getSystemId());
-				if (resolvedEntity != null) {
-					return resolvedEntity.getCharacterStream();
-				} else {
-					return originalReader;
-				}
-			} catch (IOException ioex) {
-				return originalReader;
-			} catch (SAXException saxex) {
+			Reader resolvedEntityReader = getResolvedEntity();
+			if (resolvedEntityReader != null) {
+				return resolvedEntityReader;
+			} else {
 				return originalReader;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	private Reader getResolvedEntity() {
+		try {
+			InputSource resolvedEntity = this.entityResolver.resolveEntity(
+					getPublicId(), getSystemId());
+			if (resolvedEntity == null) {
+				resolvedEntity = this.entityResolver.resolveEntity(resolvedPublicId, resolvedSystemId);
+			}
+			if (resolvedEntity == null) {
+				return null;
+			} else {
+				return resolvedEntity.getCharacterStream();
+			}
+		} catch (IOException ioex) {
+			return null;
+		} catch (SAXException saxex) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void setCharacterStream(Reader characterStream) {
 	}
diff --git a/maven-plugin/tests/MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-77/service/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/tests/MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-77/service/pom.xml
index 723c603cc..79c2b954a 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/tests/MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-77/service/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin/tests/MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-77/service/pom.xml
@@ -26,14 +26,17 @@
 				<groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jaxb-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<episode>true</episode>
-        				<useDependenciesAsEpisodes>true</useDependenciesAsEpisodes>
 					<schemaDirectory>src/main/resources/META-INF/project/schemas</schemaDirectory>
 					<generatePackage>com.company.project.service.types</generatePackage>
 					<catalog>src/main/jaxb/catalog.cat</catalog>
 					<catalogResolver>org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.resolver.tools.ClasspathCatalogResolver</catalogResolver>
 					<extension>true</extension>
-					<strict>false</strict>
+					<plugins>
+						<plugin>
+							<groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb</groupId>
+							<artifactId>jaxb-maven-plugin-tests-MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-77-common-types</artifactId>
+						</plugin>
+					</plugins>
 				</configuration>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd981ae09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>jaxb-maven-plugin-tests-244</artifactId>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb</groupId>
+		<artifactId>jaxb-maven-plugin-tests</artifactId>
+		<version>2.0.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<name>JAXB Tools :: Maven Plugin :: Test [JAXB-TOOLS 244]</name>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jaxb-maven-plugin-testing</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jaxb-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>generate</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>generate</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<strict>false</strict>
+							<catalog>src/main/resources/catalog.xml</catalog>
+							<schemaDirectory>src/main/resources/schemas</schemaDirectory>
+							<schemaIncludes>
+								<include>a.xsd</include>
+							</schemaIncludes>
+							<bindingDirectory>src/main/resources</bindingDirectory>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/bindings.xjb b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/bindings.xjb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bac4177b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/bindings.xjb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<bindings xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb" version="2.1"
+          xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+          xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc"
+          extensionBindingPrefixes="xjc">
+</bindings>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/catalog.xml b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/catalog.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5bd041f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/catalog.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<catalog xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog"
+         prefer="public">
+	<systemSuffix systemIdSuffix="b.xsd" uri="schemas/common/b.xsd"/>
+</catalog>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/schemas/a.xsd b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/schemas/a.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec81cfd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/schemas/a.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<xs:schema xmlns:b="B" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+  <xs:import namespace="B" schemaLocation="b.xsd"/>
+  <xs:element name="a" type="b:foo"/>
+</xs:schema>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/schemas/common/b.xsd b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/schemas/common/b.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb804e736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/tests/jt-244/src/main/resources/schemas/common/b.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<xs:schema xmlns="B" targetNamespace="B" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+  <xs:simpleType name="foo">
+    <xs:restriction base="xs:string"/>
+  </xs:simpleType>
+</xs:schema>
diff --git a/maven-plugin/tests/pom.xml b/maven-plugin/tests/pom.xml
index 38cf1510c..543d385c6 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin/tests/pom.xml
@@ -35,14 +35,13 @@
 		<module>res</module>
 		<module>tse</module>
 		<module>two</module>
-		<module>xjc-simple</module>
-
+    <module>xjc-simple</module>
 		<module>JAXB-1044</module>
 		<module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-49</module>
 		<module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-53</module>
 		<module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-69</module>
 		<module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-70</module>
-		<!-- module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-77</module -->
+		<module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-77</module>
 		<module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-79</module>
 		<module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-82</module>
 		<module>MAVEN_JAXB2_PLUGIN-86</module>
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@
 		<module>gh-issue-58</module>
 		<module>java-9</module>
 		<module>jt-250</module>
+		<module>jt-244</module>
 		<module>jt-194</module>
 	</modules>
 	<build>