diff --git a/scarb-metadata/src/lib.rs b/scarb-metadata/src/lib.rs
index 50f61c95e..b94358fc7 100644
--- a/scarb-metadata/src/lib.rs
+++ b/scarb-metadata/src/lib.rs
@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@ pub struct CompilationUnitCairoPluginMetadata {
     /// Package ID.
     pub package: PackageId,
 
+    /// An ID which uniquely identifies the plugin in scope of the Compilation Unit.
+    pub discriminator: Option<CompilationUnitComponentId>,
+
     /// Whether Scarb will attempt to load prebuilt binaries associated with this plugin.
     pub prebuilt_allowed: Option<bool>,
 
diff --git a/scarb/src/compiler/compilation_unit.rs b/scarb/src/compiler/compilation_unit.rs
index 12758d409..07582a8a8 100644
--- a/scarb/src/compiler/compilation_unit.rs
+++ b/scarb/src/compiler/compilation_unit.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ pub struct CompilationUnitComponent {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, TypedBuilder)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub struct CompilationUnitCairoPlugin {
+    /// The ID of the [`CompilationUnitComponent`] the plugin is represented by in the [`CairoCompilationUnit`].
+    pub discriminator: CompilationUnitComponentId,
     /// The Scarb plugin [`Package`] to load.
     pub package: Package,
     /// Indicate whether the plugin is built into Scarb, or compiled from source.
diff --git a/scarb/src/compiler/db.rs b/scarb/src/compiler/db.rs
index 702ef43c0..84f3574aa 100644
--- a/scarb/src/compiler/db.rs
+++ b/scarb/src/compiler/db.rs
@@ -153,15 +153,23 @@ fn build_project_config(unit: &CairoCompilationUnit) -> Result<ProjectConfig> {
             let dependencies = component
                 .dependencies
                 .iter()
-                .map(|compilation_unit_component_id| {
+                .filter_map(|compilation_unit_component_id| {
+                    if unit.cairo_plugins
+                        .iter()
+                        .find(|plugin| plugin.discriminator == *compilation_unit_component_id)
+                        .map(|plugin| (plugin.package.id.name.to_string(), plugin.discriminator.clone()))
+                        .is_some() {
+                            return None;
+                        }
+
                     let compilation_unit_component = unit.components.iter().find(|component| component.id == *compilation_unit_component_id)
                         .expect("dependency of a component is guaranteed to exist in compilation unit components");
-                    (
+                    Some((
                         compilation_unit_component.cairo_package_name().to_string(),
                         DependencySettings {
                             discriminator: compilation_unit_component.id.to_discriminator()
                         },
-                    )
+                    ))
                 })
                 .collect();
 
diff --git a/scarb/src/ops/metadata.rs b/scarb/src/ops/metadata.rs
index f4d4ccc43..d75db3732 100644
--- a/scarb/src/ops/metadata.rs
+++ b/scarb/src/ops/metadata.rs
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ fn collect_cairo_compilation_unit_metadata(
         .map(|c| {
             m::CompilationUnitCairoPluginMetadataBuilder::default()
                 .package(wrap_package_id(c.package.id))
+                .discriminator(m::CompilationUnitComponentId {
+                    repr: c.discriminator.package_id.to_string(),
+                })
                 .prebuilt_allowed(c.prebuilt_allowed)
                 .build()
                 .unwrap()
diff --git a/scarb/src/ops/resolve.rs b/scarb/src/ops/resolve.rs
index 177d9f919..f41c51c63 100644
--- a/scarb/src/ops/resolve.rs
+++ b/scarb/src/ops/resolve.rs
@@ -534,6 +534,19 @@ fn cairo_compilation_unit_for_target(
         component.dependencies = dependencies;
     }
 
+    let member_plugin_dependencies = cairo_plugins
+        .iter()
+        .map(|plugin| plugin.discriminator.clone());
+
+    let member_component = components
+        .iter_mut()
+        .find(|component| component.package.id == member.id)
+        .unwrap();
+
+    member_component
+        .dependencies
+        .extend(member_plugin_dependencies);
+
     Ok(CairoCompilationUnit {
         main_package_id,
         components,
@@ -706,6 +719,9 @@ impl<'a> PackageSolutionCollector<'a> {
                 let target = package.target(&TargetKind::CAIRO_PLUGIN).unwrap();
                 let props: CairoPluginProps = target.props()?;
                 Ok(CompilationUnitCairoPlugin::builder()
+                    .discriminator(CompilationUnitComponentId {
+                        package_id: package.id,
+                    })
                     .package(package)
                     .builtin(props.builtin)
                     .prebuilt_allowed(prebuilt_allowed)
@@ -725,10 +741,23 @@ impl<'a> PackageSolutionCollector<'a> {
         let package_id = component.id.package_id;
 
         // Those are direct dependencies of the component.
-        let dependencies_packages = self
+        let mut dependencies_packages = self
             .resolve
             .package_dependencies(package_id, self.target_kind.as_ref().unwrap());
 
+        let mut plugin_dependencies = if self
+            .target_kind
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|kind| kind == &TargetKind::CAIRO_PLUGIN)
+        {
+            vec![]
+        } else {
+            self.resolve
+                .package_dependencies(package_id, &TargetKind::CAIRO_PLUGIN)
+        };
+
+        dependencies_packages.append(&mut plugin_dependencies);
+
         // We iterate over all the compilation unit components to get dependency's version.
         let mut dependencies: Vec<CompilationUnitComponentId> = components
             .iter()