diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/Kotlin2Cpg.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/Kotlin2Cpg.scala
index 1ffd6196bf57..7b9a0a4dbb94 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/Kotlin2Cpg.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/Kotlin2Cpg.scala
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package io.joern.kotlin2cpg
 
 import better.files.File
+
 import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths}
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
 import scala.util.Try
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.{CollectionHasAsScala, EnumerationHasAsScala}
-
 import io.joern.kotlin2cpg.files.SourceFilesPicker
-import io.joern.kotlin2cpg.passes.{AstCreationPass, ConfigPass}
+import io.joern.kotlin2cpg.passes.{AstCreationPass, ConfigPass, DependenciesFromMavenCoordinatesPass}
 import io.joern.kotlin2cpg.compiler.{CompilerAPI, ErrorLoggingMessageCollector}
 import io.joern.kotlin2cpg.types.{ContentSourcesPicker, DefaultTypeInfoProvider}
 import io.joern.kotlin2cpg.utils.PathUtils
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ import io.joern.kotlin2cpg.interop.JavasrcInterop
 import io.joern.kotlin2cpg.jar4import.UsesService
 import io.shiftleft.codepropertygraph.Cpg
 import io.shiftleft.codepropertygraph.generated.Languages
-import io.shiftleft.semanticcpg.language._
+import io.shiftleft.semanticcpg.language.*
 import io.shiftleft.utils.IOUtils
 
 object Kotlin2Cpg {
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ class Kotlin2Cpg extends X2CpgFrontend[Config] with UsesService {
         Seq()
       }
 
+      val mavenCoordinates = if (config.generateNodesForDependencies) {
+        logger.info(s"Fetching maven coordinates.")
+        fetchMavenCoordinates(sourceDir, config)
+      } else Seq()
+
       val jarsAtConfigClassPath = findJarsIn(config.classpath)
       if (config.classpath.nonEmpty) {
         if (jarsAtConfigClassPath.nonEmpty) {
@@ -143,6 +149,9 @@ class Kotlin2Cpg extends X2CpgFrontend[Config] with UsesService {
       val configCreator = new ConfigPass(configFiles, cpg)
       configCreator.createAndApply()
 
+      val dependenciesFromMavenCoordinatesPass = new DependenciesFromMavenCoordinatesPass(mavenCoordinates, cpg)
+      dependenciesFromMavenCoordinatesPass.createAndApply()
+
       val hasAtLeastOneMethodNode = cpg.method.take(1).nonEmpty
       if (!hasAtLeastOneMethodNode) {
         logger.warn("Resulting CPG does not contain any METHOD nodes.")
@@ -181,6 +190,25 @@ class Kotlin2Cpg extends X2CpgFrontend[Config] with UsesService {
     }
   }
 
+  private def fetchMavenCoordinates(sourceDir: String, config: Config): Seq[String] = {
+    val gradleParams = Map(
+      GradleConfigKeys.ProjectName       -> config.gradleProjectName,
+      GradleConfigKeys.ConfigurationName -> config.gradleConfigurationName
+    ).collect { case (key, Some(value)) => (key, value) }
+
+    val resolverParams = DependencyResolverParams(Map.empty, gradleParams)
+    DependencyResolver.getCoordinates(Paths.get(sourceDir), resolverParams) match {
+      case Some(coordinates) =>
+        logger.info(s"Found ${coordinates.size} maven coordinates.")
+        coordinates.toSeq
+      case None =>
+        logger.warn(s"Could not fetch coordinates for project at path $sourceDir")
+        println("Could not fetch coordinates when explicitly asked to. Exiting.")
+        System.exit(1)
+        Seq()
+    }
+  }
+
   private def findJarsIn(dirs: Set[String]) = {
     val jarExtension = ".jar"
     dirs.foldLeft(Seq[String]())((acc, classpathEntry) => {
diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/Main.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/Main.scala
index a55f49c88698..abd1af27e92a 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/Main.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/Main.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ final case class Config(
   gradleProjectName: Option[String] = None,
   gradleConfigurationName: Option[String] = None,
   jar4importServiceUrl: Option[String] = None,
-  includeJavaSourceFiles: Boolean = false
+  includeJavaSourceFiles: Boolean = false,
+  generateNodesForDependencies: Boolean = false
 ) extends X2CpgConfig[Config] {
 
   def withClasspath(classpath: Set[String]): Config = {
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@ final case class Config(
   def withIncludeJavaSourceFiles(value: Boolean): Config = {
     this.copy(includeJavaSourceFiles = value).withInheritedFields(this)
   }
+
+  def withGenerateNodesForDependencies(value: Boolean): Config = {
+    this.copy(generateNodesForDependencies = value).withInheritedFields(this)
+  }
 }
 
 private object Frontend {
@@ -75,7 +80,10 @@ private object Frontend {
         .action((value, c) => c.withGradleConfigurationName(value)),
       opt[Unit]("include-java-sources")
         .text("Include Java sources in the resulting CPG")
-        .action((_, c) => c.withIncludeJavaSourceFiles(true))
+        .action((_, c) => c.withIncludeJavaSourceFiles(true)),
+      opt[Unit]("generate-nodes-for-dependencies")
+        .text("Generate nodes for the dependencies of the target project")
+        .action((_, c) => c.withGenerateNodesForDependencies(true))
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/passes/DependenciesFromMavenCoordinatesPass.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/passes/DependenciesFromMavenCoordinatesPass.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ffe4e2f9a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/kotlin2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/kotlin2cpg/passes/DependenciesFromMavenCoordinatesPass.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package io.joern.kotlin2cpg.passes
+
+import io.shiftleft.codepropertygraph.Cpg
+import io.shiftleft.passes.CpgPass
+import io.shiftleft.semanticcpg.language._
+import io.shiftleft.codepropertygraph.generated.nodes.{NewDependency}
+import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}
+
+import scala.util.matching.Regex
+
+// This pass takes a list of strings representing maven coordinates in order to add DEPENDENCY nodes to the graph.
+/*
+example of a sequence of coordinates that are valid for the pass:
+```
+org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.7.22
+org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:1.7.22
+org.jetbrains:annotations:13.0
+org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:1.7.22
+org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.15.0
+org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:3.0.5
+org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:3.0.5
+org.springframework:spring-core:6.0.7
+org.springframework:spring-jcl:6.0.7
+org.springframework:spring-context:6.0.7
+```
+ */
+class DependenciesFromMavenCoordinatesPass(coordinates: Seq[String], cpg: Cpg) extends CpgPass(cpg) {
+  override def run(dstGraph: DiffGraphBuilder): Unit = {
+
+    coordinates.foreach { coordinate =>
+      val keyValPattern: Regex = "^([^:]+):([^:]+):([^:]+)$".r
+      for (patternMatch <- keyValPattern.findAllMatchIn(coordinate)) {
+        val groupId = patternMatch.group(1)
+        val name    = patternMatch.group(2)
+        val version = patternMatch.group(3)
+        val node    = NewDependency().name(name).version(version).dependencyGroupId(groupId)
+        dstGraph.addNode(node)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}