diff --git a/artifact/project.xml b/artifact/project.xml
index 7af30b18..ae5376d8 100644
--- a/artifact/project.xml
+++ b/artifact/project.xml
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@
       <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
       <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>maven</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wagon-ssh-external</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-alpha-2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
diff --git a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
index 1cb93bb4..0119bebb 100644
--- a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
+++ b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ import org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.file.FileWagon;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.ftp.FtpWagon;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.http.HttpWagon;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.ssh.ScpWagon;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.ssh.SftpWagon;
+import org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.sshext.ScpExternalWagon;
 import org.apache.maven.wagon.repository.Repository;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -413,7 +414,6 @@ public class DefaultArtifactDeployer
     private Wagon getWagon( String protocol )
         throws MalformedURLException
     {
-        // TODO: implement others (SFTP, SCPEXE)
         if ( protocol.equals( "http" ) )
         {
             return new HttpWagon();
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ public class DefaultArtifactDeployer
         {
             return new FtpWagon();
         }
+        else if ( protocol.equals( "sftp" ) )
+        {
+            return new SftpWagon();
+        }
         else if ( protocol.equals( "file" ) )
         {
             return new FileWagon();
@@ -430,6 +434,10 @@ public class DefaultArtifactDeployer
         {
             return new ScpWagon();
         }
+        else if ( protocol.equals( "scpexe" ) )
+        {
+            return new ScpExternalWagon();
+        }
         else
         {
             throw new MalformedURLException( "Unknown Wagon protocol: " + protocol );