diff --git a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/LoadController.java b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/LoadController.java
index ab976bfe5c..a0b137a9b7 100644
--- a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/LoadController.java
+++ b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/LoadController.java
@@ -13,15 +13,18 @@
 package cpw.mods.fml.common;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Functions;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.BiMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Collections2;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableBiMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap.Builder;
@@ -36,6 +39,8 @@ import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLEvent;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLLoadEvent;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLPreInitializationEvent;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLStateEvent;
+import cpw.mods.fml.common.functions.ArtifactVersionNameFunction;
+import cpw.mods.fml.common.versioning.ArtifactVersion;
 
 public class LoadController
 {
@@ -158,23 +163,38 @@ public class LoadController
         }
         for (ModContainer mc : activeModList)
         {
-            activeContainer = mc;
-            String modId = mc.getModId();
-            stateEvent.applyModContainer(activeContainer());
-            FMLLog.log(modId, Level.FINEST, "Sending event %s to mod %s", stateEvent.getEventType(), modId);
-            eventChannels.get(modId).post(stateEvent);
-            FMLLog.log(modId, Level.FINEST, "Sent event %s to mod %s", stateEvent.getEventType(), modId);
-            activeContainer = null;
-            if (stateEvent instanceof FMLStateEvent)
+            sendEventToModContainer(stateEvent, mc);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void sendEventToModContainer(FMLEvent stateEvent, ModContainer mc)
+    {
+        String modId = mc.getModId();
+        Collection<String> requirements =  Collections2.transform(mc.getRequirements(),new ArtifactVersionNameFunction());
+        for (ArtifactVersion av : mc.getDependencies())
+        {
+            if (av.getLabel()!= null && requirements.contains(av.getLabel()) && modStates.containsEntry(av.getLabel(),ModState.ERRORED))
             {
-	            if (!errors.containsKey(modId))
-	            {
-	                modStates.put(modId, ((FMLStateEvent)stateEvent).getModState());
-	            }
-	            else
-	            {
-	                modStates.put(modId, ModState.ERRORED);
-	            }
+                FMLLog.log(modId, Level.SEVERE, "Skipping event %s and marking errored mod %s since required dependency %s has errored", stateEvent.getEventType(), modId, av.getLabel());
+                modStates.put(modId, ModState.ERRORED);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        activeContainer = mc;
+        stateEvent.applyModContainer(activeContainer());
+        FMLLog.log(modId, Level.FINEST, "Sending event %s to mod %s", stateEvent.getEventType(), modId);
+        eventChannels.get(modId).post(stateEvent);
+        FMLLog.log(modId, Level.FINEST, "Sent event %s to mod %s", stateEvent.getEventType(), modId);
+        activeContainer = null;
+        if (stateEvent instanceof FMLStateEvent)
+        {
+            if (!errors.containsKey(modId))
+            {
+                modStates.put(modId, ((FMLStateEvent)stateEvent).getModState());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                modStates.put(modId, ModState.ERRORED);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/Loader.java b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/Loader.java
index f3ca020c6e..b512712e5f 100644
--- a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/Loader.java
+++ b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/Loader.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import cpw.mods.fml.common.LoaderState.ModState;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.discovery.ModDiscoverer;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLInterModComms;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.event.FMLLoadEvent;
+import cpw.mods.fml.common.functions.ArtifactVersionNameFunction;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.functions.ModIdFunction;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.modloader.BaseModProxy;
 import cpw.mods.fml.common.registry.GameData;
@@ -214,13 +215,7 @@ public class Loader
                     FMLLog.severe("The mod %s does not wish to run in Minecraft version %s. You will have to remove it to play.", mod.getModId(), getMCVersionString());
                     throw new WrongMinecraftVersionException(mod);
                 }
-                Map<String,ArtifactVersion> names = Maps.uniqueIndex(mod.getRequirements(), new Function<ArtifactVersion, String>()
-                {
-                    public String apply(ArtifactVersion v)
-                    {
-                        return v.getLabel();
-                    }
-                });
+                Map<String,ArtifactVersion> names = Maps.uniqueIndex(mod.getRequirements(), new ArtifactVersionNameFunction());
                 Set<ArtifactVersion> versionMissingMods = Sets.newHashSet();
                 Set<String> missingMods = Sets.difference(names.keySet(), modVersions.keySet());
                 if (!missingMods.isEmpty())
diff --git a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/functions/ArtifactVersionNameFunction.java b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/functions/ArtifactVersionNameFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9056e42bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/functions/ArtifactVersionNameFunction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package cpw.mods.fml.common.functions;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+
+import cpw.mods.fml.common.versioning.ArtifactVersion;
+
+public class ArtifactVersionNameFunction implements Function<ArtifactVersion, String> {
+    public String apply(ArtifactVersion v)
+    {
+        return v.getLabel();
+    }
+}
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