diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/factory/Mappers.java b/core/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/factory/Mappers.java
index 05b616fe9a..464c5f095d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/factory/Mappers.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/factory/Mappers.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
@@ -75,14 +76,21 @@ private static <T> T getMapper(Class<T> mapperType, Iterable<ClassLoader> classL
         throw new ClassNotFoundException("Cannot find implementation for " + mapperType.getName() );
     }
 
-    private static <T> T doGetMapper(Class<T> clazz, ClassLoader classLoader) throws NoSuchMethodException {
+    private static <T> T doGetMapper(Class<T> clazz, ClassLoader classLoader) {
         try {
             @SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
             Class<T> implementation = (Class<T>) classLoader.loadClass( clazz.getName() + IMPLEMENTATION_SUFFIX );
-            Constructor<T> constructor = implementation.getDeclaredConstructor();
-            constructor.setAccessible( true );
 
-            return constructor.newInstance();
+            Constructor<?>[] constructors = implementation.getDeclaredConstructors();
+            Constructor<T> constructor = (Constructor<T>) constructors[0];
+            constructor.setAccessible(true);
+            // the parameters are mappers
+            Class<?>[] parameters = constructor.getParameterTypes();
+            Object[] args = Arrays.stream(parameters)
+                .map(paramClass -> doGetMapper(paramClass, classLoader))
+                .toArray();
+
+            return constructor.newInstance(args);
         }
         catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
             return getMapperFromServiceLoader( clazz, classLoader );
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWhichIsUsed.java b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWhichIsUsed.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e643474f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWhichIsUsed.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.mapstruct.factory;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+@Mapper
+public interface MapperWhichIsUsed {
+
+    Foo toModel(FooDto dto);
+
+    class Foo {
+        public String name;
+    }
+
+    class FooDto {
+        public String name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWhichIsUsedImpl.java b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWhichIsUsedImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..acb7502fac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWhichIsUsedImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.mapstruct.factory;
+
+class MapperWhichIsUsedImpl implements MapperWhichIsUsed {
+
+    @Override
+    public Foo toModel(MapperWhichIsUsed.FooDto dto) {
+        if ( dto == null ) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        Foo foo = new Foo();
+
+        return foo;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWithUses.java b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWithUses.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fd5f11c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWithUses.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package org.mapstruct.factory;
+
+import org.mapstruct.InjectionStrategy;
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+@Mapper(
+    uses = MapperWhichIsUsed.class,
+    injectionStrategy = InjectionStrategy.CONSTRUCTOR
+)
+public interface MapperWithUses {
+    Bar toModel(BarDto dto);
+
+    class Bar {
+        private final String name;
+        private final MapperWhichIsUsed.Foo foo;
+
+        public Bar(String name, MapperWhichIsUsed.Foo foo) {
+            this.name = name;
+            this.foo = foo;
+        }
+    }
+
+    class BarDto {
+        private final String name;
+        private final MapperWhichIsUsed.FooDto foo;
+
+        BarDto(String name, MapperWhichIsUsed.FooDto foo) {
+            this.name = name;
+            this.foo = foo;
+        }
+
+        public String getName() {
+            return this.name;
+        }
+
+        public MapperWhichIsUsed.FooDto getFoo() {
+            return this.foo;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWithUsesImpl.java b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWithUsesImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..faeb781011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MapperWithUsesImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.mapstruct.factory;
+
+public class MapperWithUsesImpl implements MapperWithUses {
+
+    private final MapperWhichIsUsed mapperWhichIsUsed;
+
+    public MapperWithUsesImpl(MapperWhichIsUsed mapperWhichIsUsed) {
+        this.mapperWhichIsUsed = mapperWhichIsUsed;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Bar toModel(BarDto dto) {
+        if (dto == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        String name = null;
+        MapperWhichIsUsed.Foo foo = null;
+
+        name = dto.getName();
+        foo = mapperWhichIsUsed.toModel(dto.getFoo());
+
+        Bar bar = new Bar(name, foo);
+
+        return bar;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MappersTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MappersTest.java
index 6118ba09cb..60600cb078 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MappersTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/factory/MappersTest.java
@@ -58,4 +58,9 @@ public void shouldReturnPackagePrivateImplementationInstance() {
     public void shouldReturnPackagePrivateImplementationClass() {
         assertThat( Mappers.getMapperClass( PackagePrivateMapper.class ) ).isNotNull();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldReturnImplementationClassOfMapperWhichDependsOnAnotherOnes() {
+        assertThat( Mappers.getMapper( MapperWithUses.class ) ).isNotNull();
+    }
 }