diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/KobaltMavenResolver.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/KobaltMavenResolver.kt
index 50731443..1a7fdaf3 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/KobaltMavenResolver.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/aether/KobaltMavenResolver.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyRequest
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyResult
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeRequest
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.VersionRangeResult
+import java.util.*
 
 class KobaltMavenResolver @Inject constructor(val settings: KobaltSettings,
         val args: Args,
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@ class KobaltMavenResolver @Inject constructor(val settings: KobaltSettings,
     fun resolveToArtifact(id: String, scope: Scope? = null, filter: DependencyFilter? = null) : Artifact
         = resolve(id, scope, filter).root.artifact
 
-    fun resolve(id: String, scope: Scope? = null, filter: DependencyFilter? = null): DependencyResult {
-        val dependencyRequest = DependencyRequest(createCollectRequest(id, scope), filter)
+    fun resolve(id: String, scope: Scope? = null, filter: DependencyFilter? = null,
+            repos: List<String> = emptyList()): DependencyResult {
+        val dependencyRequest = DependencyRequest(createCollectRequest(id, scope, repos), filter)
         val result = system.resolveDependencies(session, dependencyRequest)
 
 //        GraphUtil.displayGraph(listOf(result.root), { it -> it.children },
@@ -90,11 +92,12 @@ class KobaltMavenResolver @Inject constructor(val settings: KobaltSettings,
     private val system = Booter.newRepositorySystem()
     private val session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession(system, localRepo.localRepo, settings, eventBus)
 
+    private fun createRepo(url: String) = RemoteRepository.Builder(Random().nextInt().toString(), "default", url)
+            .build()
+
     private val kobaltRepositories: List<RemoteRepository>
         get() = Kobalt.repos.map {
-            RemoteRepository.Builder(null, "default", it.url)
-//                    .setSnapshotPolicy(RepositoryPolicy(false, null, null))
-                    .build().let { repository ->
+            createRepo(it.url).let { repository ->
                 val proxyConfigs = settings.proxyConfigs ?: return@map repository
                 RemoteRepository.Builder(repository).apply {
                     setProxy(proxyConfigs.getProxy(repository.protocol)?.toAetherProxy())
@@ -102,7 +105,8 @@ class KobaltMavenResolver @Inject constructor(val settings: KobaltSettings,
             }
         }
 
-    private fun createCollectRequest(id: String, scope: Scope? = null) = CollectRequest().apply {
+    private fun createCollectRequest(id: String, scope: Scope? = null, repos: List<String> = emptyList())
+            = CollectRequest().apply {
         val allIds = arrayListOf(MavenId.toMavenId(id))
         if (args.downloadSources) {
             listOf("sources", "javadoc").forEach {
@@ -112,9 +116,8 @@ class KobaltMavenResolver @Inject constructor(val settings: KobaltSettings,
                 allIds.add(sourceArtifact.toString())
             }
         }
-        dependencies = allIds.map { Dependency(DefaultArtifact(it), scope?.scope) }
 
         root = Dependency(DefaultArtifact(MavenId.toMavenId(id)), scope?.scope)
-        repositories = kobaltRepositories
+        repositories = kobaltRepositories + repos.map { createRepo(it) }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/MavenResolverTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/MavenResolverTest.kt
index a0b4be9f..2e98cf28 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/MavenResolverTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/MavenResolverTest.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.graph.Dependency
 import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResult
 import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyRequest
+import org.eclipse.aether.resolution.DependencyResolutionException
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider
 import org.testng.annotations.Guice
 import org.testng.annotations.Test
@@ -68,6 +69,21 @@ class MavenResolverTest {
         assertThat(closure.none { it.toString().contains("android") })
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun shouldResolveSnapshots() {
+        try {
+            // Should throw
+            resolver.resolve("org.bukkit:bukkit:1.11.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT")
+        } catch(ex: DependencyResolutionException) {
+            // Success. Note: run the failing test first, because once the resolve succeeds, its
+            // results are cached in the local repo.
+        }
+
+        // Should succeed
+        resolver.resolve("org.bukkit:bukkit:1.11.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT",
+                repos = listOf("https://hub.spigotmc.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots"))
+    }
+
     private fun resolve(id: String): List<ArtifactResult> {
         val system = Booter.newRepositorySystem()
         val session = Booter.newRepositorySystemSession(system,