diff --git a/examples/bin/run_example_server.sh b/examples/bin/run_example_server.sh
index 51dccf1d78e..5c7b2dbe21d 100755
--- a/examples/bin/run_example_server.sh
+++ b/examples/bin/run_example_server.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ shopt -s expand_aliases
 trap "exit 1" 1 2 3 15
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=`dirname $0`
+MAVEN_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/extensions-repo"
 
 if [[ ! -d "${SCRIPT_DIR}/lib" || ! -d "${SCRIPT_DIR}/config" ]]; then
   echo "This script appears to be running from the source location. It must be run from its deployed location."
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ fi
 #  start process
 JAVA_ARGS="-Xmx512m -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
 JAVA_ARGS="${JAVA_ARGS} -Ddruid.realtime.specFile=${SPEC_FILE}"
+JAVA_ARGS="${JAVA_ARGS} -Ddruid.extensions.localRepository=${MAVEN_DIR}"
+JAVA_ARGS="${JAVA_ARGS} -Ddruid.extensions.remoteRepositories=[]"
 
 DRUID_CP=${EXAMPLE_LOC}
 #For a pull
diff --git a/examples/config/_common/common.runtime.properties b/examples/config/_common/common.runtime.properties
index 78cc880949d..554b6d93417 100644
--- a/examples/config/_common/common.runtime.properties
+++ b/examples/config/_common/common.runtime.properties
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # Extensions (no deep storage model is listed - using local fs for deep storage - not recommended for production)
 # Also, for production to use mysql add, "io.druid.extensions:mysql-metadata-storage"
 druid.extensions.coordinates=["io.druid.extensions:druid-examples","io.druid.extensions:druid-kafka-eight"]
+druid.extensions.localRepository=extensions-repo
 
 # Zookeeper
 druid.zk.service.host=localhost