diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
index 22b9935c84..28dc6d87a5 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/download/ArtifactDownloader.java
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ private boolean getRemoteArtifact( Dependency dep, File destinationFile )
         {
             Repository remoteRepo = (Repository) i.next();
 
+            boolean snapshot = isSnapshot( dep );
+            if ( snapshot && !remoteRepo.isSnapshots() )
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if ( !snapshot && !remoteRepo.isReleases() )
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // The username and password parameters are not being used here.
             String url = remoteRepo.getBasedir() + "/" + remoteRepo.getArtifactPath( dep );
 
@@ -124,7 +134,7 @@ private boolean getRemoteArtifact( Dependency dep, File destinationFile )
             try
             {
                 String version = dep.getVersion();
-                if ( isSnapshot( dep ) )
+                if ( snapshot )
                 {
                     String filename = getSnapshotMetadataFile( destinationFile.getName(), "SNAPSHOT.version.txt" );
                     File file = localRepository.getMetadataFile( dep.getGroupId(), dep.getArtifactId(),
@@ -255,7 +265,7 @@ public List getRemoteRepositories()
         if ( remoteRepositories.isEmpty() )
         {
             // TODO: use super POM?
-            remoteRepositories.add( new Repository( "central", REPO_URL, Repository.LAYOUT_DEFAULT ) );
+            remoteRepositories.add( new Repository( "central", REPO_URL, Repository.LAYOUT_DEFAULT, false, true ) );
         }
 
         return remoteRepositories;
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/model/ModelReader.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/model/ModelReader.java
index c859cc57ab..8e6c0e19af 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/model/ModelReader.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/model/ModelReader.java
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ public class ModelReader
 
     private boolean insideDependencyManagement = false;
 
+    private boolean insideReleases;
+
+    private boolean insideSnapshots;
+
     public ModelReader( ArtifactDownloader downloader, boolean resolveTransitiveDependencies )
     {
         this.downloader = downloader;
@@ -157,6 +161,14 @@ else if ( rawName.equals( "testResource" ) )
 
             insideResource = true;
         }
+        else if ( rawName.equals( "snapshots" ) && insideRepository )
+        {
+            insideSnapshots = true;
+        }
+        else if ( rawName.equals( "releases" ) && insideRepository )
+        {
+            insideReleases = true;
+        }
         depth++;
     }
 
@@ -324,6 +336,25 @@ else if ( rawName.equals( "layout" ) )
             {
                 currentRepository.setLayout( getBodyText() );
             }
+            else if ( rawName.equals( "enabled" ) )
+            {
+                if ( insideSnapshots )
+                {
+                    currentRepository.setSnapshots( Boolean.valueOf( getBodyText() ).booleanValue() );
+                }
+                else if ( insideReleases )
+                {
+                    currentRepository.setReleases( Boolean.valueOf( getBodyText() ).booleanValue() );
+                }
+            }
+            else if ( rawName.equals( "snapshots" ) )
+            {
+                insideSnapshots = false;
+            }
+            else if ( rawName.equals( "releases" ) )
+            {
+                insideReleases = false;
+            }
         }
         else if ( depth == 2 )
         {
@@ -409,9 +440,8 @@ private ModelReader retrievePom( String groupId, String artifactId, String versi
             downloader.downloadDependencies( Collections.singletonList( pom ) );
 
             Repository localRepository = downloader.getLocalRepository();
-            p.parse(
-                localRepository.getMetadataFile( groupId, artifactId, version, type,
-                                                 artifactId + "-" + pom.getResolvedVersion() + ".pom" ) );
+            p.parse( localRepository.getMetadataFile( groupId, artifactId, version, type,
+                                                      artifactId + "-" + pom.getResolvedVersion() + ".pom" ) );
         }
         catch ( IOException e )
         {
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/model/Repository.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/model/Repository.java
index 8959ea6846..98255a1d67 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/model/Repository.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/model/Repository.java
@@ -36,15 +36,21 @@ public class Repository
 
     private String id;
 
+    private boolean releases;
+
+    private boolean snapshots;
+
     public Repository()
     {
     }
 
-    public Repository( String id, String basedir, String layout )
+    public Repository( String id, String basedir, String layout, boolean snapshots, boolean releases )
     {
         this.id = id;
         this.basedir = basedir;
         this.layout = layout;
+        this.snapshots = snapshots;
+        this.releases = releases;
     }
 
     public File getArtifactFile( String groupId, String artifactId, String version, String type )
@@ -156,4 +162,24 @@ public String getLayout()
     {
         return layout;
     }
+
+    public void setReleases( boolean releases )
+    {
+        this.releases = releases;
+    }
+
+    public void setSnapshots( boolean snapshots )
+    {
+        this.snapshots = snapshots;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isReleases()
+    {
+        return releases;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSnapshots()
+    {
+        return snapshots;
+    }
 }