diff --git a/assemblies/apache-karaf/src/main/distribution/text/etc/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg b/assemblies/apache-karaf/src/main/distribution/text/etc/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg
index 66bb5ab..fb65ff2 100644
--- a/assemblies/apache-karaf/src/main/distribution/text/etc/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg
+++ b/assemblies/apache-karaf/src/main/distribution/text/etc/org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.defaultRepositories=file:${karaf.home}/${karaf.default.rep
 # Comma separated list of repositories scanned when resolving an artifact.
 # The default list includes the following repositories:
 #    http://repo1.maven.org/maven2
+#    https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots
+#    https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/ops4j-snapshots
 #    http://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group
 #    http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/m2-repo
 #    http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release
@@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.defaultRepositories=file:${karaf.home}/${karaf.default.rep
 #
 org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.repositories= \
     http://repo1.maven.org/maven2@id=central, \
+    https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots@snapshots@noreleases@id=sonatype-snapshot, \
+    https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/ops4j-snapshots@snapshots@noreleases@id=ops4j-snapshot, \
     http://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots-group@snapshots@noreleases@id=apache, \
     http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/m2-repo@id=servicemix, \
     http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release@id=springsource, \