diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3a2caa7b..d0236a8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     <jersey.version>2.29</jersey.version>
     <download-maven-plugin.version>1.3.0</download-maven-plugin.version>
     <bagit-support.version>1.1.0</bagit-support.version>
+    <sonatype.host>s01.oss.sonatype.org</sonatype.host>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -97,6 +98,48 @@
 
   </dependencies>
 
+  <repositories>
+
+    <repository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+      <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+      <url>https://${sonatype.host}/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+
+  </repositories>
+
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+      <name>Sonatype Nexus Shapshots</name>
+      <url>https://${sonatype.host}/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+      <url>https://${sonatype.host}/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </distributionManagement>
+
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+      <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+      <url>https://${sonatype.host}/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+
   <scm>
     <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/fcrepo-exts/${project_name}.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:fcrepo-exts/${project_name}.git</developerConnection>