diff --git a/core-jvm/src/main/scala/coursier/core/MavenRepository.scala b/core-jvm/src/main/scala/coursier/core/MavenRepository.scala
index 5b39acf82..32b182b38 100644
--- a/core-jvm/src/main/scala/coursier/core/MavenRepository.scala
+++ b/core-jvm/src/main/scala/coursier/core/MavenRepository.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@ case class MavenRepository(
         val url = new URL(urlStr)
 
         def log = Task(logger.foreach(_.downloading(urlStr)))
-        def get = MavenRepository.readFully(url.openStream())
+        def get = {
+          val conn = url.openConnection()
+          // Dummy user-agent instead of the default "Java/...",
+          // so that we are not returned incomplete/erroneous metadata
+          // (Maven 2 compatibility? - happens for snapshot versioning metadata,
+          // this is SO FUCKING CRAZY)
+          conn.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "")
+          MavenRepository.readFully(conn.getInputStream())
+        }
 
         log.flatMap(_ => get)
       }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Definitions.scala b/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Definitions.scala
index 504bf09af..130b48092 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Definitions.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Definitions.scala
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ case class Project(
   dependencyManagement: Seq[Dependency],
   properties: Map[String, String],
   profiles: Seq[Profile],
-  versions: Option[Versions]
+  versions: Option[Versions],
+  snapshotVersioning: Option[SnapshotVersioning]
 ) {
   def moduleVersion = (module, version)
 }
@@ -99,6 +100,25 @@ object Versions {
   )
 }
 
+case class SnapshotVersion(
+  classifier: String,
+  extension: String,
+  value: String,
+  updated: Option[Versions.DateTime]
+)
+
+case class SnapshotVersioning(
+  module: Module,
+  version: String,
+  latest: String,
+  release: String,
+  timestamp: String,
+  buildNumber: Option[Int],
+  localCopy: Option[Boolean],
+  lastUpdated: Option[Versions.DateTime],
+  snapshotVersions: Seq[SnapshotVersion]
+)
+
 case class Artifact(
   url: String,
   checksumUrls: Map[String, String],
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Repository.scala b/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Repository.scala
index eb8ac7350..61455c96d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Repository.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Repository.scala
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ object Repository {
 
 case class MavenSource(root: String, ivyLike: Boolean) extends Artifact.Source {
   import Repository._
+  import BaseMavenRepository._
 
   def artifacts(
     dependency: Dependency,
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ case class MavenSource(root: String, ivyLike: Boolean) extends Artifact.Source {
   ): Seq[Artifact] = {
 
     def ivyLikePath0(subDir: String, baseSuffix: String, ext: String) =
-      BaseMavenRepository.ivyLikePath(
+      ivyLikePath(
         dependency.module.organization,
         dependency.module.name,
         project.version,
@@ -120,12 +121,20 @@ case class MavenSource(root: String, ivyLike: Boolean) extends Artifact.Source {
     val path =
       if (ivyLike)
         ivyLikePath0(dependency.attributes.`type` + "s", "", dependency.attributes.`type`)
-      else
+      else {
+        val versioning =
+          project
+            .snapshotVersioning
+            .flatMap(versioning =>
+              mavenVersioning(versioning, dependency.attributes.classifier, dependency.attributes.`type`)
+            )
+
         dependency.module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
           dependency.module.name,
           project.version,
-          s"${dependency.module.name}-${project.version}${Some(dependency.attributes.classifier).filter(_.nonEmpty).map("-"+_).mkString}.${dependency.attributes.`type`}"
+          s"${dependency.module.name}-${versioning getOrElse project.version}${Some(dependency.attributes.classifier).filter(_.nonEmpty).map("-"+_).mkString}.${dependency.attributes.`type`}"
         )
+      }
 
     var artifact =
       Artifact(
@@ -139,6 +148,9 @@ case class MavenSource(root: String, ivyLike: Boolean) extends Artifact.Source {
     if (dependency.attributes.`type` == "jar") {
       artifact = artifact.withDefaultSignature
 
+      // FIXME Snapshot versioning of sources and javadoc is not taken into account here.
+      // Will be ok if it's the same as the main JAR though.
+
       artifact =
         if (ivyLike) {
           val srcPath = root + ivyLikePath0("srcs", "-sources", "jar").mkString("/")
@@ -181,6 +193,17 @@ object BaseMavenRepository {
       s"$name$baseSuffix.$ext"
     )
 
+  def mavenVersioning(
+    snapshotVersioning: SnapshotVersioning,
+    classifier: String,
+    extension: String
+  ): Option[String] =
+    snapshotVersioning
+      .snapshotVersions
+      .find(v => v.classifier == classifier && v.extension == extension)
+      .map(_.value)
+      .filter(_.nonEmpty)
+
 }
 
 abstract class BaseMavenRepository(
@@ -198,16 +221,27 @@ abstract class BaseMavenRepository(
 
   val source = MavenSource(root, ivyLike)
 
-  def projectArtifact(module: Module, version: String): Artifact = {
+  def projectArtifact(
+    module: Module,
+    version: String,
+    versioningValue: Option[String]
+  ): Artifact = {
 
     val path = (
       if (ivyLike)
-        ivyLikePath(module.organization, module.name, version, "poms", "", "pom")
+        ivyLikePath(
+          module.organization,
+          module.name,
+          versioningValue getOrElse version,
+          "poms",
+          "",
+          "pom"
+        )
       else
         module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
           module.name,
           version,
-          s"${module.name}-$version.pom"
+          s"${module.name}-${versioningValue getOrElse version}.pom"
         )
     ) .map(encodeURIComponent)
 
@@ -242,6 +276,32 @@ abstract class BaseMavenRepository(
       Some(artifact)
     }
 
+  def snapshotVersioningArtifact(
+    module: Module,
+    version: String
+  ): Option[Artifact] =
+    if (ivyLike) None
+    else {
+      val path = (
+        module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
+          module.name,
+          version,
+          "maven-metadata.xml"
+        )
+      ) .map(encodeURIComponent)
+
+      val artifact =
+        Artifact(
+          path.mkString("/"),
+          Map.empty,
+          Map.empty,
+          Attributes("pom", "")
+        )
+        .withDefaultChecksums
+
+      Some(artifact)
+    }
+
   def versions(
     module: Module,
     cachePolicy: CachePolicy = CachePolicy.Default
@@ -265,14 +325,80 @@ abstract class BaseMavenRepository(
     )
   }
 
+  def snapshotVersioning(
+    module: Module,
+    version: String,
+    cachePolicy: CachePolicy = CachePolicy.Default
+  ): EitherT[Task, String, SnapshotVersioning] = {
+
+    EitherT(
+      snapshotVersioningArtifact(module, version) match {
+        case None => Task.now(-\/("Not supported"))
+        case Some(artifact) =>
+          fetch(artifact, cachePolicy)
+            .run
+            .map(eitherStr =>
+              for {
+                str <- eitherStr
+                xml <- \/.fromEither(compatibility.xmlParse(str))
+                _ <- if (xml.label == "metadata") \/-(()) else -\/("Metadata not found")
+                snapshotVersioning <- Xml.snapshotVersioning(xml)
+              } yield snapshotVersioning
+            )
+      }
+    )
+  }
+
   def findNoInterval(
     module: Module,
     version: String,
     cachePolicy: CachePolicy
+  ): EitherT[Task, String, Project] =
+    EitherT{
+      def withSnapshotVersioning =
+        snapshotVersioning(module, version, cachePolicy)
+          .flatMap { snapshotVersioning =>
+            val versioningOption =
+              mavenVersioning(snapshotVersioning, "", "jar")
+                .orElse(mavenVersioning(snapshotVersioning, "", ""))
+
+            versioningOption match {
+              case None =>
+                EitherT[Task, String, Project](
+                  Task.now(-\/("No snapshot versioning value found"))
+                )
+              case versioning @ Some(_) =>
+                findVersioning(module, version, versioning, cachePolicy)
+                  .map(_.copy(snapshotVersioning = Some(snapshotVersioning)))
+            }
+          }
+
+      findVersioning(module, version, None, cachePolicy)
+        .run
+        .flatMap{ eitherProj =>
+          if (eitherProj.isLeft)
+            withSnapshotVersioning
+              .run
+              .map(eitherProj0 =>
+                if (eitherProj0.isLeft)
+                  eitherProj
+                else
+                  eitherProj0
+              )
+          else
+            Task.now(eitherProj)
+        }
+    }
+
+  def findVersioning(
+    module: Module,
+    version: String,
+    versioningValue: Option[String],
+    cachePolicy: CachePolicy
   ): EitherT[Task, String, Project] = {
 
     EitherT {
-      fetch(projectArtifact(module, version), cachePolicy)
+      fetch(projectArtifact(module, version, versioningValue), cachePolicy)
         .run
         .map(eitherStr =>
           for {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Xml.scala b/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Xml.scala
index caa2a3156..9bd94700e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Xml.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/coursier/core/Xml.scala
@@ -210,10 +210,24 @@ object Xml {
       depMgmts,
       properties.toMap,
       profiles,
+      None,
       None
     )
   }
 
+  def parseDateTime(s: String): Option[Versions.DateTime] =
+    if (s.length == 14 && s.forall(_.isDigit))
+      Some(Versions.DateTime(
+        s.substring(0, 4).toInt,
+        s.substring(4, 6).toInt,
+        s.substring(6, 8).toInt,
+        s.substring(8, 10).toInt,
+        s.substring(10, 12).toInt,
+        s.substring(12, 14).toInt
+      ))
+    else
+      None
+
   def versions(node: Node): String \/ Versions = {
     import Scalaz._
 
@@ -230,24 +244,111 @@ object Xml {
       release = text(xmlVersioning, "release", "Release version")
         .getOrElse("")
 
-      versions <- xmlVersioning.child
+      versionsOpt = xmlVersioning.child
         .find(_.label == "versions")
         .map(_.child.filter(_.label == "version").flatMap(_.child.collectFirst{case Text(t) => t}))
-        .toRightDisjunction("Version list not found in metadata")
 
       lastUpdatedOpt = text(xmlVersioning, "lastUpdated", "Last update date and time")
         .toOption
-        .filter(s => s.length == 14 && s.forall(_.isDigit))
-        .map(s => Versions.DateTime(
-          s.substring(0, 4).toInt,
-          s.substring(4, 6).toInt,
-          s.substring(6, 8).toInt,
-          s.substring(8, 10).toInt,
-          s.substring(10, 12).toInt,
-          s.substring(12, 14).toInt
-        ))
+        .flatMap(parseDateTime)
 
-    } yield Versions(latest, release, versions.toList, lastUpdatedOpt)
+    } yield Versions(latest, release, versionsOpt.map(_.toList).getOrElse(Nil), lastUpdatedOpt)
+  }
+
+  def snapshotVersion(node: Node): String \/ SnapshotVersion = {
+    def textOrEmpty(name: String, desc: String) =
+      text(node, name, desc)
+        .toOption
+        .getOrElse("")
+
+    val classifier = textOrEmpty("classifier", "Classifier")
+    val ext = textOrEmpty("extension", "Extensions")
+    val value = textOrEmpty("value", "Value")
+
+    val updatedOpt = text(node, "updated", "Updated")
+      .toOption
+      .flatMap(parseDateTime)
+
+    \/-(SnapshotVersion(
+      classifier,
+      ext,
+      value,
+      updatedOpt
+    ))
+  }
+
+  def snapshotVersioning(node: Node): String \/ SnapshotVersioning = {
+    import Scalaz._
+
+    // FIXME Quite similar to Versions above
+    for {
+      organization <- text(node, "groupId", "Organization")
+      name <- text(node, "artifactId", "Name")
+      version = readVersion(node)
+
+      xmlVersioning <- node.child
+        .find(_.label == "versioning")
+        .toRightDisjunction("Versioning info not found in metadata")
+
+      latest = text(xmlVersioning, "latest", "Latest version")
+        .getOrElse("")
+      release = text(xmlVersioning, "release", "Release version")
+        .getOrElse("")
+
+      versionsOpt = xmlVersioning.child
+        .find(_.label == "versions")
+        .map(_.child.filter(_.label == "version").flatMap(_.child.collectFirst{case Text(t) => t}))
+
+      lastUpdatedOpt = text(xmlVersioning, "lastUpdated", "Last update date and time")
+        .toOption
+        .flatMap(parseDateTime)
+
+      xmlSnapshotOpt = xmlVersioning.child
+        .find(_.label == "snapshot")
+
+      timestamp = xmlSnapshotOpt
+        .flatMap(
+          text(_, "timestamp", "Snapshot timestamp")
+            .toOption
+        )
+        .getOrElse("")
+
+      buildNumber = xmlSnapshotOpt
+        .flatMap(
+          text(_, "buildNumber", "Snapshot build number")
+            .toOption
+        )
+        .filter(s => s.nonEmpty && s.forall(_.isDigit))
+        .map(_.toInt)
+
+      localCopy = xmlSnapshotOpt
+        .flatMap(
+          text(_, "localCopy", "Snapshot local copy")
+            .toOption
+        )
+        .collect{
+          case "true" => true
+          case "false" => false
+        }
+
+      xmlSnapshotVersions = xmlVersioning.child
+        .find(_.label == "snapshotVersions")
+        .map(_.child.filter(_.label == "snapshotVersion"))
+        .getOrElse(Seq.empty)
+      snapshotVersions <- xmlSnapshotVersions
+        .toList
+        .traverseU(snapshotVersion)
+    } yield SnapshotVersioning(
+      Module(organization, name),
+      version, 
+      latest,
+      release,
+      timestamp,
+      buildNumber,
+      localCopy,
+      lastUpdatedOpt,
+      snapshotVersions
+    )
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/coursier/test/package.scala b/core/src/test/scala/coursier/test/package.scala
index b2feafef9..ebcf0b6ab 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/coursier/test/package.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/coursier/test/package.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ package object test {
               dependencyManagement: Seq[Dependency] = Seq.empty,
               properties: Map[String, String] = Map.empty,
               profiles: Seq[Profile] = Seq.empty,
-              versions: Option[core.Versions] = None): Project =
-      core.Project(module, version, dependencies, parent, dependencyManagement, properties, profiles, versions)
+              versions: Option[core.Versions] = None,
+              snapshotVersioning: Option[core.SnapshotVersioning] = None): Project =
+      core.Project(module, version, dependencies, parent, dependencyManagement, properties, profiles, versions, snapshotVersioning)
   }
 }