diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 3ee0044fd..d0a768ae2 100755
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -3785,7 +3785,8 @@ object Classpaths {
   private[this] def bootRepository(repo: xsbti.Repository): Resolver = {
     import xsbti.Predefined
     repo match {
-      case m: xsbti.MavenRepository => MavenRepository(m.id, m.url.toString)
+      case m: xsbti.MavenRepository =>
+        MavenRepository(m.id, m.url.toString).withAllowInsecureProtocol(m.allowInsecureProtocol)
       case i: xsbti.IvyRepository =>
         val patterns = Patterns(
           Vector(i.ivyPattern),
@@ -3799,7 +3800,8 @@ object Classpaths {
             // This hackery is to deal suitably with UNC paths on Windows. Once we can assume Java7, Paths should save us from this.
             val file = IO.toFile(i.url)
             Resolver.file(i.id, file)(patterns)
-          case _ => Resolver.url(i.id, i.url)(patterns)
+          case _ =>
+            Resolver.url(i.id, i.url)(patterns).withAllowInsecureProtocol(i.allowInsecureProtocol)
         }
       case p: xsbti.PredefinedRepository =>
         p.id match {
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 03794da03..c6d3e4167 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   private val libraryManagementCore = "org.scala-sbt" %% "librarymanagement-core" % lmVersion
   private val libraryManagementIvy = "org.scala-sbt" %% "librarymanagement-ivy" % lmVersion
 
-  val launcherVersion = "1.1.3"
+  val launcherVersion = "1.1.4"
   val launcherInterface = "org.scala-sbt" % "launcher-interface" % launcherVersion
   val rawLauncher = "org.scala-sbt" % "launcher" % launcherVersion
   val testInterface = "org.scala-sbt" % "test-interface" % "1.0"
diff --git a/sbt/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/scriptedtest/ScriptedLauncher.java b/sbt/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/scriptedtest/ScriptedLauncher.java
index fa4ef4efd..a2710c66d 100644
--- a/sbt/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/scriptedtest/ScriptedLauncher.java
+++ b/sbt/src/test/scala/sbt/internal/scriptedtest/ScriptedLauncher.java
@@ -560,6 +560,11 @@ public class ScriptedLauncher {
         return id;
       }
 
+      @Override
+      public boolean allowInsecureProtocol() {
+        return false;
+      }
+
       @Override
       public URL url() {
         try {