diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala/coursier/cli/Coursier.scala b/cli/src/main/scala/coursier/cli/Coursier.scala
index b576c79ff..1fcbbcf8f 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala/coursier/cli/Coursier.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala/coursier/cli/Coursier.scala
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ case class CommonOptions(
     repository: List[String],
   @HelpMessage("Do not add default repositories (~/.ivy2/local, and Central)")
     noDefault: Boolean = false,
+  @HelpMessage("Modify names in Maven repository paths for SBT plugins")
+    sbtPluginHack: Boolean = false,
   @HelpMessage("Force module version")
   @ValueDescription("organization:name:forcedVersion")
   @ExtraName("V")
diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala/coursier/cli/Helper.scala b/cli/src/main/scala/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
index ce4db9ea2..8ec1f43ef 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
@@ -114,10 +114,19 @@ class Helper(
     sys.exit(255)
   }
 
-  val repositories =
+  val repositories1 =
     (if (common.noDefault) Nil else defaultRepositories) ++
       repositories0.collect { case Right(r) => r }
 
+  val repositories =
+    if (common.sbtPluginHack)
+      repositories1.map {
+        case m: MavenRepository => m.copy(sbtAttrStub = true)
+        case other => other
+      }
+    else
+      repositories1
+
   val (rawDependencies, extraArgs) = {
     val idxOpt = Some(remainingArgs.indexOf("--")).filter(_ >= 0)
     idxOpt.fold((remainingArgs, Seq.empty[String])) { idx =>
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
index f549bb73b..1ab35e5e8 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ object MavenRepository {
 case class MavenRepository(
   root: String,
   ivyLike: Boolean = false,
-  changing: Option[Boolean] = None
+  changing: Option[Boolean] = None,
+  /** Hackish hack for sbt plugins mainly - what this does really sucks */
+  sbtAttrStub: Boolean = false
 ) extends Repository {
 
   import Repository._
@@ -58,6 +60,17 @@ case class MavenRepository(
   val root0 = if (root.endsWith("/")) root else root + "/"
   val source = MavenSource(root0, ivyLike)
 
+  private def dirModuleName(module: Module): String =
+    if (sbtAttrStub) {
+      var name = module.name
+      for (scalaVersion <- module.attributes.get("scalaVersion"))
+        name = name + "_" + scalaVersion
+      for (sbtVersion <- module.attributes.get("sbtVersion"))
+        name = name + "_" + sbtVersion
+      name
+    } else
+      module.name
+
   def projectArtifact(
     module: Module,
     version: String,
@@ -68,7 +81,7 @@ case class MavenRepository(
       if (ivyLike)
         ivyLikePath(
           module.organization,
-          module.name,
+          dirModuleName(module), // maybe not what we should do here, don't know
           versioningValue getOrElse version,
           "poms",
           "",
@@ -76,7 +89,7 @@ case class MavenRepository(
         )
       else
         module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
-          module.name,
+          dirModuleName(module),
           version,
           s"${module.name}-${versioningValue getOrElse version}.pom"
         )
@@ -98,7 +111,7 @@ case class MavenRepository(
     else {
       val path = (
         module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
-          module.name,
+          dirModuleName(module),
           "maven-metadata.xml"
         )
       ) .map(encodeURIComponent)
@@ -125,7 +138,7 @@ case class MavenRepository(
     else {
       val path = (
         module.organization.split('.').toSeq ++ Seq(
-          module.name,
+          dirModuleName(module),
           version,
           "maven-metadata.xml"
         )
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/FromSbt.scala b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/FromSbt.scala
index 761979d07..2e8dec8e1 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/FromSbt.scala
+++ b/plugin/src/main/scala/coursier/FromSbt.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ object FromSbt {
       } yield (from, to)
     }
 
+  def attributes(attr: Map[String, String]): Map[String, String] =
+    attr.map { case (k, v) =>
+      k.stripPrefix("e:") -> v
+    }
+
   def dependencies(
     module: ModuleID,
     scalaVersion: String,
@@ -39,7 +44,7 @@ object FromSbt {
     val fullName = sbtModuleIdName(module, scalaVersion, scalaBinaryVersion)
 
     val dep = Dependency(
-      Module(module.organization, fullName, module.extraAttributes),
+      Module(module.organization, fullName, FromSbt.attributes(module.extraAttributes)),
       module.revision,
       exclusions = module.exclusions.map { rule =>
         // FIXME Other `rule` fields are ignored here
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ object FromSbt {
       Module(
         projectID.organization,
         sbtModuleIdName(projectID, scalaVersion, scalaBinaryVersion),
-        projectID.extraAttributes
+        FromSbt.attributes(projectID.extraAttributes)
       ),
       projectID.revision,
       deps,
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ object FromSbt {
       case sbt.MavenRepository(_, root) =>
         if (root.startsWith("http://") || root.startsWith("https://")) {
           val root0 = if (root.endsWith("/")) root else root + "/"
-          Some(MavenRepository(root0))
+          Some(MavenRepository(root0, sbtAttrStub = true))
         } else {
           Console.err.println(s"Warning: unrecognized Maven repository protocol in $root, ignoring it")
           None