diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
index f19e05a22..0ccb6c223 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/MavenRepository.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ object MavenRepository {
   ): Option[String] =
     snapshotVersioning
       .snapshotVersions
-      .find(v => v.classifier == classifier && v.extension == extension)
+      .find(v =>
+        (v.classifier == classifier || v.classifier == "*") &&
+        (v.extension == extension || v.extension == "*")
+       )
       .map(_.value)
       .filter(_.nonEmpty)
 
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/Pom.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/Pom.scala
index 268375234..579c54e58 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/Pom.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/maven/Pom.scala
@@ -322,6 +322,19 @@ object Pom {
     ))
   }
 
+  /** If `snapshotVersion` is missing, guess it based on
+    * `version`, `timestamp` and `buildNumber`, as is done in:
+    * https://github.com/sbt/ivy/blob/2.3.x-sbt/src/java/org/apache/ivy/plugins/resolver/IBiblioResolver.java
+    */
+  def guessedSnapshotVersion(
+    version: String,
+    timestamp: String,
+    buildNumber: Int
+  ): SnapshotVersion = {
+    val value = s"${version.dropRight("SNAPSHOT".length)}$timestamp-$buildNumber"
+    SnapshotVersion("*", "*", value, None)
+  }
+
   def snapshotVersioning(node: Node): String \/ SnapshotVersioning = {
     import Scalaz._
 
@@ -392,7 +405,10 @@ object Pom {
       buildNumber,
       localCopy,
       lastUpdatedOpt,
-      snapshotVersions
+      if (!snapshotVersions.isEmpty)
+        snapshotVersions
+      else
+        buildNumber.map(bn => guessedSnapshotVersion(version, timestamp, bn)).toList
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5ff9f919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>com.abc</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test-snapshot-special</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <versioning>
+    <snapshot>
+      <timestamp>20170421.034426</timestamp>
+      <buildNumber>82</buildNumber>
+    </snapshot>
+    <lastUpdated>20170421034426</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82-sources.jar b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82-sources.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1adef63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82-sources.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nothing here
diff --git a/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.jar b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1adef63c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.jar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+nothing here
diff --git a/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a351f420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>com.abc</groupId>
+  <artifactId>test-snapshot-special</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Test</name>
+  <url>test.com</url>
+</project>
diff --git a/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom.md5 b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom.md5
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe856b469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+16e31f3b60344230b62f1c6a9367edde
diff --git a/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom.sha1 b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..346b74c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com/com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.pom.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+563042a54b97e31af4529ea0db79ba2c4c2bb6cc
diff --git a/tests/jvm/src/test/scala/coursier/test/MavenTests.scala b/tests/jvm/src/test/scala/coursier/test/MavenTests.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd7411606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jvm/src/test/scala/coursier/test/MavenTests.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package coursier.test
+
+import coursier.{ Attributes, Dependency, Module }
+import coursier.maven.MavenRepository
+
+import utest._
+
+object MavenTests extends TestSuite {
+
+  // only tested on the JVM for lack of support of XML attributes in the platform-dependent XML stubs
+
+  val tests = TestSuite {
+    'testSnapshotNoVersioning - {
+
+      val dep = Dependency(
+        Module("com.abc", "test-snapshot-special"),
+        "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT",
+        transitive = false,
+        attributes = Attributes()
+      )
+
+      val repoBase = getClass.getResource("/test-repo/http/abc.com").toString.stripSuffix("/") + "/"
+      val repo = MavenRepository(repoBase)
+
+      val mainJarUrl = repoBase + "com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82.jar"
+      val sourcesJarUrl = repoBase + "com/abc/test-snapshot-special/0.1.0-SNAPSHOT/test-snapshot-special-0.1.0-20170421.034426-82-sources.jar"
+
+      * - CentralTests.withArtifacts(
+        dep = dep,
+        artifactType = "jar",
+        extraRepo = Some(repo),
+        classifierOpt = None
+      ) {
+        case Seq(artifact) =>
+          assert(artifact.url == mainJarUrl)
+        case other =>
+          throw new Exception(s"Unexpected number of artifacts\n${other.mkString("\n")}")
+      }
+
+      * - CentralTests.withArtifacts(
+        dep = dep,
+        artifactType = "jar",
+        extraRepo = Some(repo),
+        classifierOpt = Some("sources")
+      ) {
+        case Seq(artifact) =>
+          assert(artifact.url == sourcesJarUrl)
+        case other =>
+          throw new Exception(s"Unexpected number of artifacts\n${other.mkString("\n")}")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}