diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Options.scala b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Options.scala
index a663c24b6..0649423e1 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Options.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Options.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ final case class CommonOptions(
   @Short("N")
     maxIterations: Int = 100,
   @Help("Repository - for multiple repositories, separate with comma and/or add this option multiple times (e.g. -r central,ivy2local -r sonatype-snapshots, or equivalently -r central,ivy2local,sonatype-snapshots)")
-  @Value("maven|sonatype:$repo|ivy2local|bintray:$org/$repo|bintray-ivy:$org/$repo|typesafe:ivy-$repo|ivy:$pattern")
+  @Value("maven|sonatype:$repo|ivy2local|bintray:$org/$repo|bintray-ivy:$org/$repo|typesafe:ivy-$repo|typesafe:$repo|sbt-plugin:$repo|ivy:$pattern")
   @Short("r")
     repository: List[String] = Nil,
   @Help("Source repository - for multiple repositories, separate with comma and/or add this option multiple times")
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
index aa6a45172..b8c28731d 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
@@ -190,12 +190,19 @@ object Parse {
       MavenRepository(s"https://dl.bintray.com/${s.stripPrefix("bintray:")}").right
     else if (s.startsWith("bintray-ivy:"))
       IvyRepository.fromPattern(
-        s"https://dl.bintray.com/${s.stripPrefix("bintray-ivy:").stripSuffix("/")}" +: "/" +:
+        s"https://dl.bintray.com/${s.stripPrefix("bintray-ivy:").stripSuffix("/")}/" +:
           coursier.ivy.Pattern.default
       ).right
     else if (s.startsWith("typesafe:ivy-"))
       IvyRepository.fromPattern(
-        (s"https://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-" + s.stripPrefix("typesafe:ivy-") + "/") +:
+        s"https://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-${s.stripPrefix("typesafe:ivy-")}/" +:
+          coursier.ivy.Pattern.default
+      ).right
+    else if (s.startsWith("typesafe:"))
+      MavenRepository(s"https://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/${s.stripPrefix("typesafe:")}").right
+    else if (s.startsWith("sbt-plugin:"))
+      IvyRepository.fromPattern(
+        s"https://repo.scala-sbt.org/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-${s.stripPrefix("sbt-plugin:")}/" +:
           coursier.ivy.Pattern.default
       ).right
     else if (s.startsWith("ivy:"))
diff --git a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/test/ParseTests.scala b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/test/ParseTests.scala
index 2c200cd42..aa625a13d 100644
--- a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/test/ParseTests.scala
+++ b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/coursier/test/ParseTests.scala
@@ -1,21 +1,46 @@
 package coursier.test
 
-import scalaz.\/-
-
-import coursier.MavenRepository
+import coursier.{MavenRepository, Repository}
 import coursier.ivy.IvyRepository
 import coursier.util.Parse
 import utest._
 
 object ParseTests extends TestSuite {
+
+  def isMavenRepo(repo: Repository): Boolean =
+    repo match {
+      case _: MavenRepository => true
+      case _ => false
+    }
+
+  def isIvyRepo(repo: Repository): Boolean =
+    repo match {
+      case _: IvyRepository => true
+      case _ => false
+    }
+
   val tests = TestSuite {
     "bintray-ivy:" - {
       val obtained = Parse.repository("bintray-ivy:scalameta/maven")
-      assert(obtained.exists(_.isInstanceOf[IvyRepository]))
+      assert(obtained.exists(isIvyRepo))
     }
     "bintray:" - {
       val obtained = Parse.repository("bintray:scalameta/maven")
-      assert(obtained.exists(_.isInstanceOf[MavenRepository]))
+      assert(obtained.exists(isMavenRepo))
+    }
+
+    "sbt-plugin:" - {
+      val res = Parse.repository("sbt-plugin:releases")
+      assert(res.exists(isIvyRepo))
+    }
+
+    "typesafe:ivy-" - {
+      val res = Parse.repository("typesafe:ivy-releases")
+      assert(res.exists(isIvyRepo))
+    }
+    "typesafe:" - {
+      val res = Parse.repository("typesafe:releases")
+      assert(res.exists(isMavenRepo))
     }
   }
 }