diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 486022e06..4a9e3a500 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ env:
     - SBT_CMD="scripted source-dependencies/*3of3"
     - SBT_CMD="scripted tests/*"
     - SBT_CMD="scripted project-load/*"
+    - SBT_CMD="checkBuildScala211"
+    - SBT_CMD="repoOverrideTest:scripted dependency-management/*"
 
 notifications:
   email:
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 5d0032ed2..59dc41b35 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -202,16 +202,21 @@ lazy val sbtProj = (project in sbtPath).
 def scriptedTask: Def.Initialize[InputTask[Unit]] = Def.inputTask {
   val result = scriptedSource(dir => (s: State) => Scripted.scriptedParser(dir)).parsed
   publishAll.value
+  // These two projects need to be visible in a repo even if the default
+  // local repository is hidden, so we publish them to an alternate location and add
+  // that alternate repo to the running scripted test (in Scripted.scriptedpreScripted).
+  // (altLocalPublish in interfaceProj).value
+  // (altLocalPublish in compileInterfaceProj).value
   Scripted.doScripted((sbtLaunchJar in bundledLauncherProj).value, (fullClasspath in scriptedSbtProj in Test).value,
     (scalaInstance in scriptedSbtProj).value,
-    scriptedSource.value, scriptedBufferLog.value, result, scriptedPrescripted.value)
+    scriptedSource.value, scriptedBufferLog.value, result, scriptedPrescripted.value, scriptedLaunchOpts.value)
 }
 
 def scriptedUnpublishedTask: Def.Initialize[InputTask[Unit]] = Def.inputTask {
   val result = scriptedSource(dir => (s: State) => Scripted.scriptedParser(dir)).parsed
   Scripted.doScripted((sbtLaunchJar in bundledLauncherProj).value, (fullClasspath in scriptedSbtProj in Test).value,
     (scalaInstance in scriptedSbtProj).value,
-    scriptedSource.value, scriptedBufferLog.value, result, scriptedPrescripted.value)
+    scriptedSource.value, scriptedBufferLog.value, result, scriptedPrescripted.value, scriptedLaunchOpts.value)
 }
 
 lazy val publishLauncher = TaskKey[Unit]("publish-launcher")
@@ -233,11 +238,40 @@ def otherRootSettings = Seq(
   scripted <<= scriptedTask,
   scriptedUnpublished <<= scriptedUnpublishedTask,
   scriptedSource := (sourceDirectory in sbtProj).value / "sbt-test",
+  // scriptedPrescripted := { addSbtAlternateResolver _ },
+  scriptedLaunchOpts := List("-XX:MaxPermSize=256M", "-Xmx1G"),
   publishAll := {
     val _ = (publishLocal).all(ScopeFilter(inAnyProject)).value
   },
   aggregate in bintrayRelease := false
-)
+) ++ inConfig(Scripted.RepoOverrideTest)(Seq(
+  scriptedPrescripted := { _ => () },
+  scriptedLaunchOpts := {
+    List("-XX:MaxPermSize=256M", "-Xmx1G", "-Dsbt.override.build.repos=true",
+      s"""-Dsbt.repository.config=${ scriptedSource.value / "repo.config" }""")
+  },
+  scripted <<= scriptedTask,
+  scriptedUnpublished <<= scriptedUnpublishedTask,
+  scriptedSource := (sourceDirectory in sbtProj).value / "repo-override-test"
+))
+
+// def addSbtAlternateResolver(scriptedRoot: File) = {
+//   val resolver = scriptedRoot / "project" / "AddResolverPlugin.scala"
+//   if (!resolver.exists) {
+//     IO.write(resolver, s"""import sbt._
+//                           |import Keys._
+//                           |
+//                           |object AddResolverPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
+//                           |  override def requires = sbt.plugins.JvmPlugin
+//                           |  override def trigger = allRequirements
+//                           |
+//                           |  override lazy val projectSettings = Seq(resolvers += alternativeLocalResolver)
+//                           |  lazy val alternativeLocalResolver = Resolver.file("$altLocalRepoName", file("$altLocalRepoPath"))(Resolver.ivyStylePatterns)
+//                           |}
+//                           |""".stripMargin)
+//   }
+// }
+
 lazy val docProjects: ScopeFilter = ScopeFilter(
   inAnyProject -- inProjects(sbtRoot, sbtProj, scriptedSbtProj, scriptedPluginProj),
   inConfigurations(Compile)
diff --git a/project/Scripted.scala b/project/Scripted.scala
index a3e71a94f..a821ff446 100644
--- a/project/Scripted.scala
+++ b/project/Scripted.scala
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ trait ScriptedKeys {
   lazy val scriptedSource = SettingKey[File]("scripted-source")
   lazy val scriptedPrescripted = TaskKey[File => Unit]("scripted-prescripted")
   lazy val scriptedBufferLog = SettingKey[Boolean]("scripted-buffer-log")
+  lazy val scriptedLaunchOpts = SettingKey[Seq[String]]("scripted-launch-opts", "options to pass to jvm launching scripted tasks")
 }
 
 object Scripted {
   lazy val MavenResolverPluginTest = config("mavenResolverPluginTest") extend Compile
+  lazy val RepoOverrideTest = config("repoOverrideTest") extend Compile
 
   import sbt.complete._
   import DefaultParsers._
@@ -83,14 +85,14 @@ object Scripted {
       launchOpts: Array[String], prescripted: java.util.List[File]): Unit
   }
 
-  def doScripted(launcher: File, scriptedSbtClasspath: Seq[Attributed[File]], scriptedSbtInstance: ScalaInstance,
-      sourcePath: File, bufferLog: Boolean, args: Seq[String], prescripted: File => Unit): Unit = {
+  def doScripted(launcher: File, scriptedSbtClasspath: Seq[Attributed[File]],
+    scriptedSbtInstance: ScalaInstance, sourcePath: File, bufferLog: Boolean,
+    args: Seq[String], prescripted: File => Unit, launchOpts: Seq[String]): Unit = {
     System.err.println(s"About to run tests: ${args.mkString("\n * ", "\n * ", "\n")}")
     val noJLine = new classpath.FilteredLoader(scriptedSbtInstance.loader, "jline." :: Nil)
     val loader = classpath.ClasspathUtilities.toLoader(scriptedSbtClasspath.files, noJLine)
     val bridgeClass = Class.forName("sbt.test.ScriptedRunner", true, loader)
     val bridge = bridgeClass.newInstance.asInstanceOf[SbtScriptedRunner]
-    val launcherVmOptions = Array("-XX:MaxPermSize=256M", "-Xmx1G") // increased after a failure in scripted source-dependencies/macro
     try {
       // Using java.util.List to encode File => Unit.
       val callback = new java.util.AbstractList[File] {
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ object Scripted {
         def get(x: Int): sbt.File = ???
         def size(): Int = 0
       }
-      bridge.run(sourcePath, bufferLog, args.toArray, launcher, launcherVmOptions, callback)
+      bridge.run(sourcePath, bufferLog, args.toArray, launcher, launchOpts.toArray, callback)
     } catch { case ite: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException => throw ite.getCause }
   }
 }
diff --git a/sbt/src/repo-override-test/dependency-management/default-resolvers/build.sbt b/sbt/src/repo-override-test/dependency-management/default-resolvers/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7984b34c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/repo-override-test/dependency-management/default-resolvers/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+lazy val check = taskKey[Unit]("")
+
+lazy val root = (project in file(".")).
+  settings(
+    autoScalaLibrary := false,
+    check := {
+      val ar = appResolvers.value.get
+      assert(!(ar exists { _.name == "jcenter" }))
+      assert(!(ar exists { _.name == "public" }))
+    }
+  )
diff --git a/sbt/src/repo-override-test/dependency-management/default-resolvers/test b/sbt/src/repo-override-test/dependency-management/default-resolvers/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15675b169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/repo-override-test/dependency-management/default-resolvers/test
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+> check
diff --git a/sbt/src/repo-override-test/repo.config b/sbt/src/repo-override-test/repo.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3301bb9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/repo-override-test/repo.config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[repositories]
+  local
+  typesafe-ivy-releases: https://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/, [organization]/[module]/[revision]/[type]s/[artifact](-[classifier]).[ext]