diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/ResolverExtra.scala b/core/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/ResolverExtra.scala
index e08b97f31..7e16ee39b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/ResolverExtra.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/ResolverExtra.scala
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ private[librarymanagement] abstract class ResolverFunctions {
     )
   def jcenterRepo = JCenterRepository
 
+  val ApacheMavenSnapshotsRepo = MavenRepository(
+    "apache-snapshots",
+    "https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
+  )
+
   /** Add the local and Maven Central repositories to the user repositories.  */
   def combineDefaultResolvers(userResolvers: Vector[Resolver]): Vector[Resolver] =
     combineDefaultResolvers(userResolvers, mavenCentral = true)