diff --git a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
index d967a06f6..f48b6bc11 100644
--- a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
+++ b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/CoursierPlugin.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     val coursierArtifactsChecksums = Keys.coursierArtifactsChecksums
     val coursierCachePolicies = Keys.coursierCachePolicies
     val coursierTtl = Keys.coursierTtl
+    val coursierKeepPreloaded = Keys.coursierKeepPreloaded
     val coursierVerbosity = Keys.coursierVerbosity
     val mavenProfiles = Keys.mavenProfiles
     val coursierResolvers = Keys.coursierResolvers
@@ -138,6 +139,11 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     }
   )
 
+  private val preloadedBase = {
+    val rawPattern = "file:///${sbt.preloaded-${sbt.global.base-${user.home}/.sbt}/preloaded/}"
+    Tasks.exceptionPatternParser().apply(rawPattern).string
+  }
+
   def coursierSettings(
     shadedConfigOpt: Option[(String, String)],
     packageConfigs: Seq[(Configuration, String)]
@@ -162,10 +168,18 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
         case _ => false
       }
 
-      if (pluginIvySnapshotsFound && !resolvers.contains(Classpaths.sbtPluginReleases))
-        resolvers :+ Classpaths.sbtPluginReleases
+      val resolvers0 =
+        if (pluginIvySnapshotsFound && !resolvers.contains(Classpaths.sbtPluginReleases))
+          resolvers :+ Classpaths.sbtPluginReleases
+        else
+          resolvers
+
+      if (coursierKeepPreloaded.value)
+        resolvers0
       else
-        resolvers
+        resolvers0.filter { r =>
+          !r.name.startsWith("local-preloaded")
+        }
     },
     coursierFallbackDependencies := Tasks.coursierFallbackDependenciesTask.value,
     coursierArtifacts := Tasks.artifactFilesOrErrors(withClassifiers = false).value,
@@ -275,7 +289,8 @@ object CoursierPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
     coursierUseSbtCredentials := true,
     coursierCredentials := Map.empty,
     coursierCache := Cache.default,
-    coursierReorderResolvers := true
+    coursierReorderResolvers := true,
+    coursierKeepPreloaded := false
   )
 
   override lazy val projectSettings = coursierSettings(None, Seq(Compile, Test).map(c => c -> c.name)) ++
diff --git a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/Keys.scala b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/Keys.scala
index ef3d909ab..d195e36e3 100644
--- a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/Keys.scala
+++ b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/Keys.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ object Keys {
   val coursierArtifactsChecksums = SettingKey[Seq[Option[String]]]("coursier-artifacts-checksums")
   val coursierCachePolicies = SettingKey[Seq[CachePolicy]]("coursier-cache-policies")
   val coursierTtl = SettingKey[Option[Duration]]("coursier-ttl")
+  val coursierKeepPreloaded = SettingKey[Boolean]("coursier-keep-preloaded", "Whether to take into account sbt preloaded repositories or not")
 
   val coursierVerbosity = SettingKey[Int]("coursier-verbosity")
 
diff --git a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/Tasks.scala b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/Tasks.scala
index d29bba4b6..ba213d7c5 100644
--- a/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/Tasks.scala
+++ b/sbt-coursier/src/main/scala/coursier/Tasks.scala
@@ -99,12 +99,21 @@ object Tasks {
     Def.task {
       val result = resultTask.value
       val reorderResolvers = coursierReorderResolvers.value
+      val keepPreloaded = coursierKeepPreloaded.value
 
-      if (reorderResolvers && result.exists(fastRepo) && result.exists(slowRepo)) {
-        val (slow, other) = result.partition(slowRepo)
-        other ++ slow
-      } else
-        result
+      val result0 =
+        if (reorderResolvers && result.exists(fastRepo) && result.exists(slowRepo)) {
+          val (slow, other) = result.partition(slowRepo)
+          other ++ slow
+        } else
+          result
+
+      if (keepPreloaded)
+        result0
+      else
+        result0.filter { r =>
+          !r.name.startsWith("local-preloaded")
+        }
     }
   }
 
@@ -423,7 +432,7 @@ object Tasks {
 
   private def createLogger() = new TermDisplay(new OutputStreamWriter(System.err))
 
-  private def globalPluginPatterns(sbtVersion: String): Seq[coursier.ivy.Pattern] = {
+  private[coursier] def exceptionPatternParser(): String => coursier.ivy.Pattern = {
 
     val props = sys.props.toMap
 
@@ -438,21 +447,25 @@ object Tasks {
     addUriProp("sbt.global.base")
     addUriProp("user.home")
 
-    def pattern(s: String): coursier.ivy.Pattern = {
-      val p = PropertiesPattern.parse(s) match {
-        case -\/(err) =>
-          throw new Exception(s"Cannot parse pattern $s: $err")
-        case \/-(p) =>
-          p
-      }
+    {
+      s =>
+        val p = PropertiesPattern.parse(s) match {
+          case -\/(err) =>
+            throw new Exception(s"Cannot parse pattern $s: $err")
+          case \/-(p) =>
+            p
+        }
 
-      p.substituteProperties(props ++ extraProps) match {
-        case -\/(err) =>
-          throw new Exception(err)
-        case \/-(p) =>
-          p
-      }
+        p.substituteProperties(props ++ extraProps) match {
+          case -\/(err) =>
+            throw new Exception(err)
+          case \/-(p) =>
+            p
+        }
     }
+  }
+
+  private def globalPluginPatterns(sbtVersion: String): Seq[coursier.ivy.Pattern] = {
 
     // FIXME get the 0.13 automatically?
     val defaultRawPattern = s"$${sbt.global.base.uri-$${user.home.uri}/.sbt/$sbtVersion}/plugins/target" +
@@ -468,7 +481,7 @@ object Tasks {
     Seq(
       defaultRawPattern,
       extraRawPattern
-    ).map(pattern)
+    ).map(exceptionPatternParser())
   }
 
   def parentProjectCacheTask: Def.Initialize[sbt.Task[Map[Seq[sbt.Resolver],Seq[coursier.ProjectCache]]]] =