diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Maven.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Maven.java
index bfbe981143b03e1f6cd75c8fe02bebb6b4681b59..c2ebbafafbaeb415ca30de1534ca7d3892476ad6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Maven.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/Maven.java
@@ -98,26 +98,49 @@ public class Maven extends Builder {
      */
     public final String properties;
 
+    /**
+     * If true, the build will use its own local Maven repository
+     * via "-Dmaven.repo.local=...".
+     * <p>
+     * This would consume additional disk space, but provides isolation with other builds on the same machine,
+     * such as mixing SNAPSHOTS. Maven also doesn't try to coordinate the concurrent access to Maven repositories
+     * from multiple Maven process, so this helps there too.
+     *
+     * Identical to logic used in maven-plugin.
+     *
+     * @since 1.322
+     */
+    public boolean usePrivateRepository = false;
+
     private final static String MAVEN_1_INSTALLATION_COMMON_FILE = "bin/maven";
     private final static String MAVEN_2_INSTALLATION_COMMON_FILE = "bin/mvn";
 
     public Maven(String targets,String name) {
-        this(targets,name,null,null,null);
+        this(targets,name,null,null,null,false);
     }
 
     @DataBoundConstructor
-    public Maven(String targets,String name, String pom, String properties, String jvmOptions) {
+    public Maven(String targets,String name, String pom, String properties, String jvmOptions, boolean usePrivateRepository) {
         this.targets = targets;
         this.mavenName = name;
         this.pom = Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(pom);
         this.properties = Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(properties);
         this.jvmOptions = Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(jvmOptions);
+	this.usePrivateRepository = usePrivateRepository;
     }
 
     public String getTargets() {
         return targets;
     }
 
+    public void setUsePrivateRepository(boolean usePrivateRepository) {
+        this.usePrivateRepository = usePrivateRepository;
+    }
+
+    public boolean usesPrivateRepository() {
+        return usePrivateRepository;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the Maven to invoke,
      * or null to invoke the default one.
@@ -221,6 +244,8 @@ public class Maven extends Builder {
                 args.add("-f",pom);
             args.addKeyValuePairs("-D",build.getBuildVariables());
             args.addKeyValuePairsFromPropertyString("-D",properties,vr);
+	    if(usesPrivateRepository())
+		args.add("-Dmaven.repo.local="+build.getWorkspace().child(".repository"));
             args.addTokenized(normalizedTarget);
 
             if(mi!=null) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/tasks/Maven/config.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/tasks/Maven/config.jelly
index 10f0f974bb71139c4a03af58bd03b551de7db66c..5229ab396c78032d303f9afd57844a9371fa9b0a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/tasks/Maven/config.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/tasks/Maven/config.jelly
@@ -46,5 +46,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
     <f:entry title="${%JVM Options}" help="/plugin/maven-plugin/maven-opts.html">
       <f:expandableTextbox field="jvmOptions"/>
     </f:entry>
+    <f:entry field="usePrivateRepository" title="${%Use private Maven repository}" help="/plugin/maven-plugin/private-repository.html">
+      <f:checkbox checked="${it.usesPrivateRepository()}" />
+    </f:entry>
   </f:advanced>
 </j:jelly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/EnvVarsInConfigTasksTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/EnvVarsInConfigTasksTest.java
index 2f06417c20dfcf26970015415613a04111639981..4a42d6f220349c9a54541b0a779f9d2c292f88bc 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/EnvVarsInConfigTasksTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/EnvVarsInConfigTasksTest.java
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ public class EnvVarsInConfigTasksTest extends HudsonTestCase {
 				"/simple-projects.zip")));
 
 		project.getBuildersList().add(
-				new Maven("test", "varMaven", "pom.xml${"
-						+ DUMMY_LOCATION_VARNAME + "}", "", ""));
+					      new Maven("test", "varMaven", "pom.xml${"
+							+ DUMMY_LOCATION_VARNAME + "}", "", "",
+							false));
 
 		// test the regular slave - variable not expanded
 		project.setAssignedLabel(slaveRegular.getSelfLabel());
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/MavenTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/MavenTest.java
index 0a857788df0bce22d866069fc57f7f6c60ae84ac..c247f219e0af1a8057e88c0bffd276af311376af 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/MavenTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/MavenTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class MavenTest extends HudsonTestCase {
         hudson.getDescriptorByType(Maven.DescriptorImpl.class).setInstallations(); // reset
 
         FreeStyleProject p = createFreeStyleProject();
-        p.getBuildersList().add(new Maven("a", null, "b.pom", "c=d", "-e"));
+        p.getBuildersList().add(new Maven("a", null, "b.pom", "c=d", "-e", true));
 
         WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
         HtmlPage page = webClient.getPage(p, "configure");
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class MavenTest extends HudsonTestCase {
         assertEquals("b.pom", m.pom);
         assertEquals("c=d", m.properties);
         assertEquals("-e", m.jvmOptions);
+	assertTrue(m.usesPrivateRepository());
     }
 
     public void testWithNodeProperty() throws Exception {