diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 1e8b0ae..cdc42af 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ To build this project, type:
 
         mvn clean install
 
+If you want to build this project using SNAPSHOTs, add the `settings.xml` file to the command line:
+
+        mvn -s settings.xml clean install
+
 This creates a `mta-distribution-<VERSION>-offline.zip` file in the `mta-distribution/target/` directory.
 
 == Additional Resources
diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f3afe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/settings/1.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>jboss-public-repository</id>
+      <repositories>
+        <repository>
+          <id>sonatype-snapshots-repo</id>
+          <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>false</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+          <id>jboss-public-repository-group</id>
+          <name>JBoss Public Maven Repository Group</name>
+          <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public-jboss/</url>
+          <layout>default</layout>
+        </repository>
+      </repositories>
+      <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+          <id>jboss-public-repository-group</id>
+          <name>JBoss Public Maven Repository Group</name>
+          <url>https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public-jboss/</url>
+          <layout>default</layout>
+          <releases>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </releases>
+          <snapshots>
+            <enabled>true</enabled>
+          </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+      </pluginRepositories>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+  <activeProfiles>
+    <activeProfile>jboss-public-repository</activeProfile>
+  </activeProfiles>
+</settings>
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