diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4d3359293651f3fa2f502b086dc19562fc7101ab..7e825f223f28e6cf3325a899678a83f2061ae423 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ before_install:
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "perl" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dns/irc -y; sudo apt-get update -qq; sudo apt-get install -qq swig=2.0.8-1irc1~12.04; fi
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "python" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq python-dev; fi
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "dotnet" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:directhex/monoxide -y; sudo apt-get update -qq; sudo apt-get install -qq mono-devel mono-mcs nunit nunit-console; mozroots --import --sync; fi
+  - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "java" ]; then sudo cp settings.xml $M2_HOME/conf/; fi
 
 install: true
 before_script:
diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..59b32dc335bd042d9ca4a2c2016822789fbb9654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<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">
+  <localRepository>/tmp/.m2/repository</localRepository>
+</settings>