diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngine.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngine.java
index ed13cd15ce..df69020077 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngine.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngine.java
@@ -263,12 +263,41 @@ public class AetherGrapeEngine implements GrapeEngine {
 		if (this.repositories.contains(repository)) {
 			return;
 		}
+
+		repository = getPossibleMirror(repository);
+		repository = applyProxy(repository);
+		repository = applyAuthentication(repository);
+
+		this.repositories.add(0, repository);
+	}
+
+	private RemoteRepository getPossibleMirror(RemoteRepository remoteRepository) {
+		RemoteRepository mirror = this.session.getMirrorSelector().getMirror(
+				remoteRepository);
+		if (mirror != null) {
+			return mirror;
+		}
+
+		return remoteRepository;
+	}
+
+	private RemoteRepository applyProxy(RemoteRepository repository) {
 		if (repository.getProxy() == null) {
 			RemoteRepository.Builder builder = new RemoteRepository.Builder(repository);
 			builder.setProxy(this.session.getProxySelector().getProxy(repository));
 			repository = builder.build();
 		}
-		this.repositories.add(0, repository);
+		return repository;
+	}
+
+	private RemoteRepository applyAuthentication(RemoteRepository repository) {
+		if (repository.getAuthentication() == null) {
+			RemoteRepository.Builder builder = new RemoteRepository.Builder(repository);
+			builder.setAuthentication(this.session.getAuthenticationSelector()
+					.getAuthentication(repository));
+			repository = builder.build();
+		}
+		return repository;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/SettingsXmlRepositorySystemSessionAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/SettingsXmlRepositorySystemSessionAutoConfiguration.java
index c66670aad9..8d6f95603d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/SettingsXmlRepositorySystemSessionAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/SettingsXmlRepositorySystemSessionAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -58,12 +58,10 @@ import org.springframework.boot.cli.util.Log;
 public class SettingsXmlRepositorySystemSessionAutoConfiguration implements
 		RepositorySystemSessionAutoConfiguration {
 
-	private static final String DEFAULT_HOME_DIR = System.getProperty("user.home");
-
 	private final String homeDir;
 
 	public SettingsXmlRepositorySystemSessionAutoConfiguration() {
-		this(DEFAULT_HOME_DIR);
+		this(System.getProperty("user.home"));
 	}
 
 	SettingsXmlRepositorySystemSessionAutoConfiguration(String homeDir) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngineTests.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngineTests.java
index caa5deba67..deca0e325e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngineTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/grape/AetherGrapeEngineTests.java
@@ -18,19 +18,23 @@ package org.springframework.boot.cli.compiler.grape;
 
 import groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.eclipse.aether.DefaultRepositorySystemSession;
-import org.eclipse.aether.util.repository.JreProxySelector;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.Authentication;
+import org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
@@ -42,10 +46,14 @@ public class AetherGrapeEngineTests {
 
 	private final GroovyClassLoader groovyClassLoader = new GroovyClassLoader();
 
-	private final AetherGrapeEngine grapeEngine = AetherGrapeEngineFactory.create(
-			this.groovyClassLoader, Arrays.asList(new RepositoryConfiguration("central",
-					URI.create("http://repo1.maven.org/maven2"), false)),
-			new DependencyResolutionContext());
+	private final AetherGrapeEngine grapeEngine = createGrapeEngine();
+
+	private AetherGrapeEngine createGrapeEngine() {
+		return AetherGrapeEngineFactory.create(this.groovyClassLoader, Arrays
+				.asList(new RepositoryConfiguration("central", URI
+						.create("http://repo1.maven.org/maven2"), false)),
+				new DependencyResolutionContext());
+	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void dependencyResolution() {
@@ -59,10 +67,53 @@ public class AetherGrapeEngineTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void proxySelector() {
-		DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = (DefaultRepositorySystemSession) ReflectionTestUtils
-				.getField(this.grapeEngine, "session");
-		assertTrue((session.getProxySelector() instanceof CompositeProxySelector)
-				|| (session.getProxySelector() instanceof JreProxySelector));
+		doWithCustomUserHome(new Runnable() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void run() {
+				AetherGrapeEngine grapeEngine = createGrapeEngine();
+
+				DefaultRepositorySystemSession session = (DefaultRepositorySystemSession) ReflectionTestUtils
+						.getField(grapeEngine, "session");
+
+				assertTrue(session.getProxySelector() instanceof CompositeProxySelector);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void repositoryMirrors() {
+		doWithCustomUserHome(new Runnable() {
+
+			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+			@Override
+			public void run() {
+				AetherGrapeEngine grapeEngine = createGrapeEngine();
+
+				List<RemoteRepository> repositories = (List<RemoteRepository>) ReflectionTestUtils
+						.getField(grapeEngine, "repositories");
+				assertEquals(1, repositories.size());
+				assertEquals("central-mirror", repositories.get(0).getId());
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void repositoryAuthentication() {
+		doWithCustomUserHome(new Runnable() {
+
+			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+			@Override
+			public void run() {
+				AetherGrapeEngine grapeEngine = createGrapeEngine();
+
+				List<RemoteRepository> repositories = (List<RemoteRepository>) ReflectionTestUtils
+						.getField(grapeEngine, "repositories");
+				assertEquals(1, repositories.size());
+				Authentication authentication = repositories.get(0).getAuthentication();
+				assertNotNull(authentication);
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -190,4 +241,26 @@ public class AetherGrapeEngineTests {
 		exclusion.put("module", module);
 		return exclusion;
 	}
+
+	private void doWithCustomUserHome(Runnable action) {
+		doWithSystemProperty("user.home",
+				new File("src/test/resources").getAbsolutePath(), action);
+	}
+
+	private void doWithSystemProperty(String key, String value, Runnable action) {
+		String previousValue = setOrClearSystemProperty(key, value);
+		try {
+			action.run();
+		}
+		finally {
+			setOrClearSystemProperty(key, previousValue);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private String setOrClearSystemProperty(String key, String value) {
+		if (value != null) {
+			return System.setProperty(key, value);
+		}
+		return System.clearProperty(key);
+	}
 }