diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
index 7a837b0..9b5ddef 100755
--- a/settings.xml
+++ b/settings.xml
@@ -2,4 +2,20 @@
   <localRepository>/tmp/jetty-builds/jetty8/localRepo</localRepository>
   <interactiveMode>true</interactiveMode>
   <offline>false</offline>
+<proxies>
+   <proxy>
+      <active>true</active>
+      <protocol>http</protocol>
+      <host>proxy.eclipse.org</host>
+      <port>9898</port>
+    </proxy>
+  </proxies>
+<mirrors>
+  <mirror>
+      <id>central</id>
+      <name>central</name>
+      <url>http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/</url>
+      <mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf>
+    </mirror>
+  </mirrors>
 </settings>