diff --git a/JavadirWorkspaceReader.java b/JavadirWorkspaceReader.java
index 2c1e9df..a62953a 100644
--- a/JavadirWorkspaceReader.java
+++ b/JavadirWorkspaceReader.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -114,27 +115,33 @@ public class JavadirWorkspaceReader implements WorkspaceReader {
                     return ret;
                 }
             } else {
-                String repos[] = { "/usr/share/maven/repository/",
-                        "/usr/share/maven/repository-java-jni/",
-                        "/usr/share/maven/repository-jni/" };
+                ArrayList<String> repos = new ArrayList<String>();
+                String custom_paths = System.getProperty(
+                        "maven.local.jar.paths", null);
+                if (custom_paths != null) {
+                    repos.addAll(Arrays.asList(custom_paths.split(":")));
+                }
+                repos.add("/usr/share/maven/repository/");
+                repos.add("/usr/share/maven/repository-java-jni/");
+                repos.add("/usr/share/maven/repository-jni/");
+
                 String verRelativeArtifactPath = groupId + "/" + artifactId
                         + "-" + wantedVersion + "." + artifact.getExtension();
                 String relativeArtifactPath = groupId + "/" + artifactId + "."
                         + artifact.getExtension();
                 for (String repo : repos) {
-                    path = new StringBuffer(repo + verRelativeArtifactPath);
-                    ret = new File(path.toString());
+
+                    ret = new File(repo, verRelativeArtifactPath);
+                    MavenJPackageDepmap.debug("Looking for " + ret.getPath());
                     if (ret.isFile()) {
-                        MavenJPackageDepmap.debug("Returning " + repo
-                                + verRelativeArtifactPath);
+                        MavenJPackageDepmap.debug("Returning " + ret.getPath());
                         return ret;
                     }
 
-                    path = new StringBuffer(repo + relativeArtifactPath);
-                    ret = new File(path.toString());
+                    ret = new File(repo, relativeArtifactPath);
+                    MavenJPackageDepmap.debug("Looking for " + ret.getPath());
                     if (ret.isFile()) {
-                        MavenJPackageDepmap.debug("Returning " + repo
-                                + relativeArtifactPath);
+                        MavenJPackageDepmap.debug("Returning " + ret.getPath());
                         return ret;
                     }
                 }
@@ -161,16 +168,25 @@ public class JavadirWorkspaceReader implements WorkspaceReader {
         String verfName = groupId.replace(PATH_SEPARATOR, GROUP_SEPARATOR)
                 + "-" + artifactId + "-" + version + ".pom";
         File f;
-        String[] pomRepos = { "/usr/share/maven2/poms/",
-                "/usr/share/maven/poms/", "/usr/share/maven-poms/" };
+        String custom_paths = System.getProperty("maven.local.pom.paths", null);
+
+        ArrayList<String> pomRepos = new ArrayList<String>();
+        if (custom_paths != null) {
+            pomRepos.addAll(Arrays.asList(custom_paths.split(":")));
+        }
+        pomRepos.add("/usr/share/maven2/poms/");
+        pomRepos.add("/usr/share/maven/poms/");
+        pomRepos.add("/usr/share/maven-poms/");
 
         for (String pomRepo : pomRepos) {
-            f = new File(pomRepo + verfName);
+            f = new File(pomRepo, verfName);
+            MavenJPackageDepmap.debug("Looking for " + f.getPath());
             if (f.exists()) {
                 return new StringBuffer(f.getPath());
             }
 
-            f = new File(pomRepo + fName);
+            f = new File(pomRepo, fName);
+            MavenJPackageDepmap.debug("Looking for " + f.getPath());
             if (f.exists()) {
                 return new StringBuffer(f.getPath());
             }
diff --git a/MavenJPackageDepmap.java b/MavenJPackageDepmap.java
index 5004255..8fa1b3b 100644
--- a/MavenJPackageDepmap.java
+++ b/MavenJPackageDepmap.java
@@ -181,6 +181,19 @@ public class MavenJPackageDepmap {
                 processDepmapFile("/usr/share/maven-fragments/" + fragFilename);
         }
 
+        String customDepmapDir = System.getProperty("maven.local.depmap.dir",
+                null);
+        if (customDepmapDir != null) {
+            fragmentDir = new File(customDepmapDir);
+            flist = fragmentDir.list();
+            if (flist != null) {
+                java.util.Arrays.sort(flist);
+                for (String fragFilename : flist)
+                    processDepmapFile(customDepmapDir + File.separator
+                            + fragFilename);
+            }
+        }
+
         String customFileName = System.getProperty("maven.local.depmap.file",
                 null);
         if (customFileName != null) {
diff --git a/maven.spec b/maven.spec
index 549a6b4..1cd4dae 100644
--- a/maven.spec
+++ b/maven.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           maven
 Version:        3.0.4
-Release:        20%{?dist}
+Release:        21%{?dist}
 Summary:        Java project management and project comprehension tool
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ ln -sf `rpm --eval '%%{_jnidir}'` %{_datadir}/%{name}/repository-jni/JPP
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 08 2012 Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky@redhat.com> - 3.0.4-21
+- Add support for custom jar/pom/fragment directories
+
 * Thu Nov  8 2012 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 3.0.4-20
 - Remove all slf4j providers except nop from maven realm