diff --git a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
index d7b205c2fa0df..2972bc36e8261 100644
--- a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
@@ -1746,6 +1746,13 @@ The following options can be used to configure the version of Hive that is used
       </ol>
     </td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>spark.sql.hive.metastore.mavenRepo</code></td>
+    <td><a href="http://www.datanucleus.org/downloads/maven2">http://www.datanucleus.org/downloads/maven2</a></td>
+    <td>
+      Maven repository to download Hive Metastore jars when <code>spark.sql.hive.metastore.jars</code> is set to <code>maven</code>.
+    </td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>spark.sql.hive.metastore.sharedPrefixes</code></td>
     <td><code>com.mysql.jdbc,<br/>org.postgresql,<br/>com.microsoft.sqlserver,<br/>oracle.jdbc</code></td>
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
index e83941c2ecf66..fb1eba3531db6 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ class HiveContext private[hive](
    */
   protected[hive] def hiveMetastoreJars: String = getConf(HIVE_METASTORE_JARS)
 
+  /**
+   * The Maven repository where the jars are to be downloaded which should be used to instantiate
+   * the HiveMetastoreClient. This setting will take effect when HIVE_METASTORE_JARS is set to
+   * 'maven'.
+   */
+  protected[hive] def hiveMetastoreMavenRepo: String = getConf(HIVE_METASTORE_MAVEN_REPO)
+
   /**
    * A comma separated list of class prefixes that should be loaded using the classloader that
    * is shared between Spark SQL and a specific version of Hive. An example of classes that should
@@ -292,6 +299,7 @@ class HiveContext private[hive](
         hiveMetastoreVersion = hiveMetastoreVersion,
         hadoopVersion = VersionInfo.getVersion,
         config = allConfig,
+        mavenRepo = Some(hiveMetastoreMavenRepo),
         barrierPrefixes = hiveMetastoreBarrierPrefixes,
         sharedPrefixes = hiveMetastoreSharedPrefixes)
     } else {
@@ -685,6 +693,12 @@ private[hive] object HiveContext {
       |   Use Hive jars of specified version downloaded from Maven repositories.
       | 3. A classpath in the standard format for both Hive and Hadoop.
     """.stripMargin)
+
+  val HIVE_METASTORE_MAVEN_REPO = stringConf("spark.sql.hive.metastore.mavenRepo",
+    defaultValue = Some("http://www.datanucleus.org/downloads/maven2"),
+    doc = "Maven repositories where Hive metastore jars which are used to instantiate the" +
+      "HiveMetastoreClient are downloaded.")
+
   val CONVERT_METASTORE_PARQUET = booleanConf("spark.sql.hive.convertMetastoreParquet",
     defaultValue = Some(true),
     doc = "When set to false, Spark SQL will use the Hive SerDe for parquet tables instead of " +
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
index 010051d255fdc..b5081d173fcfc 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ private[hive] object IsolatedClientLoader extends Logging {
       hiveMetastoreVersion: String,
       hadoopVersion: String,
       config: Map[String, String] = Map.empty,
+      mavenRepo: Option[String],
       ivyPath: Option[String] = None,
       sharedPrefixes: Seq[String] = Seq.empty,
       barrierPrefixes: Seq[String] = Seq.empty): IsolatedClientLoader = synchronized {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ private[hive] object IsolatedClientLoader extends Logging {
     } else {
       val (downloadedFiles, actualHadoopVersion) =
         try {
-          (downloadVersion(resolvedVersion, hadoopVersion, ivyPath), hadoopVersion)
+          (downloadVersion(resolvedVersion, hadoopVersion, mavenRepo, ivyPath), hadoopVersion)
         } catch {
           case e: RuntimeException if e.getMessage.contains("hadoop") =>
             // If the error message contains hadoop, it is probably because the hadoop
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ private[hive] object IsolatedClientLoader extends Logging {
               "It is recommended to set jars used by Hive metastore client through " +
               "spark.sql.hive.metastore.jars in the production environment.")
             sharesHadoopClasses = false
-            (downloadVersion(resolvedVersion, "2.4.0", ivyPath), "2.4.0")
+            (downloadVersion(resolvedVersion, "2.4.0", mavenRepo, ivyPath), "2.4.0")
         }
       resolvedVersions.put((resolvedVersion, actualHadoopVersion), downloadedFiles)
       resolvedVersions((resolvedVersion, actualHadoopVersion))
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ private[hive] object IsolatedClientLoader extends Logging {
   private def downloadVersion(
       version: HiveVersion,
       hadoopVersion: String,
+      mavenRepo: Option[String],
       ivyPath: Option[String]): Seq[URL] = {
     val hiveArtifacts = version.extraDeps ++
       Seq("hive-metastore", "hive-exec", "hive-common", "hive-serde")
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ private[hive] object IsolatedClientLoader extends Logging {
     val classpath = quietly {
       SparkSubmitUtils.resolveMavenCoordinates(
         hiveArtifacts.mkString(","),
-        Some("http://www.datanucleus.org/downloads/maven2"),
+        mavenRepo,
         ivyPath,
         exclusions = version.exclusions)
     }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
index 502b240f3650f..2d53cebfd85ea 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/VersionsSuite.scala
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class VersionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Logging {
       Some(new File(sys.props("java.io.tmpdir"), "hive-ivy-cache").getAbsolutePath))
   }
 
+  private val mavenRepo = HiveContext.HIVE_METASTORE_MAVEN_REPO.defaultValue
+
   private def buildConf() = {
     lazy val warehousePath = Utils.createTempDir()
     lazy val metastorePath = Utils.createTempDir()
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ class VersionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Logging {
       hiveMetastoreVersion = HiveContext.hiveExecutionVersion,
       hadoopVersion = VersionInfo.getVersion,
       config = buildConf(),
+      mavenRepo = mavenRepo,
       ivyPath = ivyPath).createClient()
     val db = new HiveDatabase("default", "")
     badClient.createDatabase(db)
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ class VersionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Logging {
           hiveMetastoreVersion = "13",
           hadoopVersion = VersionInfo.getVersion,
           config = buildConf(),
+          mavenRepo = mavenRepo,
           ivyPath = ivyPath).createClient()
       }
     }
@@ -112,6 +116,7 @@ class VersionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with Logging {
           hiveMetastoreVersion = version,
           hadoopVersion = VersionInfo.getVersion,
           config = buildConf(),
+          mavenRepo = mavenRepo,
           ivyPath = ivyPath).createClient()
     }