diff --git a/java/Makefile b/java/Makefile
index 1b5cc5aa8..303c46382 100644
--- a/java/Makefile
+++ b/java/Makefile
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ JAVA_CGLIB_JAR = $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR)/cglib-2.2.2.jar
 JAVA_ASSERTJ_JAR = $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR)/assertj-core-1.7.1.jar
 JAVA_TESTCLASSPATH = $(JAVA_JUNIT_JAR):$(JAVA_HAMCR_JAR):$(JAVA_MOCKITO_JAR):$(JAVA_CGLIB_JAR):$(JAVA_ASSERTJ_JAR)
 
+MVN_LOCAL = ~/.m2/repository
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf include/*
 	rm -rf test-libs/
@@ -161,12 +163,12 @@ column_family_sample: java
 	@rm -rf /tmp/rocksdbjni
 
 resolve_test_deps:
-	mkdir -p "$(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR)"
-	test -s "$(JAVA_JUNIT_JAR)" || curl -k -L -o $(JAVA_JUNIT_JAR) http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=junit/junit/4.12/junit-4.12.jar
-	test -s "$(JAVA_HAMCR_JAR)" || curl -k -L -o $(JAVA_HAMCR_JAR) http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.3/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar
-	test -s "$(JAVA_MOCKITO_JAR)" || curl -k -L -o "$(JAVA_MOCKITO_JAR)" http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/mockito/mockito-all/1.10.19/mockito-all-1.10.19.jar
-	test -s "$(JAVA_CGLIB_JAR)" || curl -k -L -o "$(JAVA_CGLIB_JAR)" http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=cglib/cglib/2.2.2/cglib-2.2.2.jar
-	test -s "$(JAVA_ASSERTJ_JAR)" || curl -k -L -o "$(JAVA_ASSERTJ_JAR)" http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/assertj/assertj-core/1.7.1/assertj-core-1.7.1.jar
+	test -s "$(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR)" || mkdir -p "$(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR)"
+	test -s "$(JAVA_JUNIT_JAR)" || cp $(MVN_LOCAL)/junit/junit/4.12/junit-4.12.jar $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR) || curl -k -L -o $(JAVA_JUNIT_JAR) http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=junit/junit/4.12/junit-4.12.jar
+	test -s "$(JAVA_HAMCR_JAR)" || cp $(MVN_LOCAL)/org/hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.3/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR) || curl -k -L -o $(JAVA_HAMCR_JAR) http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/hamcrest/hamcrest-core/1.3/hamcrest-core-1.3.jar
+	test -s "$(JAVA_MOCKITO_JAR)" || cp $(MVN_LOCAL)/org/mockito/mockito-all/1.10.19/mockito-all-1.10.19.jar $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR) || curl -k -L -o "$(JAVA_MOCKITO_JAR)" http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/mockito/mockito-all/1.10.19/mockito-all-1.10.19.jar
+	test -s "$(JAVA_CGLIB_JAR)" || cp $(MVN_LOCAL)/cglib/cglib/2.2.2/cglib-2.2.2.jar $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR) || curl -k -L -o "$(JAVA_CGLIB_JAR)" http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=cglib/cglib/2.2.2/cglib-2.2.2.jar
+	test -s "$(JAVA_ASSERTJ_JAR)" || cp $(MVN_LOCAL)/org/assertj/assertj-core/1.7.1/assertj-core-1.7.1.jar $(JAVA_TEST_LIBDIR) || curl -k -L -o "$(JAVA_ASSERTJ_JAR)" http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/assertj/assertj-core/1.7.1/assertj-core-1.7.1.jar
 
 java_test: resolve_test_deps
 	mkdir -p $(TEST_CLASSES)