diff --git a/framework/build.gradle b/framework/build.gradle
index 8ee8ca09..38cd42d7 100644
--- a/framework/build.gradle
+++ b/framework/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 allprojects {
-    apply from: 'repositories.gradle'
+    def hasRepositoriesGradle = file('repositories.gradle').exists()
+    if (hasRepositoriesGradle) {
+        apply from: 'repositories.gradle'
+    } else {
+        apply from: "${project.rootDir}/repositories.gradle"
+    }
+
     repositories repos
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/project/app/build.gradle b/templates/project/app/build.gradle
index f1b41d70..08959e08 100644
--- a/templates/project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/project/app/build.gradle
@@ -60,7 +60,13 @@ buildscript {
 
 // Allow plugins to declare Maven dependencies via build-extras.gradle.
 allprojects {
-    apply from: 'repositories.gradle'
+    def hasRepositoriesGradle = file('repositories.gradle').exists()
+    if (hasRepositoriesGradle) {
+        apply from: 'repositories.gradle'
+    } else {
+        apply from: "${project.rootDir}/repositories.gradle"
+    }
+
     repositories repos
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/project/build.gradle b/templates/project/build.gradle
index 1e01f06e..949bc3fa 100644
--- a/templates/project/build.gradle
+++ b/templates/project/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 allprojects {
-    apply from: 'repositories.gradle'
+    def hasRepositoriesGradle = file('repositories.gradle').exists()
+    if (hasRepositoriesGradle) {
+        apply from: 'repositories.gradle'
+    } else {
+        apply from: "${project.rootDir}/repositories.gradle"
+    }
+
     repositories repos
 }