diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01ba1cf9..518215d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ steps:
     oracleRepo: true
 ```
 
+## ```settings.xml``` with custom repositories
+```yml
+steps:
+- uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v2.8.0
+  with:
+    repositories: '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
+```
+
+
 ## GitHub actions secrets
 
 It is also possible pass in Github Secrets e.g.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index ece66437..024672be 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ inputs:
     description: 'add Oracle Maven Repository'
     default: "false"
     required: false
+  repositories:
+    description: 'list of custom repositories as json array, e.g: [{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
+    required: false
 
 runs:
   using: 'node16'
diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index afeb9e41..fd9e1fb6 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ test('run with all feature', () => {
     process.env['INPUT_APACHESNAPSHOTS'] = true;
     process.env['INPUT_SONATYPESNAPSHOTS'] = true;
     process.env['INPUT_ORACLEREPO'] = true;
+    process.env['INPUT_REPOSITORIES'] = '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}}]'
 
     cp.spawnSync('node', [ `${indexPath}` ], { env: process.env, stdio: 'inherit' });
     const settingsStatus = fs.lstatSync(settingsPath);
@@ -200,6 +201,19 @@ test('run with all feature', () => {
             </snapshots>
         </pluginRepository>
     </pluginRepositories>
+</profile>
+<profile>
+    <id>_custom_repositories_</id>
+    <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+    </activation>
+    <repositories> <repository>
+     <id>repoId</id>
+     <name>repoName</name>
+     <url>url</url>
+     <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+ </repository></repositories>
+    <pluginRepositories/>
 </profile></profiles>
     <servers>
 <server>
@@ -251,4 +265,4 @@ test('run with all feature', () => {
     <nonProxyHosts>nonProxyHost</nonProxyHosts>
 </proxy></proxies>
 </settings>`);
-})
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
index 0940e474..01f228d1 100644
--- a/settings.js
+++ b/settings.js
@@ -124,6 +124,59 @@ function fillServers(template, templateName) {
             server.configuration));
 }
 
+function fillRepository(templateXml, templateName, id, name, url, snapshots) {
+
+    if (!id || !url) {
+        core.setFailed(templateName + ' must contain id and url');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const repositoryXml = getTemplate(templateName + '.xml')
+    repositoryXml.getElementsByTagName('id')[0].textContent = id;
+
+    const repositoryTags = {
+        'name': name,
+        'url': url
+    };
+    for (const tag in repositoryTags) {
+        const repositoryTag = repositoryXml.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0];
+        const tagValue = repositoryTags[tag];
+        if (tagValue) {
+            repositoryTag.textContent = tagValue;
+        } else {
+            repositoryXml.documentElement.removeChild(repositoryTag);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const snapshotsTag = repositoryXml.getElementsByTagName('snapshots')[0];
+    if (snapshots) {
+        jsonToXml(templateXml, snapshotsTag, snapshots);
+    } else {
+        repositoryXml.documentElement.removeChild(snapshotsTag);
+    }
+
+    const repositoriesXml = templateXml.getElementsByTagName('repositories')[0];
+    repositoriesXml.appendChild(repositoryXml);
+}
+
+function fillRepositories(template, templateName) {
+
+    const repositories = core.getInput(templateName);
+
+    if (!repositories) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+
+    const customRepositoriesTemplate = getTemplate('custom-repositories.xml');
+    const profilesXml = template.getElementsByTagName('profiles')[0];
+    profilesXml.appendChild(customRepositoriesTemplate);
+
+    JSON.parse(repositories).forEach((repository) =>
+      fillRepository(customRepositoriesTemplate, templateName, repository.id, repository.name, repository.url,
+        repository.snapshots));
+}
+
 function fillMirror(template, id, name, mirrorOf, url) {
 
     if (!id || !name || !mirrorOf || !url) {
@@ -247,7 +300,7 @@ function generate() {
 
     const settingsPath = getSettingsPath();
 
-    core.info('Prepare maven setings: ' + settingsPath);
+    core.info('Prepare maven settings: ' + settingsPath);
 
     if (fs.existsSync(settingsPath)) {
         if (isInputTrue('override')) {
@@ -268,6 +321,7 @@ function generate() {
     addApacheSnapshots(settingsXml);
     addSonatypeSnapshots(settingsXml);
     addOracleRepo(settingsXml);
+    fillRepositories(settingsXml,'repositories')
     writeSettings(settingsPath, settingsXml);
     core.saveState('maven-settings', 'ok');
 }
@@ -279,12 +333,12 @@ function cleanup() {
     if (mavenSettingsState == 'ok') {
         if (fs.existsSync(settingsPath)) {
             fs.unlinkSync(settingsPath);
-            core.info('Cleanup maven setings: ' + settingsPath + ' - file was removed');
+            core.info('Cleanup maven settings: ' + settingsPath + ' - file was removed');
         } else {
-            core.warning('Cleanup maven setings: ' + settingsPath + ' - file not exist');
+            core.warning('Cleanup maven settings: ' + settingsPath + ' - file not exist');
         }
     } else {
-        core.info('Cleanup maven setings: ' + settingsPath + ' - file wasn\'t generated by action');
+        core.info('Cleanup maven settings: ' + settingsPath + ' - file wasn\'t generated by action');
     }
 }
 
@@ -296,6 +350,7 @@ module.exports = {
     fillProxies,
     fillServerForGithub,
     fillProperties,
+    fillRepositories,
     addApacheSnapshots,
     addSonatypeSnapshots,
     addOracleRepo,
diff --git a/settings.test.js b/settings.test.js
index cdcd432f..02ce6494 100644
--- a/settings.test.js
+++ b/settings.test.js
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ test('cleanup - not generated', () => {
 
     expect(consoleOutput).toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([
-            expect.stringMatching(/Cleanup maven setings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml - file wasn\'t generated by action/)
+            expect.stringMatching(/Cleanup maven settings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml - file wasn\'t generated by action/)
         ])
     );
 })
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ test('cleanup - not exist', () => {
 
     expect(consoleOutput).toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([
-            expect.stringMatching(/::warning::Cleanup maven setings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml - file not exist/)
+            expect.stringMatching(/::warning::Cleanup maven settings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml - file not exist/)
         ])
     );
 })
@@ -735,13 +735,13 @@ test('cleanup - ok', () => {
 
     expect(consoleOutput).toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([
-            expect.stringMatching(/Cleanup maven setings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml - file was removed/)
+            expect.stringMatching(/Cleanup maven settings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml - file was removed/)
         ])
     );
     expect(fs.existsSync(settingsPath)).not.toBeTruthy();
 })
 
-test('genereate', () => {
+test('generate', () => {
 
     process.env['INPUT_SERVERS'] = '[{"id": "serverId", "username": "username", "password": "password"}]';
     process.env['INPUT_PROPERTIES'] = '[{"prop1": "value1"}, {"prop2": "value2"}]'
@@ -751,13 +751,13 @@ test('genereate', () => {
 
     expect(consoleOutput).toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([
-            expect.stringMatching(/Prepare maven setings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml/),
+            expect.stringMatching(/Prepare maven settings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml/),
             expect.stringMatching(/:save-state name=maven-settings::ok/)
         ])
     );
 })
 
-test('genereate - skip', () => {
+test('generate - skip', () => {
 
     fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(settingsPath, 'w'));
 
@@ -765,13 +765,13 @@ test('genereate - skip', () => {
 
     expect(consoleOutput).toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([
-            expect.stringMatching(/Prepare maven setings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml/),
+            expect.stringMatching(/Prepare maven settings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml/),
             expect.stringMatching(/::warning::maven settings.xml already exists - skip/)
         ])
     );
 })
 
-test('genereate - override', () => {
+test('generate - override', () => {
 
     fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(settingsPath, 'w'));
     process.env['INPUT_OVERRIDE'] = 'true';
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ test('genereate - override', () => {
 
     expect(consoleOutput).toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([
-            expect.stringMatching(/Prepare maven setings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml/),
+            expect.stringMatching(/Prepare maven settings: \..+[\/\\]{1,2}\.m2[\/\\]{1,2}settings.xml/),
             expect.stringMatching(/maven settings.xml already exists - override/),
             expect.stringMatching(/:save-state name=maven-settings::ok/)
         ])
@@ -801,3 +801,59 @@ test('generate - custom path', () => {
     expect(settingsStatus.isFile()).toBeTruthy();
     expect(settingsStatus.size).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 });
+
+test('addCustomRepositories - one with snapshots one without', () => {
+
+    process.env['INPUT_REPOSITORIES'] = '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName","url":"url","snapshots":{"enabled":true}},{"id":"repoId2","url":"url2"}]'
+
+    const xml = stringAsXml('<profiles/>');
+
+    settings.fillRepositories(xml,'repositories');
+
+    const xmlStr = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(xml);
+    expect(xmlStr).toBe(`<profiles>
+<profile>
+    <id>_custom_repositories_</id>
+    <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+    </activation>
+    <repositories> <repository>
+     <id>repoId</id>
+     <name>repoName</name>
+     <url>url</url>
+     <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+ </repository> <repository>
+     <id>repoId2</id>
+     
+     <url>url2</url>
+     
+ </repository></repositories>
+    <pluginRepositories/>
+</profile></profiles>`);
+});
+
+test('addCustomRepositories - fail if url is missing', () => {
+
+    process.env['INPUT_REPOSITORIES'] = '[{"id":"repoId","name":"repoName"}]'
+
+    const xml = stringAsXml('<profiles/>');
+
+    settings.fillRepositories(xml,'repositories');
+
+    const xmlStr = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(xml);
+
+    expect(xmlStr).toBe(`<profiles>
+<profile>
+    <id>_custom_repositories_</id>
+    <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+    </activation>
+    <repositories/>
+    <pluginRepositories/>
+</profile></profiles>`);
+    expect(consoleOutput).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+          expect.stringMatching(/::error::repositories must contain id and url/)
+      ])
+    );
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/custom-repositories.xml b/templates/custom-repositories.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b024cc98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/custom-repositories.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+<profile>
+    <id>_custom_repositories_</id>
+    <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+    </activation>
+    <repositories/>
+    <pluginRepositories/>
+</profile>
diff --git a/templates/repositories.xml b/templates/repositories.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..220972f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/repositories.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ <repository>
+     <id/>
+     <name/>
+     <url/>
+     <snapshots/>
+ </repository>
\ No newline at end of file