diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd1f64d61..e4baae244 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ target/
 *.iml
 .idea
 
-.factorypath
\ No newline at end of file
+.factorypath
+.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java b/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d475a89ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+*/
+
+import java.net.*;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.channels.*;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class MavenWrapperDownloader {
+
+    /**
+     * Default URL to download the maven-wrapper.jar from, if no 'downloadUrl' is provided.
+     */
+    private static final String DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL =
+            "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Path to the maven-wrapper.properties file, which might contain a downloadUrl property to
+     * use instead of the default one.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties";
+
+    /**
+     * Path where the maven-wrapper.jar will be saved to.
+     */
+    private static final String MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH =
+            ".mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar";
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the property which should be used to override the default download url for the wrapper.
+     */
+    private static final String PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL = "wrapperUrl";
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+        System.out.println("- Downloader started");
+        File baseDirectory = new File(args[0]);
+        System.out.println("- Using base directory: " + baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+
+        // If the maven-wrapper.properties exists, read it and check if it contains a custom
+        // wrapperUrl parameter.
+        File mavenWrapperPropertyFile = new File(baseDirectory, MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+        String url = DEFAULT_DOWNLOAD_URL;
+        if(mavenWrapperPropertyFile.exists()) {
+            FileInputStream mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = null;
+            try {
+                mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream = new FileInputStream(mavenWrapperPropertyFile);
+                Properties mavenWrapperProperties = new Properties();
+                mavenWrapperProperties.load(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream);
+                url = mavenWrapperProperties.getProperty(PROPERTY_NAME_WRAPPER_URL, url);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                System.out.println("- ERROR loading '" + MAVEN_WRAPPER_PROPERTIES_PATH + "'");
+            } finally {
+                try {
+                    if(mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream != null) {
+                        mavenWrapperPropertyFileInputStream.close();
+                    }
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // Ignore ...
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading from: : " + url);
+
+        File outputFile = new File(baseDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), MAVEN_WRAPPER_JAR_PATH);
+        if(!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
+            if(!outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
+                System.out.println(
+                        "- ERROR creating output direcrory '" + outputFile.getParentFile().getAbsolutePath() + "'");
+            }
+        }
+        System.out.println("- Downloading to: " + outputFile.getAbsolutePath());
+        try {
+            downloadFileFromURL(url, outputFile);
+            System.out.println("Done");
+            System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            System.out.println("- Error downloading");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            System.exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Exception {
+        URL website = new URL(urlString);
+        ReadableByteChannel rbc;
+        rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
+        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
+        fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        fos.close();
+        rbc.close();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 41c70a7e0..000000000
Binary files a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index a447c9fa8..7095a8882 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.2/apache-maven-3.5.2-bin.zip
+wrapperUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar
diff --git a/mvnw b/mvnw
index e96ccd5fb..961a82500 100755
--- a/mvnw
+++ b/mvnw
@@ -200,6 +200,65 @@ if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
   exit 1;
 fi
 
+##########################################################################################
+# Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+# This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+##########################################################################################
+if [ -r "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" ]; then
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Found .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+    fi
+else
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Couldn't find .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar, downloading it ..."
+    fi
+    jarUrl="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+    while IFS="=" read key value; do
+      case "$key" in (wrapperUrl) jarUrl="$value"; break ;;
+      esac
+    done < "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+    if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+      echo "Downloading from: $jarUrl"
+    fi
+    wrapperJarPath="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar"
+
+    if command -v wget > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found wget ... using wget"
+        fi
+        wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+    elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Found curl ... using curl"
+        fi
+        curl -o "$wrapperJarPath" "$jarUrl"
+    else
+        if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+          echo "Falling back to using Java to download"
+        fi
+        javaClass="$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.java"
+        if [ -e "$javaClass" ]; then
+            if [ ! -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Compiling MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                # Compiling the Java class
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac" "$javaClass")
+            fi
+            if [ -e "$BASE_DIR/.mvn/wrapper/MavenWrapperDownloader.class" ]; then
+                # Running the downloader
+                if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
+                  echo " - Running MavenWrapperDownloader.java ..."
+                fi
+                ("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -cp .mvn/wrapper MavenWrapperDownloader "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR")
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+##########################################################################################
+# End of extension
+##########################################################################################
+
 export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-"$BASE_DIR"}
 if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then
   echo $MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR
diff --git a/mvnw.cmd b/mvnw.cmd
index 6a6eec39b..830073a17 100644
--- a/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/mvnw.cmd
@@ -117,10 +117,26 @@ for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do s
 :endReadAdditionalConfig
 
 SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
-
 set WRAPPER_JAR="%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar"
 set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
+set DOWNLOAD_URL="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/io/takari/maven-wrapper/0.4.0/maven-wrapper-0.4.0.jar"
+FOR /F "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%A IN (%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.properties) DO (
+	IF "%%A"=="wrapperUrl" SET DOWNLOAD_URL=%%B 
+)
+
+@REM Extension to allow automatically downloading the maven-wrapper.jar from Maven-central
+@REM This allows using the maven wrapper in projects that prohibit checking in binary data.
+if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
+    echo Found %WRAPPER_JAR%
+) else (
+    echo Couldn't find %WRAPPER_JAR%, downloading it ...
+	echo Downloading from: %DOWNLOAD_URL%
+    powershell -Command "(New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%DOWNLOAD_URL%', '%WRAPPER_JAR%')"
+    echo Finished downloading %WRAPPER_JAR%
+)
+@REM End of extension
+
 %MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
 if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
 goto end