diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
index cf45d0ab9..6f79e266e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use Composer\Installer;
 use Composer\Installer\ProjectInstaller;
 use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
 use Composer\Repository\ComposerRepository;
+use Composer\Repository\CompositeRepository;
 use Composer\Repository\FilesystemRepository;
 use Composer\Repository\InstalledFilesystemRepository;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ EOT
 
         $config = Factory::createConfig();
         if (null === $repositoryUrl) {
-            $sourceRepo = new ComposerRepository(array('url' => 'http://packagist.org'), $io, $config);
+            $sourceRepo = new CompositeRepository(Factory::createComposerRepositories($io, $config));
         } elseif ("json" === pathinfo($repositoryUrl, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)) {
             $sourceRepo = new FilesystemRepository(new JsonFile($repositoryUrl, new RemoteFilesystem($io)));
         } elseif (0 === strpos($repositoryUrl, 'http')) {
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
index b1e778daa..c78ceffde 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ EOT
 
         // init repos
         if (!$this->repos) {
-            $this->repos = new CompositeRepository(array(
-                new PlatformRepository,
-                new ComposerRepository(array('url' => 'http://packagist.org'), $this->getIO(), Factory::createConfig())
+            $this->repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(
+                array(new PlatformRepository),
+                Factory::createComposerRepositories($this->getIO(), Factory::createConfig())
             ));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/SearchCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/SearchCommand.php
index 659d70904..fefdf4b9e 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/SearchCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/SearchCommand.php
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ EOT
             $installedRepo = new CompositeRepository(array($localRepo, $platformRepo));
             $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories()));
         } else {
-            $output->writeln('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing packages from packagist.org');
+            $defaultRepos = Factory::createComposerRepositories($this->getIO(), Factory::createConfig());
+            $output->writeln('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing packages from ' . str_replace('http://', '', implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos))));
             $installedRepo = $platformRepo;
-            $packagist = new ComposerRepository(array('url' => 'http://packagist.org'), $this->getIO(), Factory::createConfig());
-            $repos = new CompositeRepository(array($installedRepo, $packagist));
+            $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $defaultRepos));
         }
 
         $tokens = $input->getArgument('tokens');
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
index f9f211e46..f7695d9c9 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ EOT
             $installedRepo = new CompositeRepository(array($localRepo, $platformRepo));
             $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories()));
         } else {
-            $output->writeln('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing packages from packagist.org');
+            $defaultRepos = Factory::createComposerRepositories($this->getIO(), Factory::createConfig());
+            $output->writeln('No composer.json found in the current directory, showing packages from ' . str_replace('http://', '', implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos))));
             $installedRepo = $platformRepo;
-            $packagist = new ComposerRepository(array('url' => 'http://packagist.org'), $this->getIO(), Factory::createConfig());
-            $repos = new CompositeRepository(array($installedRepo, $packagist));
+            $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($installedRepo), $defaultRepos));
         }
 
         // show single package or single version
diff --git a/src/Composer/Factory.php b/src/Composer/Factory.php
index 2996c50a5..96e0d52e7 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Factory.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Composer;
 
 use Composer\Json\JsonFile;
 use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
+use Composer\Repository\ComposerRepository;
 use Composer\Repository\RepositoryManager;
 use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
 use Composer\Util\RemoteFilesystem;
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ use Composer\Util\RemoteFilesystem;
  */
 class Factory
 {
+    public static $defaultComposerRepositories = array(
+        'packagist' => 'http://packagist.org',
+    );
+
     public static function createConfig()
     {
         // load main Composer configuration
@@ -51,6 +56,17 @@ class Factory
         return $config;
     }
 
+    public static function createComposerRepositories(IOInterface $io, Config $config)
+    {
+        $repos = array();
+
+        foreach (static::$defaultComposerRepositories as $url) {
+            $repos[$url] = new ComposerRepository(array('url' => $url), $io, $config);
+        }
+
+        return $repos;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a Composer instance
      *
@@ -96,8 +112,8 @@ class Factory
         // initialize repository manager
         $rm = $this->createRepositoryManager($io, $config);
 
-        // load default repository unless it's explicitly disabled
-        $localConfig = $this->addPackagistRepository($localConfig);
+        // load default composer repositories unless they're explicitly disabled
+        $localConfig = $this->addComposerRepositories($localConfig);
 
         // load local repository
         $this->addLocalRepository($rm, $vendorDir);
@@ -172,31 +188,35 @@ class Factory
         $rm->setLocalDevRepository(new Repository\InstalledFilesystemRepository(new JsonFile($vendorDir.'/composer/installed_dev.json')));
     }
 
-    protected function addPackagistRepository(array $localConfig)
+    protected function addComposerRepositories(array $localConfig)
     {
-        $loadPackagist = true;
-        $packagistConfig = array(
-            'type' => 'composer',
-            'url' => 'http://packagist.org'
-        );
+        $defaults = static::$defaultComposerRepositories;
 
         if (isset($localConfig['repositories'])) {
             foreach ($localConfig['repositories'] as $key => $repo) {
-                if (isset($repo['packagist'])) {
-                    if (true === $repo['packagist']) {
-                        $localConfig['repositories'][$key] = $packagistConfig;
-                    }
+                foreach ($defaults as $name => $url) {
+                    if (isset($repo[$name])) {
+                        if (true === $repo[$name]) {
+                            $localConfig['repositories'][$key] = array(
+                                'type' => 'composer',
+                                'url' => $url,
+                            );
+                        }
 
-                    $loadPackagist = false;
-                    break;
+                        unset($defaults[$name]);
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         } else {
             $localConfig['repositories'] = array();
         }
 
-        if ($loadPackagist) {
-            $localConfig['repositories'][] = $packagistConfig;
+        foreach ($defaults as $name => $url) {
+            $localConfig['repositories'][] = array(
+                'type' => 'composer',
+                'url' => $url,
+            );
         }
 
         return $localConfig;
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
index 734e28c1a..ae1d46f5d 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 namespace Composer\Package\Loader;
 
+use Composer\Factory;
 use Composer\Package\Version\VersionParser;
 use Composer\Repository\RepositoryManager;
 
@@ -59,10 +60,14 @@ class RootPackageLoader extends ArrayLoader
             $package->setAliases($aliases);
         }
 
+        $defaultRepositories = array_keys(Factory::$defaultComposerRepositories);
+
         if (isset($config['repositories'])) {
             foreach ($config['repositories'] as $index => $repo) {
-                if (isset($repo['packagist']) && $repo['packagist'] === false) {
-                    continue;
+                foreach ($defaultRepositories as $name) {
+                    if (isset($repo[$name]) && $repo[$name] === false) {
+                        continue 2;
+                    }
                 }
                 if (!is_array($repo)) {
                     throw new \UnexpectedValueException('Repository '.$index.' should be an array, '.gettype($repo).' given');
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/FactoryTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/FactoryTest.php
index 2bb838fef..146095c59 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/FactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/FactoryTest.php
@@ -16,14 +16,31 @@ use Composer\Factory;
 
 class FactoryTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    protected $defaultComposerRepositories;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->defaultComposerRepositories = Factory::$defaultComposerRepositories;
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown()
+    {
+        Factory::$defaultComposerRepositories = $this->defaultComposerRepositories;
+        unset($this->defaultComposerRepositories);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider dataAddPackagistRepository
      */
-    public function testAddPackagistRepository($expected, $config)
+    public function testAddPackagistRepository($expected, $config, $defaults = null)
     {
+        if (null !== $defaults) {
+            Factory::$defaultComposerRepositories = $defaults;
+        }
+
         $factory = new Factory();
 
-        $ref = new \ReflectionMethod($factory, 'addPackagistRepository');
+        $ref = new \ReflectionMethod($factory, 'addComposerRepositories');
         $ref->setAccessible(true);
 
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $ref->invoke($factory, $config));
@@ -60,6 +77,29 @@ class FactoryTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             )
         );
 
+        $multirepo = array(
+            'example.com' => 'http://example.com',
+            'packagist' => 'http://packagist.org',
+        );
+
+        $data[] = array(
+            $f(
+                array('type' => 'composer', 'url' => 'http://example.com'),
+                array('type' => 'composer', 'url' => 'http://packagist.org')
+            ),
+            $f(),
+            $multirepo,
+        );
+
+        $data[] = array(
+            $f(
+                array('type' => 'composer', 'url' => 'http://packagist.org'),
+                array('type' => 'composer', 'url' => 'http://example.com')
+            ),
+            $f(array('packagist' => true)),
+            $multirepo,
+        );
+
         return $data;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoaderTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoaderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..674c79382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoaderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Test\Package\Loader;
+
+use Composer\Package\Loader\RootPackageLoader;
+use Composer\Repository\RepositoryManager;
+
+class RootPackageLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testAllowsDisabledDefaultRepository()
+    {
+        $loader = new RootPackageLoader(
+            new RepositoryManager(
+                $this->getMock('Composer\\IO\\IOInterface'),
+                $this->getMock('Composer\\Config')
+            )
+        );
+
+        $repos = array(array('packagist' => false));
+        $package = $loader->load(array('repositories' => $repos));
+
+        $this->assertEquals($repos, $package->getRepositories());
+    }
+}