diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/OperatingSystemProfileActivator.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/OperatingSystemProfileActivator.java
index 72575fe52d..7b068e7dc1 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/OperatingSystemProfileActivator.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/activation/OperatingSystemProfileActivator.java
@@ -35,17 +35,28 @@ public class OperatingSystemProfileActivator
     {
         Activation activation = profile.getActivation();
         ActivationOS os = activation.getOs();
-        
-        boolean hasNonNull = ensureAtLeastOneNonNull( os );
-        
-        boolean isFamily = determineFamilyMatch( os.getFamily() );
-        boolean isName = determineNameMatch( os.getName() );
-        boolean isArch = determineArchMatch( os.getArch() );
-        boolean isVersion = determineVersionMatch( os.getVersion() );
-        
-        return hasNonNull && isFamily && isName && isArch && isVersion;
+
+        boolean result = ensureAtLeastOneNonNull( os );
+
+        if ( result && os.getFamily() != null )
+        {
+            result = determineFamilyMatch( os.getFamily() );
+        }
+        if ( result && os.getName() != null )
+        {
+            result = determineNameMatch( os.getName() );
+        }
+        if ( result && os.getArch() != null )
+        {
+            result = determineArchMatch( os.getArch() );
+        }
+        if ( result && os.getVersion() != null )
+        {
+            result = determineVersionMatch( os.getVersion() );
+        }
+        return result;
     }
-    
+
     private boolean ensureAtLeastOneNonNull( ActivationOS os )
     {
         return os.getArch() != null || os.getFamily() != null || os.getName() != null || os.getVersion() != null;
@@ -107,9 +118,9 @@ public class OperatingSystemProfileActivator
             reverse = true;
             test = test.substring( 1 );
         }
-        
+
         boolean result = Os.isName( test );
-        
+
         if ( reverse )
         {
             return !result;
diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml b/maven-project/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
index 6531b4f4f8..69602f1724 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/resources/META-INF/plexus/components.xml
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@
       <role-hint>system-property</role-hint>
       <implementation>org.apache.maven.profiles.activation.SystemPropertyProfileActivator</implementation>
     </component>
+    <!--
+     |
+     |
+     |
+     -->
+    <component>
+      <role>org.apache.maven.profiles.activation.ProfileActivator</role>
+      <role-hint>os</role-hint>
+      <implementation>org.apache.maven.profiles.activation.OperatingSystemProfileActivator</implementation>
+    </component>
     <!--
      |
      |
diff --git a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/DefaultProfileManagerTest.java b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/DefaultProfileManagerTest.java
index 19b6c733c5..471ce101f4 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/DefaultProfileManagerTest.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/profiles/DefaultProfileManagerTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.apache.maven.profiles;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Activation;
 import org.apache.maven.model.ActivationProperty;
 import org.apache.maven.model.Profile;
+import org.apache.maven.model.ActivationOS;
 import org.apache.maven.profiles.activation.ProfileActivationException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.PlexusTestCase;
 
@@ -156,4 +157,29 @@ public class DefaultProfileManagerTest
         assertEquals( 0, active.size() );
     }
 
+   public void testOsActivationProfile() throws ProfileActivationException
+    {
+        Profile osActivated = new Profile();
+        osActivated.setId("os-profile");
+
+        Activation osActivation = new Activation();
+
+        ActivationOS activationOS = new ActivationOS();
+
+        activationOS.setName("!dddd");
+
+        osActivation.setOs(activationOS);
+
+        osActivated.setActivation(osActivation);
+
+        ProfileManager profileManager = new DefaultProfileManager(getContainer());
+
+        profileManager.addProfile(osActivated);
+
+        List active = profileManager.getActiveProfiles();
+
+        assertNotNull( active );
+        assertEquals( 1, active.size() );
+    }
+
 }