diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
index 674657c992..93160c274d 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager
                 {
                     if ( parameter.getDefaultValue() != null )
                     {
-                        value = parameter.getDefaultValue();
+                        value = PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.evaluate( parameter.getDefaultValue(), session );
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java
index a4dc367582..8edd0fc26d 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator.java
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ public class PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator
     {
         Object value = null;
 
+        if ( expression == null )
+        {
+            // todo : verify if it's fixed with trygvis modification in Plexus
+            return null;
+        }
         if ( expression.startsWith( "#component" ) )
         {
             String role = expression.substring( 11 );
@@ -114,6 +119,22 @@ public class PluginParameterExpressionEvaluator
             value = System.getProperty( expression.substring( 1 ) );
         }
 
+        if ( value instanceof String )
+        {
+            String val = (String) value;
+            int sharpSeparator = val.indexOf( "#" );
+
+            if ( sharpSeparator > 0 )
+            {
+                val = val.substring( 0, sharpSeparator ) + evaluate( val.substring( sharpSeparator ), context );
+                value = val;
+            }
+            else if ( sharpSeparator > 0 )
+            {
+                value = evaluate( val.substring( sharpSeparator ), context );
+            }
+        }
+
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
         // If we strike and we are not dealing with an expression then we will
         // will let the value pass through unaltered so that users can hardcode