diff --git a/detekt-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/detekt/gradle/plugin/DetektBasePlugin.kt b/detekt-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/detekt/gradle/plugin/DetektBasePlugin.kt
index d6db1571e07d..9c2cbac60ff3 100644
--- a/detekt-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/detekt/gradle/plugin/DetektBasePlugin.kt
+++ b/detekt-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/detekt/gradle/plugin/DetektBasePlugin.kt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class DetektBasePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
             allRules.convention(DEFAULT_ALL_RULES_VALUE)
             buildUponDefaultConfig.convention(DEFAULT_BUILD_UPON_DEFAULT_CONFIG_VALUE)
             disableDefaultRuleSets.convention(DEFAULT_DISABLE_RULESETS_VALUE)
-            autoCorrect.convention(DEFAULT_AUTO_CORRECT_VALUE)
+            autoCorrect.convention(project.providers.gradleProperty(ENABLE_AUTOCORRECT).map { it.toBoolean() })
             reportsDir.convention(
                 project.extensions.getByType(ReportingExtension::class.java).baseDirectory.dir("detekt")
             )
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ class DetektBasePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
         private const val DEFAULT_IGNORE_FAILURES = false
         private val DEFAULT_FAIL_ON_SEVERITY = FailOnSeverity.Error
         private const val DEFAULT_PARALLEL_VALUE = false
-        private const val DEFAULT_AUTO_CORRECT_VALUE = false
         private const val DEFAULT_DISABLE_RULESETS_VALUE = false
         private const val DEFAULT_ALL_RULES_VALUE = false
         private const val DEFAULT_BUILD_UPON_DEFAULT_CONFIG_VALUE = false
@@ -118,3 +117,4 @@ class DetektBasePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
 }
 
 internal const val CONFIGURATION_DETEKT_PLUGINS = "detektPlugins"
+internal const val ENABLE_AUTOCORRECT = "detekt.default.autocorrect"