diff --git a/src/it/it-set-property-001/verify.bsh b/src/it/it-set-property-001/verify.bsh
index e655d3a87..2ff1f7090 100644
--- a/src/it/it-set-property-001/verify.bsh
+++ b/src/it/it-set-property-001/verify.bsh
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ try
 
     if ( buf.indexOf( "<versionModule>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</versionModule>" ) < 0 )
     {
-        System.err.println( "versionModule has been changed which should not happened." );
+        System.err.println( "versionModule has been changed which should not happen." );
         return false;
     }
     if ( buf.indexOf( "<versionModuleTest>9.5.0-20170604.123223-2</versionModuleTest>" ) < 0 )
     {
-        System.err.println( "versionModuleTest has been changed which should not happen." );
+        System.err.println( "versionModuleTest has not been changed which should not happen." );
         return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/it/it-set-property-002/verify.bsh b/src/it/it-set-property-002/verify.bsh
index 05511930c..51f180ed6 100644
--- a/src/it/it-set-property-002/verify.bsh
+++ b/src/it/it-set-property-002/verify.bsh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ try
 
     if ( buf.indexOf( "<versionModule>9.5.0-20170604.123456-2</versionModule>" ) < 0 )
     {
-        System.err.println( "versionModule has not been changed which should not happened." );
+        System.err.println( "versionModule has not been changed which should not happen." );
         return false;
     }
     if ( buf.indexOf( "<versionModuleTest>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</versionModuleTest>" ) < 0 )
diff --git a/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/invoker.properties b/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..094e5f742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+invoker.goals=${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:${project.version}:set-property
+invoker.mavenOpts=-Dproperty=versionModule,versionModuleTest -DnewVersion=9.5.0-20170604.123456-2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/pom.xml b/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c64c22718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>localhost</groupId>
+  <artifactId>it-set-property-003-multiple-properties</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>set-property based on issue-543</name>
+  <description>set-property goal to be able to set a multiple properties separated by ","</description>
+  <properties>
+    <versionModuleTest>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</versionModuleTest>
+    <versionModule>1.2.3-SNAPSHOT</versionModule>
+  </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>test.package</groupId>
+        <artifactId>module</artifactId>
+        <version>${versionModule}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>test.package</groupId>
+        <artifactId>moduleTest</artifactId>
+        <version>${versionModuleTest}</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.3</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.2</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0</version>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/verify.bsh b/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/verify.bsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..945436515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/it-set-property-003-multiple-properties/verify.bsh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import java.io.*;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.util.FileUtils;
+
+try
+{
+    File file = new File( basedir, "pom.xml" );
+    String buf = FileUtils.fileRead( file, "UTF-8" );
+
+    if ( buf.indexOf( "<versionModule>9.5.0-20170604.123456-2</versionModule>" ) < 0 )
+    {
+        System.err.println( "versionModule has not been changed which should not happen." );
+        return false;
+    }
+    if ( buf.indexOf( "<versionModuleTest>9.5.0-20170604.123456-2</versionModuleTest>" ) < 0 )
+    {
+        System.err.println( "versionModuleTest has not been changed which should not happen." );
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+catch( Throwable t )
+{
+    t.printStackTrace();
+    return false;
+}
+
+return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetPropertyMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetPropertyMojo.java
index 49646141e..0461e6074 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetPropertyMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/versions/SetPropertyMojo.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public class SetPropertyMojo
 
     /**
      * A property to update.
+     * You can also specify multiple property names separated by "," which are all set to the same new version.
      */
     @Parameter( property = "property" )
     private String property = null;
@@ -103,9 +105,13 @@ protected void update( ModifiedPomXMLEventReader pom )
             properties = reader.getProperties();
         } else {
             getLog().debug( "Reading properties and versions to update from property and newVersion " );
-            Property propertyConfig = new Property(property);
-            propertyConfig.setVersion(newVersion);
-            propertiesConfig = new Property[] { propertyConfig };
+            propertiesConfig = Arrays.stream(StringUtils.split(property, ","))
+                    .map(prp -> {
+                        Property propertyConfig = new Property(prp);
+                        propertyConfig.setVersion(newVersion);
+                        return propertyConfig;
+                    })
+                    .toArray(size -> new Property[size]);
             properties = property;
         }
         update(pom, propertiesConfig, properties);