diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/org/teiid/deployers/TranslatorUtil.java b/runtime/src/main/java/org/teiid/deployers/TranslatorUtil.java
index 57c73e601f..0d2bd92484 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/org/teiid/deployers/TranslatorUtil.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/org/teiid/deployers/TranslatorUtil.java
@@ -315,15 +315,18 @@ private static void readTranslatorPropertyAsExtendedMetadataProperties(
             Class clazz) {
         Map<Method, TranslatorProperty> tps = TranslatorUtil.getTranslatorProperties(clazz);
         for (Method m:tps.keySet()) {
+            
         	Object defaultValue = getDefaultValue(instance, m, tps.get(m));
-        	if (defaultValue != null) {
-        		metadata.addProperty(getPropertyName(m), defaultValue.toString());
-        	}
         	
         	TranslatorProperty tp = tps.get(m);
+        	boolean importProperty = tp.category()==TranslatorProperty.PropertyType.IMPORT;
+            if (defaultValue != null && !importProperty) {
+                metadata.addProperty(getPropertyName(m), defaultValue.toString());
+            }
+        	
         	ExtendedPropertyMetadata epm = new ExtendedPropertyMetadata();
         	epm.category = tp.category().name();
-        	epm.name = tp.category()==TranslatorProperty.PropertyType.IMPORT?"importer."+getPropertyName(m):getPropertyName(m); //$NON-NLS-1$
+        	epm.name = importProperty?"importer."+getPropertyName(m):getPropertyName(m); //$NON-NLS-1$
         	epm.description = tp.description();
         	epm.advanced = tp.advanced();
         	if (defaultValue != null) {
diff --git a/runtime/src/test/java/org/teiid/deployers/TestTranslatorUtil.java b/runtime/src/test/java/org/teiid/deployers/TestTranslatorUtil.java
index 1e462a68ae..ac3048af7d 100644
--- a/runtime/src/test/java/org/teiid/deployers/TestTranslatorUtil.java
+++ b/runtime/src/test/java/org/teiid/deployers/TestTranslatorUtil.java
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.teiid.adminapi.impl.VDBTranslatorMetaData;
+import org.teiid.logging.LogConstants;
+import org.teiid.logging.LogManager;
+import org.teiid.logging.Logger;
+import org.teiid.logging.MessageLevel;
 import org.teiid.metadata.Column;
 import org.teiid.metadata.ExtensionMetadataProperty;
 import org.teiid.metadata.MetadataFactory;
@@ -95,6 +100,25 @@ public void testImportProperties() throws Exception {
         assertEquals("default-import-property", importProperties.get(0).defaultValue);
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void testInject() throws Exception {
+        VDBTranslatorMetaData tm = new VDBTranslatorMetaData();
+        tm.setExecutionFactoryClass(MyTranslator.class);
+        tm.addProperty("MyProperty", "correctly-assigned");
+        
+        MyTranslator my = (MyTranslator)TranslatorUtil.buildExecutionFactory(tm);
+        assertEquals("correctly-assigned", my.getMyProperty());
+        
+        VDBTranslatorMetaData metadata = TranslatorUtil.buildTranslatorMetadata(my, "my-module");
+        metadata.addProperty("MyProperty", "correctly-assigned");
+        
+        Logger logger = Mockito.mock(Logger.class);
+        Mockito.stub(logger.isEnabled(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.anyInt())).toReturn(true);
+        Mockito.doThrow(new RuntimeException("fail")).when(logger).log(Mockito.eq(MessageLevel.WARNING), Mockito.eq(LogConstants.CTX_RUNTIME), Mockito.anyString());
+        LogManager.setLogListener(logger);
+        TranslatorUtil.buildExecutionFactory(metadata);
+    }
+    
     @Test
     public void testExtensionMetadataProperties() throws Exception {
         VDBTranslatorMetaData tm = new VDBTranslatorMetaData();