diff --git a/maven-resources-plugin-build.xml b/maven-resources-plugin-build.xml
index 62805e1..7785d12 100644
--- a/maven-resources-plugin-build.xml
+++ b/maven-resources-plugin-build.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,17 @@
     <copy todir="${build.outputDir}">
       <fileset dir="${build.resourceDir}"/>
       <filterchain>
-        <expandproperties/>
+      <filterchain>
+        <expandproperties>
+          <propertyset>
+            <propertyref name="project.name"/>
+            <propertyref name="project.version"/>
+            <propertyref name="project.groupId"/>
+            <propertyref name="project.artifactId"/>
+            <propertyref name="project.description"/>
+          </propertyset>
+        </expandproperties>
+      </filterchain>
       </filterchain>
     </copy>
     <mkdir dir="${build.outputDir}/META-INF/maven/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}"/>