diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ApplicationInfoBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ApplicationInfoBuildStep.java
index 116a48df2..04202643e 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ApplicationInfoBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ApplicationInfoBuildStep.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package io.quarkus.deployment.steps;
 
-import io.quarkus.deployment.ApplicationConfig;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.ApplicationInfoBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.ApplicationConfig;
 
 public class ApplicationInfoBuildStep {
 
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runner/RuntimeRunner.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runner/RuntimeRunner.java
index cbb42ff10..1f81788a8 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runner/RuntimeRunner.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runner/RuntimeRunner.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class RuntimeRunner implements Runnable, Closeable {
             builder.setRoot(target);
             builder.setClassLoader(loader);
             builder.setLaunchMode(launchMode);
+            builder.setBuildSystemProperties(buildSystemProperties);
             if (liveReloadState != null) {
                 builder.setLiveReloadState(liveReloadState);
             }
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/ApplicationConfig.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationConfig.java
similarity index 59%
rename from core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/ApplicationConfig.java
rename to core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationConfig.java
index e43025961..a8148e17c 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/ApplicationConfig.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationConfig.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.quarkus.deployment;
+package io.quarkus.runtime;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigItem;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigPhase;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.ConfigRoot;
 
-@ConfigRoot(phase = ConfigPhase.BUILD_TIME)
+@ConfigRoot(phase = ConfigPhase.BUILD_AND_RUN_TIME_FIXED)
 public class ApplicationConfig {
 
     /**
      * The name of the application.
-     * If not set, defaults to the name of the project.
+     * If not set, defaults to the name of the project (except for tests where it is not set at all).
      */
     @ConfigItem
     public Optional<String> name;
 
     /**
      * The version of the application.
-     * If not set, defaults to the version of the project
+     * If not set, defaults to the version of the project (except for tests where it is not set at all).
      */
     @ConfigItem
     public Optional<String> version;
diff --git a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
index 4243d6c1e..f0ee42197 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
+++ b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
@@ -490,7 +490,13 @@ public class DevMojo extends AbstractMojo {
             for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> e : System.getProperties().entrySet()) {
                 devModeContext.getSystemProperties().put(e.getKey().toString(), (String) e.getValue());
             }
+
             devModeContext.getBuildSystemProperties().putAll((Map) project.getProperties());
+
+            //  this is a minor hack to allow ApplicationConfig to be populated with defaults
+            devModeContext.getBuildSystemProperties().putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.name", project.getArtifactId());
+            devModeContext.getBuildSystemProperties().putIfAbsent("quarkus.application.version", project.getVersion());
+
             devModeContext.setSourceEncoding(getSourceEncoding());
             devModeContext.setSourceJavaVersion(source);
             devModeContext.setTargetJvmVersion(target);