diff --git a/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/invoker.properties b/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/invoker.properties
index e08297d68..cf90967bf 100644
--- a/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/invoker.properties
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 # under the License.
 
 invoker.goals = test
+invoker.goals.2 = clean test -Dmaven.compiler.parameters=false -DexpectedParameterNamePresent=false
diff --git a/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/pom.xml b/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/pom.xml
index 319e55074..d25cf68ad 100644
--- a/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/pom.xml
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>@project.version@</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <parameters>true</parameters>
-        </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
diff --git a/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/src/test/java/com/foo/ParameterTest.java b/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/src/test/java/com/foo/ParameterTest.java
index 42d771dfe..4b88aeac7 100644
--- a/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/src/test/java/com/foo/ParameterTest.java
+++ b/src/it/MCOMPILER-298/src/test/java/com/foo/ParameterTest.java
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ public class ParameterTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testParameter() throws Exception {
-        assertEquals(
-                "parameterName",
-                ParameterClass.class
-                        .getMethod("method", String.class)
-                        .getParameters()[0]
-                        .getName());
+        var parameter = ParameterClass.class.getMethod("method", String.class).getParameters()[0];
+        boolean expectedNamePresent = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("expectedParameterNamePresent", "true"));
+        assertEquals(expectedNamePresent, parameter.isNamePresent());
+        if (expectedNamePresent) {
+            assertEquals("parameterName", parameter.getName());
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
index cac92f902..fa0d162d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/compiler/AbstractCompilerMojo.java
@@ -447,12 +447,13 @@ final Charset charset() {
     /**
      * Whether to generate metadata for reflection on method parameters.
      * If {@code true}, the {@code -parameters} option will be added to compiler arguments.
+     * This is enabled by default. Set this parameter to {@code false} to omit the metadata.
      *
      * @see <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/specs/man/javac.html#option-parameters">javac -parameters</a>
      * @since 3.6.2
      */
-    @Parameter(property = "maven.compiler.parameters", defaultValue = "false")
-    protected boolean parameters;
+    @Parameter(property = "maven.compiler.parameters", defaultValue = "true")
+    protected boolean parameters = true;
 
     /**
      * Whether to include debugging information in the compiled class files.