diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
index 40ed1996cc..88602e50ac 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSurefireMojo
      *
      * @since 2.2
      */
-    @Parameter( property = "trimStackTrace", defaultValue = "true" )
+    @Parameter( property = "trimStackTrace", defaultValue = "false" )
     private boolean trimStackTrace;
 
     /**
diff --git a/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-818-ignored-tests-on-npe/pom.xml b/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-818-ignored-tests-on-npe/pom.xml
index cef444e3f2..cd4862d95b 100644
--- a/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-818-ignored-tests-on-npe/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-818-ignored-tests-on-npe/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${surefire.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <trimStackTrace>true</trimStackTrace>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>