diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.properties b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ba538b936f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pluginName=CDT Debug Core Plug-in
+providerName=Eclipse.org
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.xml b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.xml
index 9fd908c7eb1..943a8628acf 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.xml
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/plugin.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<plugin
-   id="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core"
-   name="CDT Debug Core Plug-in"
-   version="1.0.0"
-   provider-name="QNX"
-   class="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.CDebugCorePlugin">
-
-   <runtime>
-      <library name="cdebugcore.jar">
-         <export name="*"/>
-      </library>
-   </runtime>
-   <requires>
-      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.resources"/>
-   </requires>
-
-
-</plugin>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<plugin
+   id="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core"
+   name="%pluginName"
+   version="1.0.0"
+   provider-name="%providerName"
+   class="org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.CDebugCorePlugin">
+
+   <runtime>
+      <library name="cdebugcore.jar">
+         <export name="*"/>
+      </library>
+   </runtime>
+   <requires>
+      <import plugin="org.eclipse.core.resources"/>
+   </requires>
+
+
+</plugin>