diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/matrix/MatrixBuild.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/matrix/MatrixBuild.java
index 0e7999079f4f9f25f86d513eac1165e27ed23569..36ccab3da0f7825324d1fd8d3cc864106f87c1a6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/matrix/MatrixBuild.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/matrix/MatrixBuild.java
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ import hudson.model.Executor;
 import hudson.model.Fingerprint;
 import hudson.model.Hudson;
 import hudson.model.JobProperty;
+import hudson.model.ParametersAction;
 import hudson.model.Queue;
 import hudson.model.Result;
 import hudson.tasks.Publisher;
-import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
-import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -21,6 +20,9 @@ import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
+
 /**
  * Build of {@link MatrixProject}.
  *
@@ -145,7 +147,12 @@ public class MatrixBuild extends AbstractBuild<MatrixProject,MatrixBuild> {
             try {
                 for(MatrixConfiguration c : activeConfigurations) {
                     logger.println(Messages.MatrixBuild_Triggering(c.getDisplayName()));
-                    c.scheduleBuild();
+                    ParametersAction parameters = getAction(ParametersAction.class);
+                    if (parameters != null) {
+                    	c.scheduleBuild(parameters);
+                    } else {
+                    	c.scheduleBuild();
+                    }
                 }
 
                 // this occupies an executor unnecessarily.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/matrix/MatrixConfiguration.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/matrix/MatrixConfiguration.java
index b42f8f68bc4a7d3bd9b7be67a7a14a43842fdd78..b4856aa42aaa908c2c9ba0c40631bb581009c7aa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/matrix/MatrixConfiguration.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/matrix/MatrixConfiguration.java
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import hudson.model.ItemGroup;
 import hudson.model.JDK;
 import hudson.model.Label;
 import hudson.model.Node;
+import hudson.model.ParameterValue;
+import hudson.model.ParameterizedProjectTask;
+import hudson.model.ParametersAction;
 import hudson.model.Project;
 import hudson.model.SCMedItem;
 import hudson.scm.SCM;
@@ -255,4 +258,10 @@ public class MatrixConfiguration extends Project<MatrixConfiguration,MatrixRun>
      * jobs to use longer path names.
      */
     public static boolean useShortWorkspaceName = Boolean.getBoolean(MatrixConfiguration.class.getName()+".useShortWorkspaceName");
+
+	public boolean scheduleBuild(ParametersAction parameters) {
+        return Hudson.getInstance().getQueue().add(
+                new ParameterizedProjectTask(this, parameters.getParameters()), getQuietPeriod());
+	}
+	
 }