diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/AbstractConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/AbstractConverter.java
index af44f8881..fa2301740 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/AbstractConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/AbstractConverter.java
@@ -295,9 +295,6 @@ protected String convertToString(final Object value) throws Throwable {
      * @return The default value for the specified type.
      */
     protected Object getDefault(final Class<?> type) {
-        if (type.equals(String.class)) {
-            return null;
-        }
         return defaultValue;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanUtilsTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanUtilsTestCase.java
index 69347fc26..d530bc409 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanUtilsTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/BeanUtilsTestCase.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters.ArrayConverter;
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters.DateConverter;
+import org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters.StringConverter;
 
 import junit.framework.Test;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
@@ -146,6 +147,12 @@ protected void setUpShared() {
         testCalendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
         testUtilDate = testCalendar.getTime();
         testStringDate = "28.12.1992";
+
+        /*
+         * Replacing default StringConverter (having default value) with StringConverter without default value
+         * to allow testing of nullProperty.
+         */
+        ConvertUtils.register(new StringConverter(), String.class);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/DynaBeanUtilsTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/DynaBeanUtilsTestCase.java
index 80fc9edc2..823b9a665 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/DynaBeanUtilsTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/DynaBeanUtilsTestCase.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.commons.beanutils2.converters.StringConverter;
+
 import junit.framework.Test;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import junit.framework.TestSuite;
@@ -96,6 +98,11 @@ public DynaBeanUtilsTestCase(final String name) {
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
 
         ConvertUtils.deregister();
+        /*
+         * Replacing default StringConverter (having default value) with StringConverter without default value
+         * to allow testing of nullProperty.
+         */
+        ConvertUtils.register(new StringConverter(), String.class);
 
         // Instantiate a new DynaBean instance
         final DynaClass dynaClass = createDynaClass();
@@ -812,6 +819,7 @@ public void testPopulateNested() {
      */
     public void testPopulateScalar() {
 
+
         try {
 
             bean.set("nullProperty", "non-null value");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/StringConverterTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/StringConverterTestCase.java
index 91beae706..a1c220bc3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/StringConverterTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/beanutils2/converters/StringConverterTestCase.java
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
  *
  */
 public class StringConverterTestCase extends TestCase {
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VALUE = "default";
+
     /** The converter to be tested. */
     private StringConverter converter;
 
@@ -61,4 +64,12 @@ public void testConvertToUnsupportedType() {
     public void testDefaultType() {
         assertEquals("Wrong default type", String.class, converter.getDefaultType());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests whether the correct default value is returned.
+     */
+    public void testDefaultValue() {
+        converter.setDefaultValue(DEFAULT_VALUE);
+        assertEquals("Wrong default value", DEFAULT_VALUE, converter.convert(String.class, null));
+    }
 }