diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/EvaluateTask.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/EvaluateTask.scala
index 9597732d4..e29009836 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/EvaluateTask.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/EvaluateTask.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final object EvaluateTaskConfig {
   // Returns the default force garbage collection flag,
   // as specified by system properties.
   private[sbt] def defaultForceGarbageCollection: Boolean =
-    sys.props.get("sbt.task.forcegc").map(java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean).getOrElse(true)
+    sys.props.get("sbt.task.forcegc").map(java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean).getOrElse(false)
   /** Pulls in the old configuration format. */
   def apply(old: EvaluateConfig): EvaluateTaskConfig = {
     object AdaptedTaskConfig extends EvaluateTaskConfig {
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Plugins.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Plugins.scala
index 9738ed053..9b10a326f 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Plugins.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Plugins.scala
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ ${listConflicts(conflicting)}""")
 		val hasGetterOpt = catching(classOf[ScalaReflectionException]) opt {
 			im.symbol.asType.toType.declaration(ru.newTermName("autoImport")) match {
 				case ru.NoSymbol => false
-				case sym => sym.asTerm.isGetter
+				case sym => sym.asTerm.isGetter || sym.asTerm.isModule
 			}
 		}
 		hasGetterOpt getOrElse false
-	} 
+	}
 }
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/auto-plugins/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/auto-plugins/build.sbt
index 783e455ce..8819060f1 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/auto-plugins/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/auto-plugins/build.sbt
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ check := {
 	same(optInValue, " Q S R", "del in projE in q")
 }
 
+keyTest := "foo"
+
 def same[T](actual: T, expected: T, label: String) {
 	assert(actual == expected, s"Expected '$expected' for `$label`, got '$actual'")
 }
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/auto-plugins/project/Q.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/auto-plugins/project/Q.scala
index 40a4598ff..afdf64b78 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/auto-plugins/project/Q.scala
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/auto-plugins/project/Q.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ object X extends AutoPlugin {
 object D extends AutoPlugin {
 	override def requires: Plugins = E
 	override def trigger = allRequirements
+
+	object autoImport {
+		lazy val keyTest = settingKey[String]("Another demo setting.")
+	}
 }
 
 object Q extends AutoPlugin
diff --git a/src/sphinx/Community/Changes.rst b/src/sphinx/Community/Changes.rst
index 0212c01ca..d5787f15c 100644
--- a/src/sphinx/Community/Changes.rst
+++ b/src/sphinx/Community/Changes.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Changes
 - ``testResultLogger`` is now configured.
 - sbt-server hooks for task cancellation.
 - Add ``JUnitXmlReportPlugin`` which generates junit-xml-reports for all tests.
+- Fixes auto plugins not detecting ``object autoImport``. (gh-1314) 
+- Optionally enable forced garbage collection after tasks (``-Dsbt.task.forcegc=true``).
 
 
 0.13.1 to 0.13.2