diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index d2153cc41..8470083f9 100755
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -2961,7 +2961,7 @@ trait BuildExtra extends BuildCommon with DefExtra {
    */
   def addSbtPlugin(dependency: ModuleID): Setting[Seq[ModuleID]] =
     libraryDependencies += {
-      val sbtV = (sbtBinaryVersion in update).value
+      val sbtV = (sbtBinaryVersion in pluginCrossBuild).value
       val scalaV = (scalaBinaryVersion in update).value
       sbtPluginExtra(dependency, sbtV, scalaV)
     }
diff --git a/notes/0.13.17/addSbtPlugin-cross.markdown b/notes/0.13.17/addSbtPlugin-cross.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba7194a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/0.13.17/addSbtPlugin-cross.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+### Bug fixes
+
+- Fixes `addSbtPlugin` to use the correct version of sbt. [#3393][]/[#3397][] by [@dwijnand][]
+
+  [#3393]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/3393
+  [#3397]: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/pull/3397
+  [@dwijnand]: http://github.com/dwijnand
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/cross-plugins-defaults/build.sbt b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/cross-plugins-defaults/build.sbt
index 8bd47a1e2..b1d361b5a 100644
--- a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/cross-plugins-defaults/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/cross-plugins-defaults/build.sbt
@@ -4,39 +4,38 @@ val buildCrossList = List("2.10.6", "2.11.11", "2.12.2")
 scalaVersion in ThisBuild := "2.12.2"
 crossScalaVersions in ThisBuild := buildCrossList
 
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.7.0")
+
 lazy val root = (project in file("."))
   .settings(
     sbtPlugin := true,
 
-    TaskKey[Unit]("check") := {
-      val crossV = (sbtVersion in pluginCrossBuild).value
-      val sv = projectID.value.extraAttributes("e:scalaVersion")
-      assert(sbtVersion.value startsWith baseSbt, s"Wrong sbt version: ${sbtVersion.value}")
-      assert(sv == "2.12", s"Wrong e:scalaVersion: $sv")
-      assert(scalaBinaryVersion.value == "2.12", s"Wrong Scala binary version: ${scalaBinaryVersion.value}")
-      assert(crossV startsWith "1.0.", s"Wrong `sbtVersion in pluginCrossBuild`: $crossV")
-
-      // crossScalaVersions in app should not be affected
-      val appCrossScalaVersions = (crossScalaVersions in app).value.toList
-      val appScalaVersion = (scalaVersion in app).value
-      assert(appCrossScalaVersions == buildCrossList, s"Wrong `crossScalaVersions in app`: $appCrossScalaVersions")
-      assert(appScalaVersion startsWith "2.12", s"Wrong `scalaVersion in app`: $appScalaVersion")
-    },
-
-    TaskKey[Unit]("check2") := {
-      val crossV = (sbtVersion in pluginCrossBuild).value
-      val sv = projectID.value.extraAttributes("e:scalaVersion")
-      assert(sbtVersion.value startsWith baseSbt, s"Wrong sbt version: ${sbtVersion.value}")
-      assert(sv == "2.10", s"Wrong e:scalaVersion: $sv")
-      assert(scalaBinaryVersion.value == "2.10", s"Wrong Scala binary version: ${scalaBinaryVersion.value}")
-      assert(crossV startsWith "0.13", s"Wrong `sbtVersion in pluginCrossBuild`: $crossV")
-
-      // ^^ should not affect app's crossScalaVersions
-      val appCrossScalaVersions = (crossScalaVersions in app).value.toList
-      val appScalaVersion = (scalaVersion in app).value
-      assert(appCrossScalaVersions == buildCrossList, s"Wrong `crossScalaVersions in app`: $appCrossScalaVersions")
-      assert(appScalaVersion startsWith "2.12", s"Wrong `scalaVersion in app`: $appScalaVersion")
-    }
+    TaskKey[Unit]("check") := mkCheck("2.12", "1.0").value,
+    TaskKey[Unit]("check2") := mkCheck("2.10", "0.13").value
   )
 
 lazy val app = (project in file("app"))
+
+def mkCheck(scalaBinV: String, sbtBinVer: String) = Def task {
+  val crossV = (sbtVersion in pluginCrossBuild).value
+  val crossBinV = (sbtBinaryVersion in pluginCrossBuild).value
+  val sv = projectID.value.extraAttributes("e:scalaVersion")
+  assert(sbtVersion.value startsWith baseSbt, s"Wrong sbt version: ${sbtVersion.value}")
+  assert(sv == scalaBinV, s"Wrong e:scalaVersion: $sv")
+  assert(scalaBinaryVersion.value == scalaBinV, s"Wrong Scala binary version: ${scalaBinaryVersion.value}")
+  assert(crossV startsWith sbtBinVer, s"Wrong `sbtVersion in pluginCrossBuild`: $crossV")
+
+  val ur = update.value
+  val cr = ur.configuration(Compile).get
+  val mr = cr.modules.find(mr => mr.module.organization == "com.eed3si9n" && mr.module.name == "sbt-buildinfo").get
+  val plugSv = mr.module.extraAttributes("scalaVersion")
+  val plugSbtV = mr.module.extraAttributes("sbtVersion")
+  assert(plugSv == scalaBinV, s"Wrong plugin scalaVersion: $plugSv")
+  assert(plugSbtV == sbtBinVer, s"Wrong plugin scalaVersion: $sbtBinVer")
+
+  // crossScalaVersions in app should not be affected, per se or after ^^
+  val appCrossScalaVersions = (crossScalaVersions in app).value.toList
+  val appScalaVersion = (scalaVersion in app).value
+  assert(appCrossScalaVersions == buildCrossList, s"Wrong `crossScalaVersions in app`: $appCrossScalaVersions")
+  assert(appScalaVersion startsWith "2.12", s"Wrong `scalaVersion in app`: $appScalaVersion")
+}