diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/impl/SessionFactoryImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/impl/SessionFactoryImpl.java
index fbda191f579a..e391b178f90c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/impl/SessionFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/impl/SessionFactoryImpl.java
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ public SessionFactoryImpl(
 		log.debug( "Statistics initialized [enabled={}]}", settings.isStatisticsEnabled() );
 
 		this.properties = new Properties();
+		this.properties.putAll(settings.getDialect().getDefaultProperties());
 		this.properties.putAll( cfg.getProperties() );
 		this.interceptor = cfg.getInterceptor();
 		this.settings = settings;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/AbstractStandardBasicType.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/AbstractStandardBasicType.java
index f87a89173218..2e8d624aff41 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/AbstractStandardBasicType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/AbstractStandardBasicType.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.MutabilityPlan;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.SqlTypeDescriptor;
 import org.hibernate.util.ArrayHelper;
+import org.hibernate.util.PropertiesHelper;
 
 /**
  * TODO : javadoc
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ public final void nullSafeSet(
 		// todo : have SessionImplementor extend WrapperOptions
 		final WrapperOptions options = new WrapperOptions() {
 			public boolean useStreamForLobBinding() {
-				return Environment.useStreamsForBinary();
+				return PropertiesHelper.getBoolean(Environment.USE_STREAMS_FOR_BINARY, session.getFactory().getProperties());
 			}
 
 			public LobCreator getLobCreator() {