diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/Hystrix.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/Hystrix.java
index db475559b..dd2ae13c6 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/Hystrix.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/Hystrix.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.HystrixPlugins;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.strategy.properties.HystrixPropertiesFactory;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ private static void _reset() {
         // clear circuit breakers
         HystrixCircuitBreaker.Factory.reset();
         HystrixPlugins.reset();
+        HystrixPropertiesFactory.reset();
     }
 
     private static ThreadLocal<LinkedList<HystrixCommandKey>> currentCommand = new ThreadLocal<LinkedList<HystrixCommandKey>>() {
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/properties/HystrixPropertiesFactory.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/properties/HystrixPropertiesFactory.java
index 83beb8ad9..94edfec75 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/properties/HystrixPropertiesFactory.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/strategy/properties/HystrixPropertiesFactory.java
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@
  */
 public class HystrixPropertiesFactory {
 
+    /**
+     * Clears all the defaults in the static property cache. This makes it possible for property defaults to not persist for
+     * an entire JVM lifetime.  May be invoked directly, and also gets invoked by <code>Hystrix.reset()</code>
+     */
+    public static void reset() {
+        commandProperties.clear();
+        threadPoolProperties.clear();
+    }
+
     // String is CommandKey.name() (we can't use CommandKey directly as we can't guarantee it implements hashcode/equals correctly)
     private static final ConcurrentHashMap<String, HystrixCommandProperties> commandProperties = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, HystrixCommandProperties>();
 
diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixTest.java b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixTest.java
index 030bfa16f..f9d834c65 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixTest.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/test/java/com/netflix/hystrix/HystrixTest.java
@@ -168,4 +168,31 @@ protected Boolean run() {
         assertNull(Hystrix.getCurrentThreadExecutingCommand());
     }
 
+    //see https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/issues/280
+    @Test
+    public void testResetCommandProperties() {
+        HystrixCommand<Boolean> cmd1 = new ResettableCommand(100, 10);
+        assertEquals(100L, (long) cmd1.getProperties().executionIsolationThreadTimeoutInMilliseconds().get());
+        assertEquals(10L, (long) cmd1.threadPool.getExecutor().getCorePoolSize());
+
+        Hystrix.reset();
+
+        HystrixCommand<Boolean> cmd2 = new ResettableCommand(700, 40);
+        assertEquals(700L, (long) cmd2.getProperties().executionIsolationThreadTimeoutInMilliseconds().get());
+        assertEquals(40L, (long) cmd2.threadPool.getExecutor().getCorePoolSize());
+
+    }
+
+    private static class ResettableCommand extends HystrixCommand<Boolean> {
+        ResettableCommand(int timeout, int poolCoreSize) {
+            super(Setter.withGroupKey(HystrixCommandGroupKey.Factory.asKey("GROUP"))
+                    .andCommandPropertiesDefaults(HystrixCommandProperties.Setter().withExecutionIsolationThreadTimeoutInMilliseconds(timeout))
+                    .andThreadPoolPropertiesDefaults(HystrixThreadPoolProperties.Setter().withCoreSize(poolCoreSize)));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected Boolean run() throws Exception {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
 }