diff --git a/deegree-core/deegree-core-sqldialect/deegree-sqldialect-oracle/src/main/java/org/deegree/sqldialect/oracle/sdo/SDOGeometryConverter.java b/deegree-core/deegree-core-sqldialect/deegree-sqldialect-oracle/src/main/java/org/deegree/sqldialect/oracle/sdo/SDOGeometryConverter.java
index ace90770f40..c326c8eb69a 100644
--- a/deegree-core/deegree-core-sqldialect/deegree-sqldialect-oracle/src/main/java/org/deegree/sqldialect/oracle/sdo/SDOGeometryConverter.java
+++ b/deegree-core/deegree-core-sqldialect/deegree-sqldialect-oracle/src/main/java/org/deegree/sqldialect/oracle/sdo/SDOGeometryConverter.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 package org.deegree.sqldialect.oracle.sdo;
 
 import static org.deegree.commons.tom.primitive.BaseType.DECIMAL;
+import static org.deegree.commons.utils.TunableParameter.get;
 import static org.deegree.geometry.validation.GeometryFixer.forceOrientation;
 
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -106,12 +107,8 @@
 public class SDOGeometryConverter {
     static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger( SDOGeometryConverter.class );
 
-    private static final boolean DEFAULT_EXPORT_ORIENTED_POINT;
+    private static final boolean DEFAULT_EXPORT_ORIENTED_POINT = get("deegree.oracle.export.oriented_point", false);
 
-    static {
-        DEFAULT_EXPORT_ORIENTED_POINT = "true".equalsIgnoreCase( System.getProperty( "deegree.oracle.export.oriented_point", "false" ));
-    }
-    
     private boolean exportOrientedPointAsExtra;
 
     public SDOGeometryConverter() {
diff --git a/deegree-services/deegree-webservices-handbook/src/main/asciidoc/appendix.adoc b/deegree-services/deegree-webservices-handbook/src/main/asciidoc/appendix.adoc
index 62878657886..da072656957 100644
--- a/deegree-services/deegree-webservices-handbook/src/main/asciidoc/appendix.adoc
+++ b/deegree-services/deegree-webservices-handbook/src/main/asciidoc/appendix.adoc
@@ -45,4 +45,6 @@ f
 
 |deegree.sqldialect.oracle.optimized_point_storage |java.lang.Boolean |true |Use optimized point storage for 2D points in oracle database.
 
+|deegree.oracle.export.oriented_point |java.lang.Boolean |false |Read the orientation of Oracle orientated points as additional properties, disabled by default. The properties are located in the deegree extraprop namespace `http://www.deegree.org/extraprop` and are named `orientation0`, `orientation1`, etc. 
+
 |===
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