diff --git a/plugin/plugin.jelly b/plugin/plugin.jelly
index 7763a3d2..553704d6 100644
--- a/plugin/plugin.jelly
+++ b/plugin/plugin.jelly
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 
 
 <project
-  xmlns:plugin="plugin"
+  xmlns:artifact="artifact"
   xmlns:ant="jelly:ant"
+  xmlns:define="jelly:define"
+  xmlns:i="jelly:interaction"
   xmlns:j="jelly:core"
   xmlns:maven="jelly:maven"
+  xmlns:plugin="plugin"
   xmlns:u="jelly:util"
-  xmlns:define="jelly:define"
-  xmlns:artifact="artifact"
-  xmlns:deploy="deploy"
   xmlns:x="jelly:xml">
   
   <j:if test="${bootstrapping == null}">
@@ -206,8 +206,23 @@
 
   <!-- download a plugin from a remote repo -->
   <goal name="plugin:download-artifact" description="download a plugin from a remote repo">
+    <j:if test="${empty(artifactId)}">
+      <i:ask question="What is the artifactId of the plugin to download (e.g. maven-java-plugin)?" 
+             answer="artifactId"/>
+    </j:if>
     <maven:param-check value="${artifactId}" fail="true" message="'artifactId' must be specified"/>
+    
+    <j:if test="${empty(groupId)}">
+      <i:ask question="What is the groupId of the plugin to download?" 
+             answer="groupId"
+             default="maven"/>
+    </j:if>
     <maven:param-check value="${groupId}" fail="true" message="'groupId' must be specified"/>
+    
+    <j:if test="${empty(version)}">
+      <i:ask question="What is the version of the plugin to download?" 
+             answer="version"/>
+    </j:if>
     <maven:param-check value="${version}" fail="true" message="'version' must be specified"/>
     
     <u:file var="localPluginFile" 
diff --git a/plugin/project.xml b/plugin/project.xml
index 4327bf17..8d5e28ad 100644
--- a/plugin/project.xml
+++ b/plugin/project.xml
@@ -92,5 +92,10 @@
       <version>20030211.142705</version>
       <url>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/jelly/libs/xml/</url>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-jelly</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-jelly-tags-interaction</artifactId>
+      <version>20030211.143817</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
index 7ddf1e2a..1c46ed92 100644
--- a/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/plugin/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.6-SNAPSHOT" date="in CVS">
+      <action dev="dion" type="add" issue="MPPLUGIN-20">
+        Prompt for artifactId, groupId and version if missing.
+      </action>
       <action dev="dion" type="add">Add assertFileNotFound tag</action>
     </release>
     <release version="1.5" date="2004-06-28">
