diff --git a/org.jbehave.eclipse/src/org/jbehave/eclipse/editor/step/MethodToStepCandidateReducer.java b/org.jbehave.eclipse/src/org/jbehave/eclipse/editor/step/MethodToStepCandidateReducer.java
index b3eb46d..ae65ac8 100644
--- a/org.jbehave.eclipse/src/org/jbehave/eclipse/editor/step/MethodToStepCandidateReducer.java
+++ b/org.jbehave.eclipse/src/org/jbehave/eclipse/editor/step/MethodToStepCandidateReducer.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public void reduce(final IMethod method,
 
 	    if (basicStep) {
 		String stepPattern = getValue(annotationAttributes, "value");
-		priority = getValue(annotationAttributes, "priority");
+		priority = getPriority(annotationAttributes);
 
 		patterns = extractPatternVariants(patterns, stepPattern);
 	    } else if (Aliases.class.getName().equals(fullQualifiedName)) {
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ private List<String> extractPatternVariants(List<String> patterns,
 	return patterns;
     }
 
+    private Integer getPriority(IMemberValuePair[] annotationAttributes) {
+	try {
+	    return getValue(annotationAttributes, "priority");
+	}
+	catch (ClassCastException ex) {
+	    // The priority was a constant or expression.
+	    // TODO it should be possible to get the value of a constant, at least
+	    return null;
+	}
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static <T> T getValue(IMemberValuePair[] memberValuePairs, String key) {
 	for (IMemberValuePair kv : memberValuePairs) {
diff --git a/org.jbehave.eclipse/test/org/jbehave/eclipse/editor/step/MethodToStepCandidateReducerTest.java b/org.jbehave.eclipse/test/org/jbehave/eclipse/editor/step/MethodToStepCandidateReducerTest.java
index 9c14d3d..1b809e9 100644
--- a/org.jbehave.eclipse/test/org/jbehave/eclipse/editor/step/MethodToStepCandidateReducerTest.java
+++ b/org.jbehave.eclipse/test/org/jbehave/eclipse/editor/step/MethodToStepCandidateReducerTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class MethodToStepCandidateReducerTest {
 
@@ -82,6 +84,17 @@ public void testListenerInformedWithPriority_WhenProvided()
 		"a priority", 1);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testListenerNotInformedWithPriority_WhenNotRecognized()
+	    throws JavaModelException {
+	givenAnnotation("Given", "a priority", "PRIORITY");
+
+	whenTheMethodWasProcessed();
+
+	thenListenerShouldHaveBeenInformedOnlyWith(StepType.GIVEN,
+		"a priority", null);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testListenerInformedWithFirst_WhenTwoAnnotations()
 	    throws JavaModelException {
@@ -263,19 +276,23 @@ public void givenNoAnnotation() {
     }
 
     public void givenAnnotation(String elementName, String value) {
-	givenAnnotation(elementName, value, null);
+	final List<IMemberValuePair> attributes = new ArrayList<IMemberValuePair>();
+
+	attributes.add(getMemberValuePair("value", value));
+
+	givenAnnotation(elementName, getMemberValuePair("value", value));
     }
 
     public void givenAnnotation(String elementName, String value,
-	    Integer priority) {
+	    Object priority) {
 	final List<IMemberValuePair> attributes = new ArrayList<IMemberValuePair>();
 
 	attributes.add(getMemberValuePair("value", value));
-	if (priority != null) {
-	    attributes.add(getMemberValuePair("priority", priority));
-	}
+	attributes.add(getMemberValuePair("priority", priority));
 
-	givenAnnotation(elementName, attributes);
+	givenAnnotation(elementName,
+	    getMemberValuePair("value", value),
+	    getMemberValuePair("priority", priority));
     }
 
     public void givenAliases(String[] values) {
@@ -285,6 +302,11 @@ public void givenAliases(String[] values) {
 	givenAnnotation("Aliases", attributes);
     }
 
+    private void givenAnnotation(String elementName,
+	    IMemberValuePair... attributes) {
+	givenAnnotation(elementName, asList(attributes));
+	}
+
     private void givenAnnotation(String elementName,
 	    List<IMemberValuePair> attributes) {
 	final IAnnotation annotation = Mockito.mock(IAnnotation.class);