diff --git a/service/arangod_config_builder.go b/service/arangod_config_builder.go
index 86010de6..db5a28c3 100644
--- a/service/arangod_config_builder.go
+++ b/service/arangod_config_builder.go
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ func createArangodConf(log zerolog.Logger, bsCfg BootstrapConfig, myHostDir, myC
 
 // createArangodArgs returns the command line arguments needed to run an arangod server of given type.
 func createArangodArgs(log zerolog.Logger, config Config, clusterConfig ClusterConfig, myContainerDir, myContainerLogFile string,
-	myPeerID, myAddress, myPort string, serverType ServerType, arangodConfig configFile, agentRecoveryID string, databaseAutoUpgrade bool) []string {
+	myPeerID, myAddress, myPort string, serverType ServerType, arangodConfig configFile, agentRecoveryID string, databaseAutoUpgrade bool,
+	features DatabaseFeatures) []string {
 	containerConfFileName := filepath.Join(myContainerDir, arangodConfFileName)
 
 	args := make([]string, 0, 40)
@@ -165,6 +166,11 @@ func createArangodArgs(log zerolog.Logger, config Config, clusterConfig ClusterC
 		optionPair{"--log.file", slasher(myContainerLogFile)},
 		optionPair{"--log.force-direct", "false"},
 	)
+
+	if !config.RunningInDocker && features.HasCopyInstallationFiles() {
+		options = append(options, optionPair{"--javascript.copy-installation", "true"})
+	}
+
 	if databaseAutoUpgrade {
 		options = append(options,
 			optionPair{"--database.auto-upgrade", "true"})
diff --git a/service/database_features.go b/service/database_features.go
index 5fad5d68..bda7000c 100644
--- a/service/database_features.go
+++ b/service/database_features.go
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ import driver "github.com/arangodb/go-driver"
 type DatabaseFeatures driver.Version
 
 const (
-	v32 driver.Version = "3.2.0"
-	v34 driver.Version = "3.4.0"
+	v32    driver.Version = "3.2.0"
+	v33_17 driver.Version = "3.3.17"
+	v34    driver.Version = "3.4.0"
 )
 
 // NewDatabaseFeatures returns a new DatabaseFeatures based on
@@ -52,3 +53,14 @@ func (v DatabaseFeatures) DefaultStorageEngine() string {
 	}
 	return "mmfiles"
 }
+
+// HasCopyInstallationFiles does server support copying installation files
+func (v DatabaseFeatures) HasCopyInstallationFiles() bool {
+	if driver.Version(v).CompareTo(v34) >= 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	if driver.Version(v).CompareTo(v33_17) >= 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/service/runtime_server_manager.go b/service/runtime_server_manager.go
index 51d1d297..b401fd81 100644
--- a/service/runtime_server_manager.go
+++ b/service/runtime_server_manager.go
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ func startServer(ctx context.Context, log zerolog.Logger, runtimeContext runtime
 	clusterConfig, myPeer, _ := runtimeContext.ClusterConfig()
 	upgradeManager := runtimeContext.UpgradeManager()
 	databaseAutoUpgrade := upgradeManager.ServerDatabaseAutoUpgrade(serverType)
-	args, err := createServerArgs(log, config, clusterConfig, myContainerDir, myContainerLogFile, myPeer.ID, myHostAddress, strconv.Itoa(myPort), serverType, arangodConfig, containerSecretFileName, bsCfg.RecoveryAgentID, databaseAutoUpgrade)
+	args, err := createServerArgs(log, config, clusterConfig, myContainerDir, myContainerLogFile, myPeer.ID, myHostAddress, strconv.Itoa(myPort), serverType, arangodConfig,
+		containerSecretFileName, bsCfg.RecoveryAgentID, databaseAutoUpgrade, features)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, maskAny(err)
 	}
diff --git a/service/server_config_builder.go b/service/server_config_builder.go
index 3e54488c..c5f33420 100644
--- a/service/server_config_builder.go
+++ b/service/server_config_builder.go
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ func collectServerConfigVolumes(serverType ServerType, config configFile) []Volu
 // createServerArgs returns the command line arguments needed to run an arangod/arangosync server of given type.
 func createServerArgs(log zerolog.Logger, config Config, clusterConfig ClusterConfig, myContainerDir, myContainerLogFile string,
 	myPeerID, myAddress, myPort string, serverType ServerType, arangodConfig configFile,
-	clusterJWTSecretFile, agentRecoveryID string, databaseAutoUpgrade bool) ([]string, error) {
+	clusterJWTSecretFile, agentRecoveryID string, databaseAutoUpgrade bool, features DatabaseFeatures) ([]string, error) {
 	switch serverType.ProcessType() {
 	case ProcessTypeArangod:
-		return createArangodArgs(log, config, clusterConfig, myContainerDir, myContainerLogFile, myPeerID, myAddress, myPort, serverType, arangodConfig, agentRecoveryID, databaseAutoUpgrade), nil
+		return createArangodArgs(log, config, clusterConfig, myContainerDir, myContainerLogFile, myPeerID, myAddress, myPort, serverType, arangodConfig, agentRecoveryID, databaseAutoUpgrade, features), nil
 	case ProcessTypeArangoSync:
 		return createArangoSyncArgs(log, config, clusterConfig, myContainerDir, myContainerLogFile, myPeerID, myAddress, myPort, serverType, clusterJWTSecretFile)
 	default: