diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/bin/jetty.sh b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/bin/jetty.sh
index 3451ee16a950..64db38ba645e 100755
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/bin/jetty.sh
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/bin/jetty.sh
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ case "`uname`" in
 CYGWIN*) JETTY_START="`cygpath -w $JETTY_START`";;
 esac
 
-RUN_ARGS=$("$JAVA" -jar "$JETTY_START" --dry-run=opts,path,main,args ${JETTY_ARGS[*]})
+RUN_ARGS=$("$JAVA" -jar "$JETTY_START" --dry-run=opts,path,main,args ${JETTY_ARGS[*]} ${JAVA_OPTIONS[*]})
 RUN_CMD=("$JAVA" $JETTY_SYS_PROPS ${RUN_ARGS[@]})
 
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