diff --git a/src/resources/bash/startGrails b/src/resources/bash/startGrails
index 6c52251f3ed..9b6e630bf17 100755
--- a/src/resources/bash/startGrails
+++ b/src/resources/bash/startGrails
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ startGrails() {
      else
 	GRAILS_OPTS="-server -Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=192m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
   fi
-  JAVA_OPTS="$GRAILS_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS"
+  JAVA_OPTS="$GRAILS_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS -javaagent:$GRAILS_HOME/bin/springloaded-0.7.1.jar -noverify -Dspringloaded=limit=false;plugins=com.springsource.loaded.SystemPropertyConfiguredIsReloadableTypePlugin"
   # Start the Profiler or the JVM
   if $useprofiler; then
       runProfiler