diff --git a/files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh b/files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh
index 7a40cca78db..95dd985fa94 100644
--- a/files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh
+++ b/files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ rcon_client_exists() {
 }
 
 mc_server_listening() {
-  mc-monitor status --host localhost --port "$SERVER_PORT" --timeout 10s >& /dev/null
+  mc-monitor status "${MC_HEALTH_EXTRA_ARGS[@]}" --host localhost --port "$SERVER_PORT" --timeout 10s >& /dev/null
 }
 
 java_clients_connections() {
   local connections
   if java_running ; then
-    if ! connections=$(mc-monitor status --host localhost --port "$SERVER_PORT" --show-player-count); then
+    if ! connections=$(mc-monitor status "${MC_HEALTH_EXTRA_ARGS[@]}" --host localhost --port "$SERVER_PORT" --show-player-count); then
       # consider it a non-zero player count if the ping fails
       # otherwise a laggy server with players connected could get paused
       connections=1
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ java_clients_connections() {
 
 java_clients_connected() {
   (( $(java_clients_connections) > 0 ))
-}
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+}