diff --git a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile.cmd b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile.cmd
index 067a795e28..6b95afc9e9 100644
--- a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile.cmd
+++ b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/artemis.profile.cmd
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ rem under the License.
 
 set ARTEMIS_HOME="${artemis.home}"
 set ARTEMIS_INSTANCE="${artemis.instance}"
+set ARTEMIS_ETC_INSTANCE='${artemis.instance.etc}'
 set ARTEMIS_DATA_DIR='${artemis.instance.data}'