diff --git a/maven-wrapper/mvnw b/maven-wrapper/mvnw
index 34d9dae8d0..b38cccdab9 100755
--- a/maven-wrapper/mvnw
+++ b/maven-wrapper/mvnw
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ if $cygwin; then
     MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=`cygpath --path --windows "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR"`
 fi
 
+# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will
+# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
+MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
+export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+
 WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
 
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
diff --git a/maven-wrapper/mvnw.cmd b/maven-wrapper/mvnw.cmd
index 303dd42fbc..8c7ee57a9b 100644
--- a/maven-wrapper/mvnw.cmd
+++ b/maven-wrapper/mvnw.cmd
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ if exist %WRAPPER_JAR% (
 )
 @REM End of extension
 
+@REM Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will
+@REM work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
 %MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CONFIG% %*
 if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
 goto end