diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
index 7aa3f55dc6..5d1b66ca82 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/run
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
 
 exec "$JAVACMD" \
   $MAVEN_OPTS \
+  $MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS \
   -classpath "${LAUNCHER_JAR}" \
   $MAVENHOME_CONFIG "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
   $MAVEN_LAUNCHER "$@"