diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
index eaf4e1ab37..0d8db06df5 100755
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-resources/src/main/resources/bin/nifi.sh
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ run() {
 
     BOOTSTRAP_DIR_PARAMS="${BOOTSTRAP_LOG_PARAMS} ${BOOTSTRAP_PID_PARAMS} ${BOOTSTRAP_CONF_PARAMS}"
 
-    run_nifi_cmd="'${JAVA}' -cp '${BOOTSTRAP_CLASSPATH}' -Xms12m -Xmx24m ${BOOTSTRAP_DIR_PARAMS} ${BOOTSTRAP_DEBUG_PARAMS} org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.RunNiFi $@"
+    run_nifi_cmd="'${JAVA}' -cp '${BOOTSTRAP_CLASSPATH}' -Xms12m -Xmx24m ${BOOTSTRAP_DIR_PARAMS} ${BOOTSTRAP_DEBUG_PARAMS} ${BOOTSTRAP_JAVA_OPTS} org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.RunNiFi $@"
 
     if [ -n "${run_as_user}" ]; then
       # Provide SCRIPT_DIR and execute nifi-env for the run.as user command