diff --git a/jenkins-agent.ps1 b/jenkins-agent.ps1
index 3dd0543d..2f354c2e 100644
--- a/jenkins-agent.ps1
+++ b/jenkins-agent.ps1
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 [CmdletBinding()]
 Param(
-    $Cmd = '', # this is only used when docker run has one arg positional arg
+    $Cmd = '', # this must be specified explicitly
     $Url = $( if([System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Cmd) -and [System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($env:JENKINS_URL)) { throw ("Url is required") } else { '' } ),
     [Parameter(Position=0)]$Secret = $( if([System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Cmd) -and [System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($env:JENKINS_SECRET)) { throw ("Secret is required") } else { '' } ),
     [Parameter(Position=1)]$Name = $( if([System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Cmd) -and [System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($env:JENKINS_AGENT_NAME)) { throw ("Name is required") } else { '' } ),
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ Param(
     $InstanceIdentity = '',
     $Protocols = '',
     $JenkinsJavaBin = '',
-    $JavaHome = $env:JAVA_HOME
+    $JavaHome = $env:JAVA_HOME,
+    $JenkinsJavaOpts = ''
 )
 
 # Usage jenkins-agent.ps1 [options] -Url http://jenkins -Secret [SECRET] -Name [AGENT_NAME]
 # Optional environment variables :
 # * JENKINS_JAVA_BIN : Java executable to use instead of the default in PATH or obtained from JAVA_HOME
+# * JENKINS_JAVA_OPTS : Java Options to use for the remoting process, otherwise obtained from JAVA_OPTS
 # * JENKINS_TUNNEL : HOST:PORT for a tunnel to route TCP traffic to jenkins host, when jenkins can't be directly accessed over network
 # * JENKINS_URL : alternate jenkins URL
 # * JENKINS_SECRET : agent secret, if not set as an argument
@@ -54,11 +56,11 @@ Param(
 if(![System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Cmd)) {
 	Invoke-Expression "$Cmd"
 } else {
-    $AgentArguments = @("-cp", "C:/ProgramData/Jenkins/agent.jar", "hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main", "-headless")
 
     # this maps the variable name from the CmdletBinding to environment variables
     $ParamMap = @{
         'JenkinsJavaBin' = 'JENKINS_JAVA_BIN';
+        'JenkinsJavaOpts' = 'JENKINS_JAVA_OPTS';
         'Tunnel' = 'JENKINS_TUNNEL';
         'Url' = 'JENKINS_URL';
         'Secret' = 'JENKINS_SECRET';
@@ -91,6 +93,19 @@ if(![System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Cmd)) {
         }
     }
 
+    $AgentArguments = @()
+
+    if(![System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($JenkinsJavaOpts)) {
+        # this magic will basically process the $JenkinsJavaOpts like a command line
+        # and split into an array, the command line processing follows the PowerShell
+        # commnd line processing, which means for things like -Dsomething.something=something,
+        # you need to quote the string like this: "-Dsomething.something=something" or else it
+        # will get parsed incorrectly.
+        $AgentArguments += Invoke-Expression "echo $JenkinsJavaOpts"
+    }
+
+    $AgentArguments += @("-cp", "C:/ProgramData/Jenkins/agent.jar", "hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main", "-headless")
+
     if(![System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Tunnel)) {
         $AgentArguments += @("-tunnel", "`"$Tunnel`"")
     }
@@ -116,7 +131,7 @@ if(![System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Cmd)) {
     if(![System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($InstanceIdentity)) {
         $AgentArguments += @('-instanceIdentity', $InstanceIdentity)
     }
-    
+
     if(![System.String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Protocols)) {
         $AgentArguments += @('-protocols', $Protocols)
     }
diff --git a/tests/inboundAgent.Tests.ps1 b/tests/inboundAgent.Tests.ps1
index 3bd65439..01af53de 100644
--- a/tests/inboundAgent.Tests.ps1
+++ b/tests/inboundAgent.Tests.ps1
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ Describe "[$global:JDK $global:FLAVOR] build image" {
 
     It 'builds image' {
       $exitCode, $stdout, $stderr = Run-Program 'docker.exe' "build --build-arg VERSION=$global:VERSION -t $global:AGENT_IMAGE $global:FOLDER"
-      # This failure was added on purpose to verify that the build will fail if a test fails
       $exitCode | Should -Be 0
     }
 
@@ -172,3 +171,37 @@ Describe "[$global:JDK $global:FLAVOR] build args" {
         Pop-Location -StackName 'agent'
     }
 }
+
+
+Describe "[$global:JDK $global:FLAVOR] passing JVM options (slow test)" {
+    It "shows the java version with --show-version" {
+        $exitCode, $stdout, $stderr = Run-Program 'docker.exe' "network create --driver nat jnlp-network"
+        # Launch the netcat utility, listening at port 5000 for 30 sec
+        # bats will capture the output from netcat and compare the first line
+        # of the header of the first HTTP request with the expected one
+        $exitCode, $stdout, $stderr = Run-Program 'docker.exe' "run -dit --name nmap --network=jnlp-network nmap:latest ncat.exe -w 30 -l 5000"
+        $exitCode | Should -Be 0
+        Is-ContainerRunning "nmap" | Should -BeTrue
+
+        # get the ip address of the nmap container
+        $exitCode, $stdout, $stderr = Run-Program 'docker.exe' "inspect -f `"{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}`" nmap"
+        $exitCode | Should -Be 0
+        $nmap_ip = $stdout.Trim()
+
+        # run Jenkins agent which tries to connect to the nmap container at port 5000
+        $secret = "aaa"
+        $name = "bbb"
+        $exitCode, $stdout, $stderr = Run-Program 'docker.exe' "run -dit --network=jnlp-network --name $global:AGENT_CONTAINER $global:AGENT_IMAGE -Url http://${nmap_ip}:5000 -JenkinsJavaOpts `"--show-version`" $secret $name"
+        $exitCode | Should -Be 0
+        Is-ContainerRunning $global:AGENT_CONTAINER | Should -BeTrue
+        $exitCode, $stdout, $stderr = Run-Program 'docker.exe' "logs $global:AGENT_CONTAINER"
+        $exitCode | Should -Be 0
+        $stdout | Should -Match "OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-${global:JDK}"
+    }
+
+    AfterAll {
+        Cleanup($global:AGENT_CONTAINER)
+        Cleanup("nmap")
+        CleanupNetwork("jnlp-network")
+    }
+}
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