diff --git a/bin/hbase b/bin/hbase
index 1f8b9dadb066..606de0a9e85c 100755
--- a/bin/hbase
+++ b/bin/hbase
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ add_jdk11_deps_to_classpath() {
   done
 }
 
+add_jdk11_jvm_flags() {
+  HBASE_OPTS="$HBASE_OPTS --illegal-access=permit --add-modules jdk.unsupported -Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/jdk.internal.ref=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports java.base/jdk.internal.misc=ALL-UNNAMED"
+}
+
 add_opentelemetry_agent() {
   if [ -e "${OPENTELEMETRY_JAVAAGENT_PATH}" ] ; then
     agent_jar="${OPENTELEMETRY_JAVAAGENT_PATH}"
@@ -811,11 +815,14 @@ fi
 
 if [ "${addJDK11Jars}" = "true" ]; then
   add_jdk11_deps_to_classpath
+  add_jdk11_jvm_flags
   if [ "${DEBUG}" = "true" ]; then
-      echo "Added JDK11 jars to classpath."
-    fi
+     echo "Added JDK11 jars to classpath."
+     echo "Added JDK11 JVM flags too."
+  fi
 elif [ "${DEBUG}" = "true" ]; then
   echo "JDK11 jars skipped from classpath."
+  echo "Skipped adding JDK11 JVM flags."
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "${HBASE_TRACE_OPTS}" ]]; then
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20b1bc5a0f41..bd51dc0d7dae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3030,7 +3030,7 @@
       <properties>
         <maven.compiler.release>${releaseTarget}</maven.compiler.release>
         <!-- TODO: replicate logic for windows support -->
-        <argLine>--add-opens=java.base/jdk.internal.ref=ALL-UNNAMED ${hbase-surefire.argLine}</argLine>
+        <argLine>--illegal-access=permit --add-modules jdk.unsupported -Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true --add-opens java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/jdk.internal.ref=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED --add-exports java.base/jdk.internal.misc=ALL-UNNAMED ${hbase-surefire.argLine}</argLine>
         <!-- We need a minimum HDFS version of 3.2.0 for HADOOP-12760 -->
         <hadoop-three.version>3.2.0</hadoop-three.version>
         <!--