diff --git a/coordinator/pom.xml b/coordinator/pom.xml
index aa3863c5..65b12426 100644
--- a/coordinator/pom.xml
+++ b/coordinator/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
     <profile>
       <id>codeCoverage</id>
       <properties>
-        <server.jvm.args>${jvm.args.other} ${jvm.args.memory} ${jvm.args.debug} ${jvm.args.jacoco} ${jvm.args.modular}</server.jvm.args>
+        <server.jvm.args>${jvm.args.other} ${jvm.args.memory} ${jvm.args.jacoco} ${jvm.args.modular}</server.jvm.args>
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4cf9e86c..70999d2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
                         -Dorg.jboss.byteman.transform.all
                         -javaagent:${project.build.directory}/lib/byteman.jar=listener:true</jvm.args.byteman>
     <jvm.args.debug></jvm.args.debug>
+    <lra.coordinator.debug.params></lra.coordinator.debug.params>
 
     <!-- IP stack configs. -->
     <jvm.args.ip>-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=false</jvm.args.ip>
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-    <server.jvm.args>${jvm.args.other} ${jvm.args.memory} ${jvm.args.debug} ${jvm.args.modular}</server.jvm.args>
+    <server.jvm.args>${jvm.args.other} ${jvm.args.memory} ${jvm.args.modular}</server.jvm.args>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
     <skipMavenDeployMojo>false</skipMavenDeployMojo>
     <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
diff --git a/test/basic/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml b/test/basic/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
index 340056dc..6e25b310 100644
--- a/test/basic/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
+++ b/test/basic/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <container qualifier="${arquillian.lra.participant.container.qualifier}" mode="suite" default="true">
         <configuration>
             <!-- -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100 shifts ports in Wildfly. This is used to avoid overlapping between the two instances of Wildfly-->
-            <property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args} -Dlra.coordinator.url=${lra.coordinator.url} -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100</property>
+            <property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args} ${lra.coordinator.debug.params} -Dlra.coordinator.url=${lra.coordinator.url} -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100</property>
             <property name="managementAddress">${test.application.host}</property>
             <property name="managementPort">10090</property>
             <property name="startupTimeoutInSeconds">${server.startup.timeout:60}</property>
diff --git a/test/crash/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml b/test/crash/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
index eb0071e6..714c0af7 100644
--- a/test/crash/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
+++ b/test/crash/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <group qualifier="${arquillian.group.qualifier}" default="true">
         <container qualifier="${arquillian.lra.coordinator.container.qualifier}" mode="manual">
             <configuration>
-                <property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args} -DObjectStoreEnvironmentBean.objectStoreDir=${project.build.directory}/wfly_lra_objectstore -DObjectStoreEnvironmentBean.communicationStore.objectStoreDir=${project.build.directory}/wfly_lra_objectstore</property>
+                <property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args} ${lra.coordinator.debug.params} -DObjectStoreEnvironmentBean.objectStoreDir=${project.build.directory}/wfly_lra_objectstore -DObjectStoreEnvironmentBean.communicationStore.objectStoreDir=${project.build.directory}/wfly_lra_objectstore</property>
                 <property name="managementAddress">${test.application.host}</property> <!-- default management port is 9990 -->
                 <property name="startupTimeoutInSeconds">${server.startup.timeout:60}</property>
                 <property name="serverConfig">${lra.coordinator.xml.filename}</property>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <container qualifier="${arquillian.lra.participant.container.qualifier}" mode="manual" default="true">
             <configuration>
                 <!-- -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100 shifts ports in Wildfly. This is used to avoid overlapping between the two instances of Wildfly-->
-                <property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args} -Dlra.coordinator.url=${lra.coordinator.url} -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100</property>
+                <property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args} ${jvm.args.debug} -Dlra.coordinator.url=${lra.coordinator.url} -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100</property>
                 <property name="managementAddress">${test.application.host}</property>
                 <property name="managementPort">10090</property>
                 <property name="startupTimeoutInSeconds">${server.startup.timeout:60}</property>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 9f37aa7b..f535bb3e 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
         <configuration>
           <redirectTestOutputToFile>${test.logs.to.file}</redirectTestOutputToFile>
           <systemPropertyVariables combine="merge">
+            <jvm.args.debug>${jvm.args.debug}</jvm.args.debug>
+            <lra.coordinator.debug.params>${lra.coordinator.debug.params}</lra.coordinator.debug.params>
             <!-- failsafe test startup logging configuration-->
             <java.util.logging.config.file>src/test/resources/logging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
             <!-- host and port where to find the test application -->
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@
     <profile>
       <id>codeCoverage</id>
       <properties>
-        <server.jvm.args>${jvm.args.other} ${jvm.args.memory} ${jvm.args.debug} ${jvm.args.jacoco} ${jvm.args.modular}</server.jvm.args>
+        <server.jvm.args>${jvm.args.other} ${jvm.args.memory} ${jvm.args.jacoco} ${jvm.args.modular}</server.jvm.args>
       </properties>
     </profile>
     <profile>
diff --git a/test/tck/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml b/test/tck/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
index bcb064fa..7be7d5f0 100644
--- a/test/tck/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
+++ b/test/tck/src/test/resources/arquillian-wildfly.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <container qualifier="${arquillian.lra.participant.container.qualifier}" mode="suite" default="true">
         <configuration>
             <!-- -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100 shifts ports in Wildfly. This is used to avoid overlapping between the two instances of Wildfly-->
-            <property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args} -Dlra.coordinator.url=${lra.coordinator.url} -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100 -Dlra.tck.timeout.factor=${lra.tck.timeout.factor}</property>
+            <property name="javaVmArguments">${server.jvm.args} ${jvm.args.debug} -Dlra.coordinator.url=${lra.coordinator.url} -Djboss.socket.binding.port-offset=100 -Dlra.tck.timeout.factor=${lra.tck.timeout.factor}</property>
             <property name="managementAddress">${test.application.host}</property>
             <property name="managementPort">10090</property>
             <property name="startupTimeoutInSeconds">${server.startup.timeout:60}</property>