diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/WrapperRunner.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/WrapperRunner.java
index 190b4e6700c64..fb5f16eb025df 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/WrapperRunner.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/WrapperRunner.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.devtools.testing;
 
+import io.quarkus.bootstrap.resolver.maven.options.BootstrapMavenOptions;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -71,8 +72,14 @@ public static int run(Path projectDir, Wrapper wrapper) {
         command.add(projectDir.resolve(wrapper.getExec()).toAbsolutePath().toString());
         command.addAll(Arrays.asList(wrapper.getCmdArgs()));
 
-        if (System.getProperties().containsKey("maven.repo.local")) {
-            command.add("-Dmaven.repo.local=" + System.getProperty("maven.repo.local"));
+        propagateSystemPropertyIfSet("maven.repo.local", command);
+
+        if (wrapper == Wrapper.MAVEN) {
+            final String mavenSettings = getMavenSettingsArg();
+            if (mavenSettings != null) {
+                command.add("-s");
+                command.add(mavenSettings);
+            }
         }
 
         try {
@@ -95,6 +102,26 @@ public static int run(Path projectDir, Wrapper wrapper) {
         return -1;
     }
 
+    private static String getMavenSettingsArg() {
+        final String mavenSettings = System.getProperty("maven.settings");
+        if (mavenSettings != null) {
+            return mavenSettings;
+        }
+        return BootstrapMavenOptions.newInstance().getOptionValue(BootstrapMavenOptions.ALTERNATE_USER_SETTINGS);
+    }
+
+    private static void propagateSystemPropertyIfSet(String name, List<String> command) {
+        if (System.getProperties().containsKey(name)) {
+            final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
+            buf.append("-D").append(name);
+            final String value = System.getProperty(name);
+            if (value != null && !value.isEmpty()) {
+                buf.append("=").append(value);
+            }
+            command.add(buf.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
     private static void streamToSysOutSysErr(final Process process) {
         streamOutputToSysOut(process);
         streamErrorToSysErr(process);