diff --git a/plugins/api/discovery/pom.xml b/plugins/api/discovery/pom.xml
index 8cdd4c415d0..650828c052a 100644
--- a/plugins/api/discovery/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/api/discovery/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx1024m</argLine>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>org/apache/cloudstack/discovery/integration/*</exclude>
                     </excludes>
diff --git a/plugins/api/rate-limit/pom.xml b/plugins/api/rate-limit/pom.xml
index bf211ee666f..bc0b0aff104 100644
--- a/plugins/api/rate-limit/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/api/rate-limit/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <forkMode>always</forkMode>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m</argLine>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m</argLine>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>org/apache/cloudstack/ratelimit/integration/*</exclude>
                     </excludes>
diff --git a/plugins/api/solidfire-intg-test/pom.xml b/plugins/api/solidfire-intg-test/pom.xml
index a3ee0b6b139..cce75111050 100644
--- a/plugins/api/solidfire-intg-test/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/api/solidfire-intg-test/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx1024m</argLine>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>org/apache/cloudstack/solidfire/integration/*</exclude>
                     </excludes>
diff --git a/plugins/api/vmware-sioc/pom.xml b/plugins/api/vmware-sioc/pom.xml
index 9354438cec8..297cec4e180 100644
--- a/plugins/api/vmware-sioc/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/api/vmware-sioc/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx1024m</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/plugins/metrics/pom.xml b/plugins/metrics/pom.xml
index 976e8a2675c..b7f35a73fb8 100644
--- a/plugins/metrics/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/metrics/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx1024m</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/pom.xml b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/pom.xml
index 1cb268d0bb4..823f591657e 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <forkMode>always</forkMode>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx1024m</argLine>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/NetworkProviderTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/PublicNetworkTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 1aab2bd7fa5..2d1c8111178 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom</argLine>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom</argLine>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>%regex[.*[0-9]*To[0-9]*.*Test.*]</exclude>
                         <exclude>com/cloud/upgrade/AdvanceZone223To224UpgradeTest</exclude>