diff --git a/lib/java/benchmarks-common/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/bench/BenchmarksRunner.java b/lib/java/benchmarks-common/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/bench/BenchmarksRunner.java
index 05ef219deacc..12870e250f44 100644
--- a/lib/java/benchmarks-common/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/bench/BenchmarksRunner.java
+++ b/lib/java/benchmarks-common/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/bench/BenchmarksRunner.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class BenchmarksRunner {
 
   public static void run(String[] args) throws RunnerException {
     if (args.length == 0) {
-      args = new String[] {"--jvmArgs=-Dbench.all=true"};
+      args = new String[] {"--jvmArgsPrepend=-Dbench.all=true"};
     }
     CommandLineOptions cmdOpts = null;
     try {