--- a/nashorn/make/project.properties	Thu Dec 01 08:12:06 2016 -0800
+++ b/nashorn/make/project.properties	Fri Dec 02 05:39:13 2016 -0800
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@
 run.test.jvmargs.common=\
   -server \
   ${test.module.imports} \
+  ${run.test.jvmargs.external} \
   ${nashorn.override.option} \
   -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 \
   -Duser.language=${run.test.user.language} \