diff --git a/sbt/sbt b/sbt/sbt
index a79f60d087c1490628ebac94926c9a6b44eb6daf..2227bc469693849b5246d8ee909788f5d7ff207a 100755
--- a/sbt/sbt
+++ b/sbt/sbt
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ fi
 export SPARK_HOME=$(cd "$(dirname $0)/.." 2>&1 >/dev/null ; pwd)
 export SPARK_TESTING=1  # To put test classes on classpath
 
-java -Xmx1200m -XX:MaxPermSize=350m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m $EXTRA_ARGS -jar $SPARK_HOME/sbt/sbt-launch-*.jar "$@"
+java -Xmx1200m -XX:MaxPermSize=350m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m $EXTRA_ARGS $SBT_OPTS -jar $SPARK_HOME/sbt/sbt-launch-*.jar "$@"