diff --git a/bin/start_be.sh b/bin/start_be.sh
index 46aa924ca3bd20..aa5929ab34e0b8 100755
--- a/bin/start_be.sh
+++ b/bin/start_be.sh
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ fi
 
 # set LIBHDFS_OPTS for hadoop libhdfs
 export LIBHDFS_OPTS="${final_java_opt}"
+export JAVA_OPTS="${final_java_opt}"
 
 # log "CLASSPATH: ${CLASSPATH}"
 # log "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
diff --git a/bin/start_fe.sh b/bin/start_fe.sh
index 1650145b798041..3955d8d75774d5 100755
--- a/bin/start_fe.sh
+++ b/bin/start_fe.sh
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ elif [[ "${java_version}" -gt 8 ]]; then
 fi
 log "using java version ${java_version}"
 log "${final_java_opt}"
+export JAVA_OPTS="${final_java_opt}"
 
 # add libs to CLASSPATH
 DORIS_FE_JAR=