diff --git a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/AbstractGwtActionTask.java b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/AbstractGwtActionTask.java
index 0d60b03..33bc931 100644
--- a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/AbstractGwtActionTask.java
+++ b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/AbstractGwtActionTask.java
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ protected void jvmArgs(Object... args) {
 		this.jvmArgs.addAll(Arrays.asList(args));
 	}
 
+	public void setJvmArgs(List<Object> args) {
+		this.jvmArgs.clear();
+		this.jvmArgs.addAll(args);
+	}
+
+	public List<Object> getJvmArgs() {
+		return this.jvmArgs;
+	}
+
 	protected void argIfEnabled(Boolean condition, String arg) {
 		if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(condition)) {
 			args(arg);
diff --git a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/AbstractGwtCompile.java b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/AbstractGwtCompile.java
index f5593f4..6f1c5c1 100644
--- a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/AbstractGwtCompile.java
+++ b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/AbstractGwtCompile.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package de.richsource.gradle.plugins.gwt;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
 import org.gradle.api.internal.IConventionAware;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ protected void addArgs() {
 		argOnOff(getOverlappingSourceWarnings(), "-overlappingSourceWarnings", "-nooverlappingSourceWarnings");
 		argOnOff(getSaveSource(), "-saveSource", "-nosaveSource");
 		argIfSet("-saveSourceOutput", getSaveSourceOutput());
+		jvmArgs(getJvmArgs().toArray());
 	}
 	
 	protected void configure(final GwtCompileOptions options) {
@@ -411,4 +413,14 @@ public File getSaveSourceOutput() {
 	public void setSaveSourceOutput(File saveSourceOutput) {
 		options.setSaveSourceOutput(saveSourceOutput);
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setJvmArgs(Object... args) {
+	       options.setJvmArgs(args);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Object> getJvmArgs() {
+	       return options.getJvmArgs();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtBasePlugin.java b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtBasePlugin.java
index eab3bd8..3aa7902 100644
--- a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtBasePlugin.java
+++ b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtBasePlugin.java
@@ -302,6 +302,12 @@ public JsInteropMode call() throws Exception {
 						return extension.getJsInteropMode();
 					}
 				});
+				conventionMapping.map("jvmArgs", new Callable<List<Object>>() {
+					@Override
+					public List<Object> call() throws Exception {
+						return extension.getJvmArgs();
+					}
+				});
 			}});
 	}
 	
diff --git a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtCompileOptions.java b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtCompileOptions.java
index 69ee5f8..7c39e65 100644
--- a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtCompileOptions.java
+++ b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtCompileOptions.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package de.richsource.gradle.plugins.gwt;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
 
 
 /**
@@ -233,4 +234,9 @@ public interface GwtCompileOptions {
 	 * @param saveSourceOutput the saveSourceOutput to set
 	 */
 	void setSaveSourceOutput(File saveSourceOutput);
+
+	List<Object> getJvmArgs();
+
+	void setJvmArgs(Object... args);
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtPluginExtension.java b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtPluginExtension.java
index 1695e77..7961b37 100644
--- a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtPluginExtension.java
+++ b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/GwtPluginExtension.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class GwtPluginExtension {
 	private final GwtSuperDevOptions superDev = new GwtSuperDevOptionsImpl();
 	private final GwtCompileOptions compiler = new GwtCompileOptionsImpl();
 	private final GwtTestOptions test = new GwtTestOptions();
+	private List<Object> jvmArgs = new ArrayList<Object>();
 
 	public List<String> getModules() {
 		return modules;
@@ -245,4 +246,13 @@ public String getModulePathPrefix() {
 	public void setModulePathPrefix(String modulePathPrefix) {
 		this.modulePathPrefix = modulePathPrefix;
 	}
+
+	public List<Object> getJvmArgs() {
+		return jvmArgs;
+	}
+
+	public void setJvmArgs(List<Object> jvmArgs) {
+		this.jvmArgs.clear();
+		this.jvmArgs.addAll(jvmArgs);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/internal/GwtCompileOptionsImpl.java b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/internal/GwtCompileOptionsImpl.java
index 7d00130..1a93772 100644
--- a/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/internal/GwtCompileOptionsImpl.java
+++ b/gwt-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/de/richsource/gradle/plugins/gwt/internal/GwtCompileOptionsImpl.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 package de.richsource.gradle.plugins.gwt.internal;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import de.richsource.gradle.plugins.gwt.GwtCompileOptions;
 import de.richsource.gradle.plugins.gwt.Namespace;
@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@ public class GwtCompileOptionsImpl implements GwtCompileOptions {
 	private Boolean saveSource;
 	private File saveSourceOutput;
 
+	private List<Object> jvmArgs = new ArrayList<Object>();
+
 	/** {@inheritDoc} */
 	@Override
 	public Integer getLocalWorkers() {
@@ -361,4 +366,15 @@ public File getSaveSourceOutput() {
 	public void setSaveSourceOutput(File saveSourceOutput) {
 		this.saveSourceOutput = saveSourceOutput;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Object> getJvmArgs() {
+	    return jvmArgs;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setJvmArgs(Object... args) {
+	     jvmArgs.addAll(Arrays.asList(args));
+	}
+
 }