diff --git a/ratis-shell/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/shell/cli/RaftUtils.java b/ratis-shell/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/shell/cli/RaftUtils.java
index dfbfdd32f7..1239fc56c4 100644
--- a/ratis-shell/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/shell/cli/RaftUtils.java
+++ b/ratis-shell/src/main/java/org/apache/ratis/shell/cli/RaftUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.ratis.util.TimeDuration;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ public static RaftClient createClient(RaftGroup raftGroup) {
     RaftProperties properties = new RaftProperties();
     RaftClientConfigKeys.Rpc.setRequestTimeout(properties,
         TimeDuration.valueOf(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+
+    // Since ratis-shell support GENERIC_COMMAND_OPTIONS, here we should
+    // merge these options to raft properties to make it work.
+    final Properties sys = System.getProperties();
+    sys.stringPropertyNames().forEach(key -> properties.set(key, sys.getProperty(key)));
+
     ExponentialBackoffRetry retryPolicy = ExponentialBackoffRetry.newBuilder()
         .setBaseSleepTime(TimeDuration.valueOf(1000, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))
         .setMaxAttempts(10)