diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-pom-override-it/pom.xml b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-pom-override-it/pom.xml
index 833581ad9..6bca7e75a 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-pom-override-it/pom.xml
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-pom-override-it/pom.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
     <packaging>war</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- This maxHeap property should NOT override the one specified below in jvmOptions -->
+        <myArgLine>-javaagent:/path/to/some/jar.jar</myArgLine>
+        <liberty.jvm.argLine>@{myArgLine}</liberty.jvm.argLine>
         <liberty.jvm.minHeap>-Xms512m</liberty.jvm.minHeap>
+        <!-- This maxHeap property should NOT override the one specified below in jvmOptions -->
         <liberty.jvm.maxHeap>-Xmx1024m</liberty.jvm.maxHeap>
         <liberty.bootstrap.location>pom.xml</liberty.bootstrap.location>
         <liberty.env.JAVA_HOME>/opt/ibm/java</liberty.env.JAVA_HOME>
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-pom-override-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/PluginConfigXmlIT.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-pom-override-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/PluginConfigXmlIT.java
index 2a3ef0dd2..b4b37ed09 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-pom-override-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/PluginConfigXmlIT.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/it/server-param-pom-override-it/src/test/java/net/wasdev/wlp/maven/test/app/PluginConfigXmlIT.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
-import static junit.framework.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 public class PluginConfigXmlIT {
     
@@ -126,8 +126,39 @@ public void testJvmOptionsFileElements() throws Exception {
         
         String fileContents = FileUtils.fileRead(TARGET_JVM_OPTIONS).replaceAll("\r","");
 
-        // verify that -Xmx768m is last in the jvm.options file, and that -Xms512m and -Xmx1024m appear before it.
-        assertTrue("verify target server jvm.options", fileContents.equals( "# Generated by liberty-maven-plugin\n-Xms512m\n-Xmx1024m\n-Xmx768m\n") || fileContents.equals("# Generated by liberty-maven-plugin\n-Xmx1024m\n-Xms512m\n-Xmx768m\n"));
+        String[] fileContentsArray = fileContents.split("\\n");
+        assertTrue("fileContents", fileContentsArray.length == 5);
+
+        boolean myArgLineKeyFound = false;
+        boolean myArgLineValueFound = false;
+        boolean myXms512mFound = false;
+        boolean myXmx1024mFound = false;
+
+        for (int i=0; i < fileContentsArray.length; i++) {
+            String nextLine = fileContentsArray[i];
+            // verify that -Xmx768m is last in the jvm.options file, and that -Xms512m and -Xmx1024m appear before it.
+            if (i == 0) {
+                assertTrue("comment not found on first line", nextLine.equals("# Generated by liberty-maven-plugin"));
+            } else if (i == 4) {
+                assertTrue("-Xmx768m not found on last line", nextLine.equals("-Xmx768m"));
+            } else {
+                if (nextLine.equals("@{myArgLine}")) {
+                    myArgLineKeyFound = true;
+                } else if (nextLine.equals("-Xms512m")) {
+                    myXms512mFound = true;
+                } else if (nextLine.equals("-Xmx1024m")) {
+                    myXmx1024mFound = true;
+                } else if (nextLine.equals("-javaagent:/path/to/some/jar.jar")) {
+                    myArgLineValueFound = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        assertFalse("@{myArgLine} found", myArgLineKeyFound);
+        assertTrue("-javaagent:/path/to/some/jar.jar not found", myArgLineValueFound);
+        assertTrue("-Xms512m not found", myXms512mFound);
+        assertTrue("-Xmx1024m not found", myXmx1024mFound);
+
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/StartDebugMojoSupport.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/StartDebugMojoSupport.java
index b297e0615..a13b76fc7 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/StartDebugMojoSupport.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/StartDebugMojoSupport.java
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ public abstract class StartDebugMojoSupport extends ServerFeatureSupport {
     protected static final String HEADER = "# Generated by liberty-maven-plugin";
     private static final String LIBERTY_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS = "(^liberty\\.(env|jvm|bootstrap|var|defaultVar)\\.).+";
     private static final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(LIBERTY_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS);
+    private static final String LATE_PROP_RESOLUTION_SYNTAX = "@\\{(.+?)\\}";
+    private static final Pattern LATE_PROP_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(LATE_PROP_RESOLUTION_SYNTAX);
 
     private static boolean configFilesCopied = false;
 
@@ -796,6 +798,9 @@ private void loadLibertyConfigFromProperties(Properties props) {
             if (propType != null) {
                 String suffix = key.substring(propType.getPrefix().length());
                 String value = (String) entry.getValue();
+                // Check the value for late property resolution with @{xxx} syntax.
+                value = handleLatePropertyResolution(value);
+                
                 getLog().debug("Processing Liberty configuration from property with key "+key+" and value "+value);
                 switch (propType) {
                     case ENV:        envMavenProps.put(suffix, value);
@@ -813,6 +818,23 @@ private void loadLibertyConfigFromProperties(Properties props) {
         }
     }
 
+    // Search the value parameter for any properties referenced with @{xxx} syntax and replace those with their property value if defined.
+    private String handleLatePropertyResolution(String value) {
+        String returnValue = value;
+
+        Matcher m = LATE_PROP_PATTERN.matcher(value);
+        while (m.find()) {
+            String varName = m.group(1);
+            if (project.getProperties().containsKey(varName)) {
+                String replacementValue = project.getProperties().getProperty(varName,"");
+                returnValue = returnValue.replace("@{"+varName+"}", replacementValue);
+                getLog().debug("Replaced Liberty configuration property value @{"+varName+"} with value "+replacementValue);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return returnValue;
+    }
+
     // The properties parameter comes from the <bootstrapProperties> configuration in pom.xml and takes precedence over
     // the mavenProperties parameter, which comes from generic maven <properties> configuration.
     // One of the passed in Maps must be not null and not empty