diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79918b6ba4a..84d272f4ffe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         <pdfbox.version>2.0.29</pdfbox.version>
         <org.yaml.version>2.2</org.yaml.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
+        <surefireArgLine></surefireArgLine>
         <!-- Build Commands-->
         <installToLocalRepository>mvn clean install -DskipTests</installToLocalRepository>
         <publishJavaDocs>mvn resources:resources javadoc:javadoc scm-publish:publish-scm</publishJavaDocs>
@@ -1028,7 +1029,7 @@
                             <useFile>false</useFile>
                             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                            <argLine>
-                               @{argLine}-javaagent:${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/aspectj/aspectjweaver/${aspectj.version}/aspectjweaver-${aspectj.version}.jar
+                               @{argLine} ${surefireArgLine} -javaagent:${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/aspectj/aspectjweaver/${aspectj.version}/aspectjweaver-${aspectj.version}.jar                            
                             </argLine>
                             <properties>
                                 <property>
@@ -1082,7 +1083,7 @@
                             <useFile>false</useFile>
                             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                            <argLine>
-                               @{argLine} -javaagent:${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/aspectj/aspectjweaver/${aspectj.version}/aspectjweaver-${aspectj.version}.jar
+                               @{argLine} ${surefireArgLine} -javaagent:${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/aspectj/aspectjweaver/${aspectj.version}/aspectjweaver-${aspectj.version}.jar                            
                             </argLine>
                             <properties>
                                 <property>