diff --git a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/config/IConfiguration.java b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/config/IConfiguration.java
index a217fc3a1..6fc656caa 100644
--- a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/config/IConfiguration.java
+++ b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/config/IConfiguration.java
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ default String getJVMUpsertSet() {
         return StringUtils.EMPTY;
     }
 
+    default String getJVMInjectSet() {
+        return StringUtils.EMPTY;
+    }
+
     /** @return Path to Cassandra startup script */
     default String getCassStartupScript() {
         return "/etc/init.d/cassandra start";
diff --git a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/config/PriamConfiguration.java b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/config/PriamConfiguration.java
index e708e56b1..15fb15c69 100644
--- a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/config/PriamConfiguration.java
+++ b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/config/PriamConfiguration.java
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ public String getJVMUpsertSet() {
         return config.get(PRIAM_PRE + ".jvm.options.upsert");
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getJVMInjectSet() {
+        return config.get(PRIAM_PRE + ".jvm.options.inject");
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getFlushCronExpression() {
         return config.get(PRIAM_PRE + ".flush.cron", "-1");
diff --git a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/tuner/JVMOptionsTuner.java b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/tuner/JVMOptionsTuner.java
index 91efc1de5..3d5e390e5 100644
--- a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/tuner/JVMOptionsTuner.java
+++ b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/tuner/JVMOptionsTuner.java
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ protected Map<String, List<String>> updateJVMOptions() throws Exception {
                             .collect(Collectors.toList()));
         }
 
+        final String injectSet = config.getJVMInjectSet();
+        if (injectSet != null && !injectSet.trim().isEmpty()) configuredOptions.add(injectSet);
+
         HashMap<String, List<String>> options = new HashMap<String, List<String>>() {};
         options.put("configuredJVMOptions", configuredOptions);
         options.put("configuredJVMVersionOptions", configuredVersionOptions);
diff --git a/priam/src/test/java/com/netflix/priam/tuner/JVMOptionTunerTest.java b/priam/src/test/java/com/netflix/priam/tuner/JVMOptionTunerTest.java
index 4a53bea1a..e4bc4f493 100644
--- a/priam/src/test/java/com/netflix/priam/tuner/JVMOptionTunerTest.java
+++ b/priam/src/test/java/com/netflix/priam/tuner/JVMOptionTunerTest.java
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 
 package com.netflix.priam.tuner;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import com.netflix.priam.config.FakeConfiguration;
 import com.netflix.priam.config.IConfiguration;
@@ -189,6 +188,39 @@ public void testG1GCUpsertExclude() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(allJVMOptions.contains(youngHeap));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testInject() throws Exception {
+        JVMOption youngHeap = new JVMOption("-Xmn", "3G", true, true);
+        JVMOption maxHeap = new JVMOption("-Xmx", "12G", false, true);
+
+        JVMOption option1 = new JVMOption("-Dsample");
+        JVMOption option2 = new JVMOption("-Dsample2", "10", false, false);
+        StringBuffer upsert =
+                new StringBuffer(option1.toJVMOptionString() + "," + option2.toJVMOptionString());
+
+        String upsertString =
+                "-Dcassandra.schema_delay_ms=60000 -Dcassandra.skip_schema_check_for_versions=ver1,ver2";
+        config = new GCConfiguration(GCType.G1GC, "", upsert.toString(), "3G", "12G", upsertString);
+
+        JVMOptionsTuner tuner = new JVMOptionsTuner(config);
+        List<String> configuredJVMOptions = tuner.updateJVMOptions().get("configuredJVMOptions");
+
+        for (String s :
+                new String[] {
+                    option1.toJVMOptionString(), option2.toJVMOptionString(), upsertString
+                }) {
+            boolean found = false;
+            for (String f : configuredJVMOptions) {
+                if (f.equalsIgnoreCase(s)) {
+                    found = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            assertTrue("could not find " + s + " in jvm options", found);
+        }
+    }
+
     private List<JVMOption> getConfiguredJVMOptions(IConfiguration config) throws Exception {
         return getConfiguredJVMOptions(config, true);
     }
@@ -241,17 +273,36 @@ private class GCConfiguration extends FakeConfiguration {
         private String configuredHeapNewSize;
         private String configuredHeapSize;
 
+        private String configuredJVMInject;
+
         GCConfiguration(
                 GCType gcType,
                 String configuredJVMExclude,
                 String configuredJVMUpsert,
                 String configuredHeapNewSize,
                 String configuredHeapSize) {
+            this(
+                    gcType,
+                    configuredJVMExclude,
+                    configuredJVMUpsert,
+                    configuredHeapNewSize,
+                    configuredHeapSize,
+                    "");
+        }
+
+        GCConfiguration(
+                GCType gcType,
+                String configuredJVMExclude,
+                String configuredJVMUpsert,
+                String configuredHeapNewSize,
+                String configuredHeapSize,
+                String configuredJVMInject) {
             this.gcType = gcType;
             this.configuredJVMExclude = configuredJVMExclude;
             this.configuredJVMUpsert = configuredJVMUpsert;
             this.configuredHeapNewSize = configuredHeapNewSize;
             this.configuredHeapSize = configuredHeapSize;
+            this.configuredJVMInject = configuredJVMInject;
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -278,5 +329,10 @@ public String getHeapNewSize() {
         public String getJVMUpsertSet() {
             return configuredJVMUpsert;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getJVMInjectSet() {
+            return configuredJVMInject;
+        }
     }
 }