--- AbstractVMRunner.orig.java	Mon Jun 11 16:36:38 2012
+++ AbstractVMRunner.java	Mon Jun 11 16:22:10 2012
@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@
                 LaunchingPlugin.log(e.getStatus());
             }
         }
-        final String[] allVMArgs = new String[launchVMArgs.length + vmVMArgs.length];
-        System.arraycopy(launchVMArgs, 0, allVMArgs, 0, launchVMArgs.length);
-        System.arraycopy(vmVMArgs, 0, allVMArgs, launchVMArgs.length, vmVMArgs.length);
+        // merge default VM + launcher VM arguments. Make sure to pass launcher arguments in last so that
+        // they can take precedence over the default VM args!
+        final String[] allVMArgs = new String[vmVMArgs.length + launchVMArgs.length];
+        System.arraycopy(vmVMArgs, 0, allVMArgs, 0, vmVMArgs.length);
+        System.arraycopy(launchVMArgs, 0, allVMArgs, vmVMArgs.length, launchVMArgs.length);
         return allVMArgs;
     }
 }