diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/reportUtils.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/reportUtils.kt
index db4d36918d6..3b92aa31037 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/reportUtils.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/reportUtils.kt
@@ -90,14 +90,22 @@ internal fun runToolInSeparateProcess(
     compilerClassName: String,
     classpath: List<File>,
     logger: KotlinLogger,
-    buildDir: File
+    buildDir: File,
+    jvmArgs: List<String> = emptyList()
 ): ExitCode {
     val javaBin = System.getProperty("java.home") + File.separator + "bin" + File.separator + "java"
     val classpathString = classpath.map { it.absolutePath }.joinToString(separator = File.pathSeparator)
 
     val compilerOptions = writeArgumentsToFile(buildDir, argsArray)
 
-    val builder = ProcessBuilder(javaBin, "-cp", classpathString, compilerClassName, "@${compilerOptions.absolutePath}")
+    val builder = ProcessBuilder(
+        javaBin,
+        *(jvmArgs.toTypedArray()),
+        "-cp",
+        classpathString,
+        compilerClassName,
+        "@${compilerOptions.absolutePath}"
+    )
     val messageCollector = createLoggingMessageCollector(logger)
     val process = launchProcessWithFallback(builder, DaemonReportingTargets(messageCollector = messageCollector))
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinJsDce.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinJsDce.kt
index 05571a30469..b9d50a20f16 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinJsDce.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/KotlinJsDce.kt
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ open class KotlinJsDce : AbstractKotlinCompileTool<K2JSDceArguments>(), KotlinJs
         keep += fqn
     }
 
+    @Input
+    var jvmArgs = mutableListOf<String>()
+
     @TaskAction
     fun performDce() {
         val inputFiles = (listOf(source) + classpath
@@ -91,7 +94,8 @@ open class KotlinJsDce : AbstractKotlinCompileTool<K2JSDceArguments>(), KotlinJs
             K2JSDce::class.java.name,
             computedCompilerClasspath,
             log,
-            project.buildDir
+            project.buildDir,
+            jvmArgs
         )
         throwGradleExceptionIfError(exitCode)