diff --git a/bin/emqx b/bin/emqx
index 7862a98b8..3d97297a8 100755
--- a/bin/emqx
+++ b/bin/emqx
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ generate_config() {
     local CONF_FILE="$CONFIGS_DIR/app.$NOW_TIME.config"
     local HOCON_GEN_ARG_FILE="$CONFIGS_DIR/vm.$NOW_TIME.args"
 
-    CONFIG_ARGS="-config $CONF_FILE -args_file $HOCON_GEN_ARG_FILE"
+    CONFIG_ARGS="-config $CONF_FILE -args_file $HOCON_GEN_ARG_FILE -vm_args $HOCON_GEN_ARG_FILE"
 
     ## Merge hocon generated *.args into the vm.args
     TMP_ARG_FILE="$CONFIGS_DIR/vm.args.tmp"