diff --git a/solr/templates/solr-default.j2 b/solr/templates/solr-default.j2
index 615e68d5..8916488a 100644
--- a/solr/templates/solr-default.j2
+++ b/solr/templates/solr-default.j2
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ ENABLE_REMOTE_JMX_OPTS="false"
 # The script will use SOLR_PORT+10000 for the RMI_PORT or you can set it here
 # RMI_PORT=18983
 
+# SOLR additional options
+SOLR_OPTS="$SOLR_OPTS {{ solr_startup_opts }}"
+
 # Set the thread stack size
 SOLR_OPTS="$SOLR_OPTS -Xss256k"