diff --git "a/C:\\Users\\rmoquin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\TortoiseGit\\Cel5200.tmp\\CellarTestSupport-b921ab5-left.java" "b/C:\\Users\\rmoquin\\Documents\\GitHub\\clones\\karaf-cellar-git\\itests\\src\\test\\java\\org\\apache\\karaf\\cellar\\itests\\CellarTestSupport.java"
index bd594f6..e7f4507 100644
--- "a/C:\\Users\\rmoquin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\TortoiseGit\\Cel5200.tmp\\CellarTestSupport-b921ab5-left.java"
+++ "b/C:\\Users\\rmoquin\\Documents\\GitHub\\clones\\karaf-cellar-git\\itests\\src\\test\\java\\org\\apache\\karaf\\cellar\\itests\\CellarTestSupport.java"
@@ -182,14 +182,21 @@ public class CellarTestSupport {
                 maven().groupId(GROUP_ID).artifactId(ARTIFACT_ID).versionAsInProject().type("tar.gz"))
                 .karafVersion(MavenUtils.getArtifactVersion(GROUP_ID, ARTIFACT_ID)).name("Apache Karaf").unpackDirectory(new File("target/paxexam/"));
     }
-
-    @Configuration
+	
+	@Configuration
     public Option[] config() {
-        return new Option[]{
-                cellarDistributionConfiguration(), keepRuntimeFolder(), logLevel(LogLevelOption.LogLevel.INFO),
-                editConfigurationFileExtend("etc/system.properties", "cellar.feature.url", maven().groupId("org.apache.karaf.cellar").artifactId("apache-karaf-cellar").versionAsInProject().classifier("features").type("xml").getURL()),
-                editConfigurationFileExtend("etc/config.properties", "org.apache.aries.blueprint.synchronous", "true")
+        Option[] options = new Option[] {
+            cellarDistributionConfiguration(), keepRuntimeFolder(), logLevel(LogLevelOption.LogLevel.INFO),
+            editConfigurationFileExtend("etc/system.properties", "cellar.feature.url", maven().groupId("org.apache.karaf.cellar").artifactId("apache-karaf-cellar").versionAsInProject().classifier("features").type("xml").getURL()),
+            editConfigurationFileExtend("etc/config.properties", "org.apache.aries.blueprint.synchronous", "true")
         };
+        String debug = System.getProperty("debugMain");
+        if (debug != null) {
+            int l = options.length;
+            options = Arrays.copyOf(options, l + 1);
+            options[l] = KarafDistributionOption.debugConfiguration();
+        }
+        return options;
     }
 
     /**