2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/server/sonar-process-monitor/src/main/java/org/sonar/process/monitor/JavaCommand.java b/server/sonar-process-monitor/src/main/java/org/sonar/process/monitor/JavaCommand.java
index 7750b6deb35..76abf52deba 100644
--- a/server/sonar-process-monitor/src/main/java/org/sonar/process/monitor/JavaCommand.java
+++ b/server/sonar-process-monitor/src/main/java/org/sonar/process/monitor/JavaCommand.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  */
 package org.sonar.process.monitor;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -84,12 +86,16 @@ public class JavaCommand {
   }
 
   public JavaCommand addJavaOption(String s) {
-    javaOptions.add(s);
+    if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(s)) {
+      javaOptions.add(s);
+    }
     return this;
   }
 
   public JavaCommand addJavaOptions(String s) {
-    Collections.addAll(javaOptions, s.split(" "));
+    for (String opt : s.split(" ")) {
+      addJavaOption(opt);
+    }
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/server/sonar-process-monitor/src/test/java/org/sonar/process/monitor/JavaCommandTest.java b/server/sonar-process-monitor/src/test/java/org/sonar/process/monitor/JavaCommandTest.java
index fbfbad11b54..689f061ff06 100644
--- a/server/sonar-process-monitor/src/test/java/org/sonar/process/monitor/JavaCommandTest.java
+++ b/server/sonar-process-monitor/src/test/java/org/sonar/process/monitor/JavaCommandTest.java
@@ -65,8 +65,13 @@ public class JavaCommandTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void split_java_options() throws Exception {
+  public void add_java_options() throws Exception {
     JavaCommand command = new JavaCommand("foo");
+    assertThat(command.getJavaOptions()).isEmpty();
+
+    command.addJavaOptions("");
+    assertThat(command.getJavaOptions()).isEmpty();
+
     command.addJavaOptions("-Xmx512m -Xms256m -Dfoo");
     assertThat(command.getJavaOptions()).containsOnly("-Xmx512m", "-Xms256m", "-Dfoo");
   }