diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c99d786b149f3..4aaf6162c5d7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1995,6 +1995,7 @@
               <spark.ui.enabled>false</spark.ui.enabled>
               <spark.ui.showConsoleProgress>false</spark.ui.showConsoleProgress>
               <spark.unsafe.exceptionOnMemoryLeak>true</spark.unsafe.exceptionOnMemoryLeak>
+              <spark.memory.debugFill>true</spark.memory.debugFill>
               <!-- Needed by sql/hive tests. -->
               <test.src.tables>src</test.src.tables>
             </systemProperties>