diff --git a/R/run-tests.sh b/R/run-tests.sh
index 86bd8aad5f11..51ca7d600caf 100755
--- a/R/run-tests.sh
+++ b/R/run-tests.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ FAILED=0
 LOGFILE=$FWDIR/unit-tests.out
 rm -f $LOGFILE
 
-SPARK_TESTING=1 NOT_CRAN=true $FWDIR/../bin/spark-submit --driver-java-options "-Dlog4j.configuration=file:$FWDIR/log4j.properties" --conf spark.hadoop.fs.defaultFS="file:///" $FWDIR/pkg/tests/run-all.R 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+SPARK_TESTING=1 NOT_CRAN=true $FWDIR/../bin/spark-submit --driver-java-options "-Dlog4j.configuration=file:$FWDIR/log4j.properties" --conf spark.hadoop.fs.defaultFS="file:///" --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true" --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true" $FWDIR/pkg/tests/run-all.R 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
 FAILED=$((PIPESTATUS[0]||$FAILED))
 
 NUM_TEST_WARNING="$(grep -c -e 'Warnings ----------------' $LOGFILE)"