diff --git a/tycho-surefire/org.eclipse.tycho.surefire.osgibooter/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/osgibooter/OsgiSurefireBooter.java b/tycho-surefire/org.eclipse.tycho.surefire.osgibooter/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/osgibooter/OsgiSurefireBooter.java
index 1f4d869029..1a9ca9b5cc 100644
--- a/tycho-surefire/org.eclipse.tycho.surefire.osgibooter/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/osgibooter/OsgiSurefireBooter.java
+++ b/tycho-surefire/org.eclipse.tycho.surefire.osgibooter/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/osgibooter/OsgiSurefireBooter.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.osgi.service.resolver.ResolverError;
 import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
 import org.osgi.framework.BundleException;
+import org.osgi.framework.Constants;
 
 public class OsgiSurefireBooter {
     private static final String XSD = "https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/xsd/surefire-test-report.xsd";
@@ -76,6 +77,16 @@ public static int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
         for (String key : testProps.stringPropertyNames()) {
             propertiesMap.put(key, testProps.getProperty(key));
         }
+        if (Boolean.parseBoolean(testProps.getProperty("printBundles"))) {
+            System.out.println("====== Installed Bundles ========");
+            Bundle fwbundle = getBundle(Constants.SYSTEM_BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME);
+            Bundle[] bundles = fwbundle.getBundleContext().getBundles();
+            for (Bundle bundle : bundles) {
+                System.out.println("[" + bundle.getBundleId() + "][" + bundle.getState() + "] "
+                        + bundle.getSymbolicName() + " (" + bundle.getVersion() + ")");
+            }
+            System.out.println("=================================");
+        }
         PropertiesWrapper wrapper = new PropertiesWrapper(propertiesMap);
         List<String> suiteXmlFiles = wrapper.getStringList(BooterConstants.TEST_SUITE_XML_FILES);
 
@@ -183,10 +194,7 @@ private static Properties loadProperties(File file) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private static ClassLoader getBundleClassLoader(String symbolicName) throws BundleException {
-        Bundle bundle = Activator.getBundle(symbolicName);
-        if (bundle == null) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Bundle " + symbolicName + " is not found");
-        }
+        Bundle bundle = getBundle(symbolicName);
         try {
             bundle.start();
         } catch (BundleException ex) {
@@ -207,6 +215,14 @@ private static ClassLoader getBundleClassLoader(String symbolicName) throws Bund
         return new BundleClassLoader(bundle);
     }
 
+    protected static Bundle getBundle(String symbolicName) {
+        Bundle bundle = Activator.getBundle(symbolicName);
+        if (bundle == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Bundle " + symbolicName + " is not found");
+        }
+        return bundle;
+    }
+
     private static class BundleClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
         private Bundle bundle;
 
diff --git a/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/AbstractTestMojo.java b/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/AbstractTestMojo.java
index caabf5383c..ba9ac3b8ab 100644
--- a/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/AbstractTestMojo.java
+++ b/tycho-surefire/tycho-surefire-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/surefire/AbstractTestMojo.java
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "debugPort")
     private int debugPort;
 
+    /**
+     * if set to a non-null value, the platform is put in debug mode. If the value is a non-empty
+     * string it is interpreted as the location of the .options file. This file indicates what debug
+     * points are available for a plug-in and whether or not they are enabled. for a list of
+     * available options see <a href=
+     * "https://git.eclipse.org/c/equinox/rt.equinox.framework.git/plain/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/.options">https://git.eclipse.org/c/equinox/rt.equinox.framework.git/plain/bundles/org.eclipse.osgi/.options</a>
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "osgi.debug")
+    private String debugOptions;
+
     /**
      * List of patterns (separated by commas) used to specify the tests that should be included in
      * testing. When not specified and when the <code>test</code> parameter is not specified, the
@@ -205,11 +215,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractTestMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     private String excludedGroups;
 
     /**
-     * Enables -debug -consolelog for the test OSGi runtime
+     * Enables -consolelog for the test OSGi runtime
      */
     @Parameter(property = "tycho.showEclipseLog", defaultValue = "false")
     private boolean showEclipseLog;
 
+    /**
+     * prints all loaded bundles
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "tycho.printBundles", defaultValue = "false")
+    private boolean printBundles;
+
     /**
      * Set this to "true" to redirect the unit test standard output to a file (found in
      * reportsDirectory/testName-output.txt).
@@ -893,6 +909,7 @@ protected PropertiesWrapper createSurefireProperties(TestFrameworkProvider provi
         wrapper.setProperty("trimStackTrace", String.valueOf(trimStackTrace));
         wrapper.setProperty("skipAfterFailureCount", String.valueOf(skipAfterFailureCount));
         wrapper.setProperty("rerunFailingTestsCount", String.valueOf(rerunFailingTestsCount));
+        wrapper.setProperty("printBundles", String.valueOf(printBundles));
         Properties mergedProviderProperties = getMergedProviderProperties();
         mergedProviderProperties.putAll(provider.getProviderSpecificProperties());
         ScanResult scanResult = scanForTests();
@@ -1133,11 +1150,16 @@ private EquinoxLaunchConfiguration createCommandLine(EquinoxInstallation testRun
         for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : getMergedSystemProperties().entrySet()) {
             cli.addVMArguments("-D" + entry.getKey() + "=" + entry.getValue());
         }
-
+        if (debugOptions != null || getLog().isDebugEnabled()) {
+            if (debugOptions == null || debugOptions.isBlank()) {
+                cli.addProgramArguments("-debug");
+            } else {
+                cli.addProgramArguments("-debug", new File(debugOptions).getAbsolutePath());
+            }
+        }
         if (getLog().isDebugEnabled() || showEclipseLog) {
-            cli.addProgramArguments("-debug", "-consolelog");
+            cli.addProgramArguments("-consolelog");
         }
-
         addProgramArgs(cli, "-data", osgiDataDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), //
                 "-install", testRuntime.getLocation().getAbsolutePath(), //
                 "-configuration", testRuntime.getConfigurationLocation().getAbsolutePath(), //