diff --git a/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/KeycloakMain.java b/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/KeycloakMain.java
index 3a83461ace..eb6b0e557d 100644
--- a/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/KeycloakMain.java
+++ b/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/KeycloakMain.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class KeycloakMain implements QuarkusApplication {
                 return;
             }
 
-            start(errorHandler, errStream);
+            start(errorHandler, errStream, args);
 
             return;
         }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class KeycloakMain implements QuarkusApplication {
         return cliArgs.size() == 2 && cliArgs.get(0).equals(Start.NAME) && cliArgs.stream().anyMatch(OPTIMIZED_BUILD_OPTION_LONG::equals);
     }
 
-    public static void start(ExecutionExceptionHandler errorHandler, PrintWriter errStream) {
+    public static void start(ExecutionExceptionHandler errorHandler, PrintWriter errStream, String[] args) {
         ClassLoader originalCl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
         try {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class KeycloakMain implements QuarkusApplication {
                     // as we are replacing the default exit handler, we need to force exit
                     System.exit(exitCode);
                 }
-            });
+            }, args);
         } catch (Throwable cause) {
             errorHandler.error(errStream,
                     String.format("Unexpected error when starting the server in (%s) mode", getKeycloakModeFromProfile(getProfileOrDefault("prod"))),
diff --git a/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/cli/command/AbstractStartCommand.java b/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/cli/command/AbstractStartCommand.java
index 3d935839e3..75ea3c5fe0 100644
--- a/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/cli/command/AbstractStartCommand.java
+++ b/quarkus/runtime/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/runtime/cli/command/AbstractStartCommand.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractStartCommand extends AbstractCommand implements Ru
     public void run() {
         doBeforeRun();
         CommandLine cmd = spec.commandLine();
-        KeycloakMain.start((ExecutionExceptionHandler) cmd.getExecutionExceptionHandler(), cmd.getErr());
+        KeycloakMain.start((ExecutionExceptionHandler) cmd.getExecutionExceptionHandler(), cmd.getErr(), cmd.getParseResult().originalArgs().toArray(new String[0]));
     }
 
     protected void doBeforeRun() {
diff --git a/quarkus/server/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/_private/IDELauncher.java b/quarkus/server/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/_private/IDELauncher.java
index ebdfc3152a..0dd254fb0a 100644
--- a/quarkus/server/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/_private/IDELauncher.java
+++ b/quarkus/server/src/main/java/org/keycloak/quarkus/_private/IDELauncher.java
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package org.keycloak.quarkus._private;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.KeycloakMain;
+import org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.cli.Picocli;
+
 import io.quarkus.runtime.Quarkus;
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ import io.quarkus.runtime.Quarkus;
 public class IDELauncher {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        List<String> devArgs = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<String> devArgs = new ArrayList<>(Picocli.parseArgs(args));
 
         if (System.getProperty("kc.home.dir") == null) {
             // direct the auto-created files to the target folder, so they are cleaned by "mvn clean"
@@ -37,12 +38,10 @@ public class IDELauncher {
             System.setProperty("kc.home.dir", path.toAbsolutePath().toString());
         }
 
-        devArgs.addAll(Arrays.asList(args));
-
         if (devArgs.isEmpty()) {
             devArgs.add("start-dev");
         }
 
-        Quarkus.run(devArgs.toArray(new String[devArgs.size()]));
+        Quarkus.run(KeycloakMain.class, devArgs.toArray(new String[devArgs.size()]));
     }
 }