diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rna-seqc/rna-seqc.sh b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rna-seqc/rna-seqc.sh
index 6f3d22cbf9d..c1d8d7c2e7d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rna-seqc/rna-seqc.sh
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/rna-seqc/rna-seqc.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # convenience wrapper for the rna-seqc jar file
-java -jar RNA-SeQC_v{}.jar "$@"
+java $JAVA_ARGS $JAVA_OPTS -jar RNA-SeQC_v{}.jar "$@"