diff --git a/openbis/build/build.xml b/openbis/build/build.xml
index 99fa2323a5657c39c390814a05f82cbde49144c2..495cc0759d2baa5e64da6d79e39a0ad5e4a92134 100644
--- a/openbis/build/build.xml
+++ b/openbis/build/build.xml
@@ -652,6 +652,8 @@
 			</classpath>
 			<jvmarg value="-Xmx512M" />
 			<jvmarg value="-ea" />
+			<sysproperty key="log4j.configuration" file="etc/log.xml" />
+			<sysproperty key="javax.net.ssl.trustStore" file="dist/server/openBIS.keystore" />
 
 			<!-- Arguments to com.google.gwt.dev.DevMode -->
 			<!-- Provide two startup urls : one for the compiled version, one for the normal dev version -->