diff --git a/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.server.core/src/com/liferay/ide/server/core/portal/PortalServerBehavior.java b/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.server.core/src/com/liferay/ide/server/core/portal/PortalServerBehavior.java
index 5d31556560..4116c022b1 100644
--- a/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.server.core/src/com/liferay/ide/server/core/portal/PortalServerBehavior.java
+++ b/tools/plugins/com.liferay.ide.server.core/src/com/liferay/ide/server/core/portal/PortalServerBehavior.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
@@ -61,9 +62,11 @@
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IProcess;
 import org.eclipse.debug.core.sourcelookup.AbstractSourceLookupDirector;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IClasspathEntry;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IJavaLaunchConfigurationConstants;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IRuntimeClasspathEntry;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IVMInstall;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IVMInstall2;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IVMInstallType;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JavaRuntime;
 import org.eclipse.wst.server.core.IModule;
@@ -509,6 +512,39 @@ public void setupLaunchConfiguration(ILaunchConfigurationWorkingCopy launch, IPr
 				}
 			}
 
+			if (vmInstall instanceof IVMInstall2) {
+				IVMInstall2 vmInstall2 = (IVMInstall2)vmInstall;
+
+				String javaVersion = vmInstall2.getJavaVersion();
+
+				if ((javaVersion != null) && (JavaCore.compareJavaVersions(javaVersion, JavaCore.VERSION_11) >= 0)) {
+					List<String> opens = new ArrayList<>();
+
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.lang.ref=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.nio.charset=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.text=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.locks=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.cs=ALL-UNNAMED");
+					opens.add("--add-opens=java.xml/com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util=ALL-UNNAMED");
+
+					launchEnvrionment.put(
+						"JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS",
+						opens.stream(
+						).collect(
+							Collectors.joining(" ")
+						));
+				}
+			}
+
 			launch.setAttribute(ILaunchManager.ATTR_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES, launchEnvrionment);
 
 			launch.setAttribute(ILaunchManager.ATTR_APPEND_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES, Boolean.FALSE);