diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot/lib/debug-config-provider.ts b/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot/lib/debug-config-provider.ts
index 942b532956..4599476a66 100644
--- a/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot/lib/debug-config-provider.ts
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-spring-boot/lib/debug-config-provider.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import psList from 'ps-list';
 import { ListenablePreferenceSetting } from "@pivotal-tools/commons-vscode/lib/launch-util";
 
 const JMX_VM_ARG = '-Dspring.jmx.enabled='
+const ACTUATOR_JMX_EXPOSURE_ARG = '-Dmanagement.endpoints.jmx.exposure.include='
 const ADMIN_VM_ARG = '-Dspring.application.admin.enabled='
 const BOOT_PROJECT_ARG = '-Dspring.boot.project.name=';
 const RMI_HOSTNAME = '-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=localhost';
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ class SpringBootDebugConfigProvider implements DebugConfigurationProvider {
                 if (debugConfiguration.vmArgs.indexOf(JMX_VM_ARG) < 0) {
                     debugConfiguration.vmArgs += ` ${JMX_VM_ARG}true`;
                 }
+                if (debugConfiguration.vmArgs.indexOf(ACTUATOR_JMX_EXPOSURE_ARG) < 0) {
+                    debugConfiguration.vmArgs += ` ${ACTUATOR_JMX_EXPOSURE_ARG}*`;
+                }
                 if (debugConfiguration.vmArgs.indexOf(ADMIN_VM_ARG) < 0) {
                     debugConfiguration.vmArgs += ` ${ADMIN_VM_ARG}true`;
                 }
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ class SpringBootDebugConfigProvider implements DebugConfigurationProvider {
                     debugConfiguration.vmArgs += ` ${RMI_HOSTNAME}`;
                 }
             } else {
-                debugConfiguration.vmArgs = `${JMX_VM_ARG}true ${ADMIN_VM_ARG}true ${BOOT_PROJECT_ARG}${debugConfiguration.projectName} ${RMI_HOSTNAME}`;
+                debugConfiguration.vmArgs = `${JMX_VM_ARG}true ${ACTUATOR_JMX_EXPOSURE_ARG}* ${ADMIN_VM_ARG}true ${BOOT_PROJECT_ARG}${debugConfiguration.projectName} ${RMI_HOSTNAME}`;
             }
         }
         return debugConfiguration;