diff --git a/build/parent/pom.xml b/build/parent/pom.xml
index f491a4f..44c613c 100644
--- a/build/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build/parent/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 		<memoryOptions1>-Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:PermSize=256m</memoryOptions1>
 		<memoryOptions2>-XX:MaxPermSize=256m</memoryOptions2>
 		<systemProperties></systemProperties>
+		<platformSystemProperties></platformSystemProperties>
 		<maven.antrun.plugin.version>1.3</maven.antrun.plugin.version>
 		<swtbot.test.skip>true</swtbot.test.skip>
 
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@
 					<useUIThread>true</useUIThread>
 					<!-- THE FOLLOWING LINE MUST NOT BE BROKEN BY AUTOFORMATTING -->
 					<!-- tycho.testArgLine repeated to keep jacoco configuration for jacoco-maven-plugin -->
-					<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${memoryOptions1} ${memoryOptions2} ${systemProperties} -Dusage_reporting_enabled=false</argLine>
+					<argLine>${tycho.testArgLine} ${memoryOptions1} ${memoryOptions2} ${platformSystemProperties} ${systemProperties} -Dusage_reporting_enabled=false</argLine>
 					<!-- https://docs.sonatype.org/display/TYCHO/How+to+run+SWTBot+tests+with+Tycho -->
 					<!-- set useUIThread=true for regular ui tests -->
 					<!-- set useUIThread=false for swtbot tests (?) -->
@@ -662,8 +663,9 @@
 				</property>
 			</activation>
 			<properties>
-				<!-- THE FOLLOWING LINE MUST NOT BE BROKEN BY AUTOFORMATTING -->
+				<!-- THE FOLLOWING LINES MUST NOT BE BROKEN BY AUTOFORMATTING -->
 				<systemProperties combine.children="append"> -d32 -Dosgi.arch=x86 -XstartOnFirstThread </systemProperties>
+				<platformSystemProperties> -d32 -Dosgi.arch=x86 -XstartOnFirstThread </platformSystemProperties>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>