diff --git a/resource-managers/nomad/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/nomad/ExecutorTask.scala b/resource-managers/nomad/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/nomad/ExecutorTask.scala
index 05f5188c68a77..28069b2923bde 100644
--- a/resource-managers/nomad/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/nomad/ExecutorTask.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/nomad/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/nomad/ExecutorTask.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import com.hashicorp.nomad.apimodel.Task
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SecurityManager, SparkConf}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.config.EXECUTOR_MEMORY
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 private[spark] object ExecutorTask
   extends SparkNomadTaskType("executor", "executor", EXECUTOR_MEMORY) {
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ private[spark] object ExecutorTask
 
     conf.getExecutorEnv.foreach((task.addEnv _).tupled)
 
-    val executorConf: Seq[(String, String)] = {
-
+    val executorConf = {
       val explicitConf = Seq(
         "spark.executor.port" -> executorPort.placeholder,
         "spark.blockManager.port" -> blockManagerPort.placeholder
@@ -61,14 +61,17 @@ private[spark] object ExecutorTask
             ) && !PROPERTIES_NOT_TO_FORWARD_TO_EXECUTOR.contains(name)
         }
 
-      explicitConf ++ forwardedConf
+      (explicitConf ++ forwardedConf.toSeq).map {
+        case (k, v) => s"-D$k=$v"
+          .replaceAllLiterally("\\", "\\\\")
+          .replaceAllLiterally("\"", "\\\"")
+      }.map('"' + _ + '"')
     }
 
-    task.addEnv("SPARK_EXECUTOR_OPTS",
-      executorConf.map { case (k, v) => s"-D$k=$v"
-        .replaceAllLiterally("\\", "\\\\")
-        .replaceAllLiterally("\"", "\\\"")
-      }.map('"' + _ + '"').mkString(" "))
+    val extraJavaOpts = conf.getOption("spark.executor.extraJavaOptions")
+      .map(Utils.splitCommandString).getOrElse(Seq.empty)
+
+    task.addEnv("SPARK_EXECUTOR_OPTS", (extraJavaOpts ++ executorConf).mkString(" "))
 
     task.addEnv("SPARK_EXECUTOR_MEMORY", jvmMemory(conf, task))