diff --git a/test/integration/jenkins/run.py b/test/integration/jenkins/run.py
index f7bb4190..dcabd96f 100644
--- a/test/integration/jenkins/run.py
+++ b/test/integration/jenkins/run.py
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ def download(url, dest):
             "-Djenkins.install.runSetupWizard=false",
             "-Dhudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.ALLOW_LOCAL_CHECKOUT=true",
             "-Dcasc.jenkins.config=" + os.path.abspath("jenkins.yaml"),
-            "-jar", jenkins],
+            "-jar", jenkins,
+            "--enable-future-java" ],
             env=env)
         print("[TEST]:", "Jenkins running as pid", jenkinsProc.pid, "in", jenkinsHome)