diff --git a/lib/process/clojure-runner.coffee b/lib/process/clojure-runner.coffee
index 5f39183..a67e732 100644
--- a/lib/process/clojure-runner.coffee
+++ b/lib/process/clojure-runner.coffee
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ _ = require 'underscore'
 filteredEnv = _.omit process.env, 'ATOM_HOME', 'ATOM_SHELL_INTERNAL_RUN_AS_NODE', 'GOOGLE_API_KEY', 'NODE_ENV', 'NODE_PATH', 'userAgent', 'taskPath'
 
 
-module.exports = (currentWorkingDir, clojurePath) ->
+module.exports = (currentWorkingDir, clojurePath, args) ->
   callback = @async()
 
-  args = [
+  args = args.concat([
     "-e",
     "(do
       (require '[clojure.tools.nrepl.server :refer [start-server]])
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = (currentWorkingDir, clojurePath) ->
         (println (str \"nREPL server started on port \" port \" on host 127.0.0.1\"))
         (println (str \"- nrepl://127.0.0.1:\" port))))",
     "-r"
-  ]
+  ])
 
   # The nREPL port is extracted from the output of the REPL process. We could
   # look on the file system for the .nrepl-port file which is more standard
diff --git a/lib/process/local-repl-process.coffee b/lib/process/local-repl-process.coffee
index bd30beb..13d5a97 100644
--- a/lib/process/local-repl-process.coffee
+++ b/lib/process/local-repl-process.coffee
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class LocalReplProcess
     # for one of the configuration files
     # build.boot (Boot) or
     # project.clj (Leiningen) or
-    # gradlew or gradlew.bat (Gradle)
+    # gradlew or gradlew.bat (Gradle) or
+    # deps.edn (Clojure tools.deps)
     parentDirectory = path.resolve(currentPath, "..")
 
     if currentPath != parentDirectory and limit < 100
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ class LocalReplProcess
       when "clojure"
         @process = Task.once ClojureRunner,
                              path.resolve(projectPath),
-                             atom.config.get('proto-repl.clojurePath').replace("/clj","")
+                             atom.config.get('proto-repl.clojurePath').replace("/clj",""),
+                             atom.config.get('proto-repl.clojureArgs').split(" ")
       # when "lein" then
       else
         @process = Task.once LeinRunner,
diff --git a/lib/proto-repl.coffee b/lib/proto-repl.coffee
index 81236e6..6d9f0fd 100644
--- a/lib/proto-repl.coffee
+++ b/lib/proto-repl.coffee
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ module.exports = ProtoRepl =
       description: 'The arguments to be passed to boot. For advanced users only.'
       type: 'string'
       default: "--no-colors dev repl --server wait"
+    clojureArgs:
+      description: 'The argument to be passed to clojure executable. For advanced users only.'
+      type: 'string'
+      default: ""
     gradleArgs:
       description: 'The arguments to be passed to gradle. For advanced users only.'
       type: 'string'