diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 880966c2..da043949 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -622,6 +622,8 @@ Use -- to separate script command line args from bb command line args.
       (let [main-arg (first args)
             cmd-line-args (rest args)]
         (parse-opts (seq (map str (concat ["--main" main-arg] cmd-line-args command-line-args)))))
+      clojure
+      (parse-opts (seq (map str (concat ["--clojure"] args command-line-args))))
       do
       {:do (map #(resolve-task tasks % nil) args)}
       ;; default
diff --git a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
index 490f7528..10493b82 100644
--- a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
@@ -164,3 +164,13 @@ Addition is a pretty advanced topic.  Let us start with the identity element
       (is (fs/exists? temp-file))
       (bb :hello)
       (is (not (fs/exists? temp-file))))))
+
+(deftest clojure-test
+  (let [temp-dir (fs/create-temp-dir)
+        temp-file (fs/create-file (fs/path temp-dir "temp-file.txt"))]
+    (with-config {:tasks {:jvm ['clojure "-M" "-e"
+                                (format "(do (require '[clojure.java.io :as io])
+                                             (.delete (io/file \"%s\")))" (str temp-file))]}}
+      (is (fs/exists? temp-file))
+      (bb :jvm)
+      (is (not (fs/exists? temp-file))))))