diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson-slave.xml b/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson-slave.xml
index 71e910d5eaeee4cbdb1aa48bb60b36d6a15b5de7..41a18cb906200c7341ab8cae32f39ed0e52b1b0e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson-slave.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson-slave.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     The following value assumes that you have java in your PATH.
   -->
   <executable>@JAVA@</executable>
-  <arguments>-jar "%BASE%\slave.jar" -jnlpUrl @URL@</arguments>
+  <arguments>-Xrs  -jar "%BASE%\slave.jar" -jnlpUrl @URL@</arguments>
   <!--
     interactive flag causes the empty black Java window to be displayed.
     I'm still debugging this.
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson.xml b/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson.xml
index 090582e1426227b65e1149eb1af011fa21c84d71..45623dc5f19afdbf085c1d07ae9b1a98037cc01f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/windows-service/hudson.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     The following value assumes that you have java in your PATH.
   -->
   <executable>java</executable>
-  <arguments>-Xmx256m -Dhudson.lifecycle=hudson.lifecycle.WindowsServiceLifecycle -jar "%BASE%\hudson.war" --httpPort=8080</arguments>
+  <arguments>-Xrs -Xmx256m -Dhudson.lifecycle=hudson.lifecycle.WindowsServiceLifecycle -jar "%BASE%\hudson.war" --httpPort=8080</arguments>
   <!--
     interactive flag causes the empty black Java window to be displayed.
     I'm still debugging this.