diff --git a/test/runner.py b/test/runner.py
index d46ba19c8cdf06b8cc5266ab406e44a1a23167c8..9a91161b8400bdef706b9f329f2335a6cc1bb44a 100755
--- a/test/runner.py
+++ b/test/runner.py
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ def get_args():
         dest='timeout', default=10, help='JS runtime timeout')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--gc-type', dest='gc_type', default="g1-gc", help='Type of garbage collector')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--heap-verifier', dest='heap_verifier', default="fail_on_verification",
+        help='Heap verifier options')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--aot', action='store_true', dest='aot', default=False,
         help='use AOT compilation')
@@ -475,6 +478,7 @@ class Test262Runner(Runner):
             % args.build_dir,
             '--load-runtimes=ecmascript',
             '--gc-type=%s' % args.gc_type,
+            '--heap-verifier=%s' % args.heap_verifier
         ]
 
         if args.run_gc_in_place:
@@ -494,6 +498,7 @@ class Test262Runner(Runner):
                 % args.build_dir,
                 '--load-runtimes=ecmascript',
                 '--gc-type=%s' % args.gc_type,
+                '--heap-verifier=%s' % args.heap_verifier
             ]
 
             if args.run_gc_in_place: