diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/bsp/BspServers.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/bsp/BspServers.scala
index 284a5923e29..f6c24faf6c8 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/bsp/BspServers.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/bsp/BspServers.scala
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ final class BspServers(
         args,
         projectDirectory,
         redirectErrorOutput = false,
-        variables,
+        variables + ("SCALA_CLI_POWER" -> "true"),
         processOut = None,
         processErr = Some(l => scribe.info("BSP server: " + l)),
         discardInput = false,
diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/scalacli/ScalaCli.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/scalacli/ScalaCli.scala
index 164c36f6508..7117e1c58b3 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/scalacli/ScalaCli.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/scalacli/ScalaCli.scala
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ object ScalaCli {
         command.toList,
         workspace,
         redirectErrorOutput = false,
-        env = Map(),
+        env = Map("SCALA_CLI_POWER" -> "true"),
         processOut = None,
         processErr = Some(line => scribe.info("Scala CLI: " + line)),
         discardInput = false,
diff --git a/tests/slow/src/test/scala/tests/scalacli/ScalaCliSuite.scala b/tests/slow/src/test/scala/tests/scalacli/ScalaCliSuite.scala
index ce477c7ec25..f5b02a550cb 100644
--- a/tests/slow/src/test/scala/tests/scalacli/ScalaCliSuite.scala
+++ b/tests/slow/src/test/scala/tests/scalacli/ScalaCliSuite.scala
@@ -782,4 +782,19 @@ class ScalaCliSuite extends BaseScalaCliSuite("3.3.3") {
       _ = assertNoDiff(completion, "com.lihaoyi")
     } yield ()
   }
+
+  test("power-option") {
+    cleanWorkspace()
+    for {
+      _ <- scalaCliInitialize(useBsp = true)(
+        s"""|/MyTests.scala
+            |//> using scala ${scalaVersion}
+            |//> using packaging.dockerFrom openjdk:17
+            |
+            |def main() = println("Hello world!")
+            |""".stripMargin
+      )
+      _ <- server.didOpen("MyTests.scala")
+    } yield assertNoDiagnostics()
+  }
 }