diff --git a/appserver/extras/payara-micro/payara-micro-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/micro/cmd/options/RUNTIME_OPTION.java b/appserver/extras/payara-micro/payara-micro-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/micro/cmd/options/RUNTIME_OPTION.java
index 9fac94307df..7c8f4a4699a 100644
--- a/appserver/extras/payara-micro/payara-micro-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/micro/cmd/options/RUNTIME_OPTION.java
+++ b/appserver/extras/payara-micro/payara-micro-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/micro/cmd/options/RUNTIME_OPTION.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2021 Payara Foundation and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Payara Foundation and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
  * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public enum RUNTIME_OPTION {
     shutdowngrace(true, new IntegerValidator(1, Integer.MAX_VALUE)),
     hzinitialjoinwait(true, new IntegerValidator(0,100000)),
     contextroot(true),
+    globalcontextroot(true),
     warmup(false),
     hotdeploy(false),
     nohazelcast(false);
diff --git a/appserver/extras/payara-micro/payara-micro-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/micro/impl/PayaraMicroImpl.java b/appserver/extras/payara-micro/payara-micro-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/micro/impl/PayaraMicroImpl.java
index 0b45f1064c2..79210c438b6 100644
--- a/appserver/extras/payara-micro/payara-micro-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/micro/impl/PayaraMicroImpl.java
+++ b/appserver/extras/payara-micro/payara-micro-core/src/main/java/fish/payara/micro/impl/PayaraMicroImpl.java
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public class PayaraMicroImpl implements PayaraMicroBoot {
     private int minHttpThreads = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
     private String instanceName;
     private String contextRoot;
+    private String globalContextRoot;
     private File rootDir;
     private File deploymentRoot;
     private File alternateDomainXML;
@@ -1429,6 +1430,12 @@ else if (requestTracing[0].matches("\\D+")) {
                         contextRoot = "/";
                     }
                     break;
+                case globalcontextroot:
+                    if (globalContextRoot != null) {
+                        LOGGER.warning("Multiple --globalContextRoot arguments only the last one will apply");
+                    }
+                    globalContextRoot = value;
+                    break;
                 case accessloginterval:
                     accessLogInterval = Integer.parseInt(value);
                     break;
@@ -1677,7 +1684,7 @@ private void deployAll() throws GlassFishException {
                         }
                         deploymentParams.add("--contextroot=" + deploymentContext);
                     }
-
+                    addGlobalContextRootProperty(deploymentParams);
                     deployer.deploy(this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(entry), deploymentParams.toArray(new String[0]));
 
                     deploymentCount++;
@@ -1737,6 +1744,7 @@ private void deployAll() throws GlassFishException {
                     }
                     deploymentParams.add("--contextroot=" + deploymentContext);
                 }
+                addGlobalContextRootProperty(deploymentParams);
                 deployer.deploy(deploymentURI, deploymentParams.toArray(new String[0]));
 
                 deploymentCount++;
@@ -1745,6 +1753,12 @@ private void deployAll() throws GlassFishException {
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "Deployed {0} archive(s)", deploymentCount);
     }
 
+    private void addGlobalContextRootProperty(List<String> deploymentParams) {
+        if (globalContextRoot != null && !globalContextRoot.isBlank()) {
+            deploymentParams.add("--properties=" + "globalContextRoot="+globalContextRoot);
+        }
+    }
+
     private ConsoleHandler configureLogger(Logger logger) {
         ConsoleHandler consoleHandler = new ConsoleHandler();
         consoleHandler.setLevel(Level.ALL);
@@ -2329,6 +2343,7 @@ private void setArgumentsFromSystemProperties() {
         showServletMappings = getBooleanProperty("payaramicro.showServletMappings", "false");
         publicAddress = getProperty("payaramicro.publicAddress");
         contextRoot = getProperty("payaramicro.contextRoot");
+        globalContextRoot = getProperty("payaramicro.globalContextRoot");
 
         // Set the rootDir file
         String rootDirFileStr = getProperty("payaramicro.rootDir");
diff --git a/appserver/web/web-glue/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/web/WebDeployer.java b/appserver/web/web-glue/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/web/WebDeployer.java
index 9bde642edba..bfae6740056 100644
--- a/appserver/web/web-glue/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/web/WebDeployer.java
+++ b/appserver/web/web-glue/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/web/WebDeployer.java
@@ -136,16 +136,14 @@ public <V> V loadMetaData(Class<V> type, DeploymentContext dc) {
             if (contextRoot == null)
                 contextRoot = ((GenericHandler)dc.getArchiveHandler()).getDefaultApplicationNameFromArchiveName(dc.getOriginalSource());
 
-
-            if (this.env.getRuntimeType().isMicro()) {
-                String globalContextRoot = getProperty("payaramicro.globalContextRoot");
-                if (globalContextRoot != null && !globalContextRoot.isBlank()) {
-                    globalContextRoot = removeSlashes(globalContextRoot);
+            if (params.properties != null && params.properties.getProperty("globalContextRoot") != null) {
+                String globalContextRoot = removeSlashes(params.properties.getProperty("globalContextRoot"));
+                if (!globalContextRoot.isBlank()) {
                     contextRoot = removeSlashes(contextRoot);
-
                     contextRoot = "/" + globalContextRoot + "/" + contextRoot;
                 }
             }
+
             if (!contextRoot.startsWith("/")) {
                 contextRoot = "/" + contextRoot;
             }
@@ -250,17 +248,8 @@ void runJSPC(final DeploymentContext dc) throws DeploymentException {
         }
     }
 
-    private String getProperty(String value) {
-        String result;
-        result = System.getProperty(value);
-        if (result == null) {
-            result = System.getenv(value.replace('.', '_'));
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
     private String removeSlashes(String value) {
-        return value.replaceAll("^/|/$", "");
+        return value.replaceAll("[/]", "");
     }
 
 }