diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/options/ProxyInvocationHandler.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/options/ProxyInvocationHandler.java
index 1c650a7d5e15..2e4ca7f8666f 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/options/ProxyInvocationHandler.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/options/ProxyInvocationHandler.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) {
     } else if (args != null && "as".equals(method.getName()) && args[0] instanceof Class) {
       @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
       Class<? extends PipelineOptions> clazz = (Class<? extends PipelineOptions>) args[0];
-      return as(clazz, (PipelineOptions) proxy);
+      return as(clazz, (PipelineOptions) proxy); // LI-specific change to wire in offspring
     } else if (args != null
         && "populateDisplayData".equals(method.getName())
         && args[0] instanceof DisplayData.Builder) {