diff --git a/thrift/lib/java/script/create-intellij-project b/thrift/lib/java/script/create-intellij-project
index 8c36cc53ee8..55c00f95836 100755
--- a/thrift/lib/java/script/create-intellij-project
+++ b/thrift/lib/java/script/create-intellij-project
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 set -e
 
+MODE_FILES=$1
+
 javafoundations/scripts/create-idea-project \
---mode-files "mac" \
+--mode-files "$MODE_FILES" \
 --project-root=thrift/lib/java \
 //thrift/lib/java/benchmarks:benchmarks \
 //thrift/lib/java/common:common \