diff --git a/dev-lang/openjdk/openjdk11-11.0.2.7.recipe b/dev-lang/openjdk/openjdk11-11.0.2.7.recipe
index 84754bcea..4e108ebfe 100644
--- a/dev-lang/openjdk/openjdk11-11.0.2.7.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/openjdk/openjdk11-11.0.2.7.recipe
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ BUILD()
 	freeTypeHeaders=$(finddir B_SYSTEM_HEADERS_DIRECTORY)$secondaryArchSubDir/freetype2
 	freeTypeLib=$(finddir B_SYSTEM_DEVELOP_DIRECTORY)/lib$secondaryArchSubDir
 
-	bash ./configure --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs="-Xmx${maxHeapSize} -XX:CompressedClassSpaceSize=256m" \
+	bash ./configure --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs="-Xmx${maxHeapSize} -XX:CompressedClassSpaceSize=512m" \
 					--with-freetype-include="${freeTypeHeaders}" \
 					--with-freetype-lib="${freeTypeLib}" \
 					--with-jtreg=./jtreg \