diff --git a/srcpkgs/openjdk11/template b/srcpkgs/openjdk11/template
index d6878d5846e..739bdae77aa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openjdk11/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openjdk11/template
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ if [ -n "$_use_zero" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --with-jvm-variants=zero"
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		ppc*) configure_args+=" --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs=-XX:ThreadStackSize=2560";;
+		*) configure_args+=" --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs=-Xmx2g" ;;
 	esac
 fi