1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/recipes-core/icedtea/icedtea7-native.inc b/recipes-core/icedtea/icedtea7-native.inc
index 7d625eb..d4cf7ac 100644
--- a/recipes-core/icedtea/icedtea7-native.inc
+++ b/recipes-core/icedtea/icedtea7-native.inc
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = ' \
                '
 
 do_compile() {
+        # Use JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS from environment. On some machines this is needed
+        # in order to start java when the amount of RAM is limited for the user.
+        export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="${JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS}"
+
         # OpenJDK uses slightly different names for certain arches. We need to know
         #       this to create some files which are expected by the build.
         case "${TRANSLATED_TARGET_ARCH}" in