diff --git a/build/developer.xml b/build/developer.xml
index 68918ce1f9e..6e516d23db2 100755
--- a/build/developer.xml
+++ b/build/developer.xml
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
       <jvmarg value="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=${jmxport}"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false"/>
       <jvmarg value="-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false"/>
-      <jvmarg value="-Xms256m"/>
-      <jvmarg value="-Xmx384m"/>
+      <jvmarg value="-Xms${JAVAHEAPMEMMIN}"/>
+      <jvmarg value="-Xmx${JAVAHEAPMEMMAX}"/>
       <jvmarg value="-ea"/>
       <arg value="start"/>
     </java>
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
 	  <jvmarg value="-Xdebug"/>
       <jvmarg value="${debug.jvmarg}"/>
       <jvmarg value="-ea"/>
-      <jvmarg value="-Xms256m"/>
-      <jvmarg value="-Xmx384m"/>
+      <jvmarg value="-Xms${JAVAHEAPMEMMIN}"/>
+      <jvmarg value="-Xmx${JAVAHEAPMEMMAX}"/>
     </java>
   </target>
 
diff --git a/build/replace.properties b/build/replace.properties
index 47724fd9e22..30c675a8600 100644
--- a/build/replace.properties
+++ b/build/replace.properties
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ AGENTLOGDIR=logs
 AGENTLOG=logs/agent.log
 MSMNTDIR=/mnt
 COMPONENTS-SPEC=components-premium.xml
+JAVAHEAPMEMMIN=256M
+JAVAHEAPMEMMAX=384M