--- a/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp	Mon Feb 11 15:24:48 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp	Wed Jan 23 19:08:04 2013 -0800
@@ -1064,11 +1064,11 @@
 //
 // After the GC the compute_new_size() for MetaspaceGC is called to
 // resize the capacity of the metaspaces.  The current implementation
-// is based on the flags MinHeapFreeRatio and MaxHeapFreeRatio used
+// is based on the flags MinMetaspaceFreeRatio and MaxHeapFreeRatio used
 // to resize the Java heap by some GC's.  New flags can be implemented
 // if really needed.  MinHeapFreeRatio is used to calculate how much
 // free space is desirable in the metaspace capacity to decide how much
-// to increase the HWM.  MaxHeapFreeRatio is used to decide how much
+// to increase the HWM.  MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio is used to decide how much
 // free space is desirable in the metaspace capacity before decreasing
 // the HWM.
 
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@
   size_t capacity_until_GC = vsl->capacity_bytes_sum();
   size_t free_after_gc = capacity_until_GC - used_after_gc;
 
-  const double minimum_free_percentage = MinHeapFreeRatio / 100.0;
+  const double minimum_free_percentage = MinMetaspaceFreeRatio / 100.0;
   const double maximum_used_percentage = 1.0 - minimum_free_percentage;
 
   const double min_tmp = used_after_gc / maximum_used_percentage;
@@ -1232,8 +1232,8 @@
     max_shrink_words));
 
   // Should shrinking be considered?
-  if (MaxHeapFreeRatio < 100) {
-    const double maximum_free_percentage = MaxHeapFreeRatio / 100.0;
+  if (MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio < 100) {
+    const double maximum_free_percentage = MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio / 100.0;
     const double minimum_used_percentage = 1.0 - maximum_free_percentage;
     const double max_tmp = used_after_gc / minimum_used_percentage;
     size_t maximum_desired_capacity = (size_t)MIN2(max_tmp, double(max_uintx));

--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Mon Feb 11 15:24:48 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Wed Jan 23 19:08:04 2013 -0800
@@ -1896,6 +1896,24 @@
   // Keeping the heap 100% free is hard ;-) so limit it to 99%.
   MinHeapFreeRatio = MIN2(MinHeapFreeRatio, (uintx) 99);
 
+  // Min/MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio
+  status = status && verify_percentage(MinMetaspaceFreeRatio, "MinMetaspaceFreeRatio");
+  status = status && verify_percentage(MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio, "MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio");
+
+  if (MinMetaspaceFreeRatio > MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio) {
+    jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
+                "MinMetaspaceFreeRatio (%s" UINTX_FORMAT ") must be less than or "
+                "equal to MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio (%s" UINTX_FORMAT ")\n",
+                FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MinMetaspaceFreeRatio) ? "Default: " : "",
+                MinMetaspaceFreeRatio,
+                FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio) ? "Default: " : "",
+                MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio);
+    status = false;
+  }
+
+  // Trying to keep 100% free is not practical
+  MinMetaspaceFreeRatio = MIN2(MinMetaspaceFreeRatio, (uintx) 99);
+
   if (FullGCALot && FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(MarkSweepAlwaysCompactCount)) {
     MarkSweepAlwaysCompactCount = 1;  // Move objects every gc.
   }

--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Mon Feb 11 15:24:48 2013 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Wed Jan 23 19:08:04 2013 -0800
@@ -3010,10 +3010,16 @@
           "Min change in heap space due to GC (in bytes)")                  \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MinMetaspaceExpansion, ScaleForWordSize(256*K),            \
-          "Min expansion of permanent heap (in bytes)")                     \
+          "Min expansion of Metaspace (in bytes)")                          \
+                                                                            \
+  product(uintx, MinMetaspaceFreeRatio,    40,                              \
+          "Min percentage of Metaspace free after GC to avoid expansion")   \
+                                                                            \
+  product(uintx, MaxMetaspaceFreeRatio,    70,                              \
+          "Max percentage of Metaspace free after GC to avoid shrinking")   \
                                                                             \
   product(uintx, MaxMetaspaceExpansion, ScaleForWordSize(4*M),              \
-          "Max expansion of permanent heap without full GC (in bytes)")     \
+          "Max expansion of Metaspace without full GC (in bytes)")          \
                                                                             \
   product(intx, QueuedAllocationWarningCount, 0,                            \
           "Number of times an allocation that queues behind a GC "          \