diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ee64d07c26ec14072d25c73142ccdb3668f46e2..ce77ba37c65989fea88d707d78b0666da67cf7d9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
     <cdh.version>4.1.2</cdh.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
+
+    <PermGen>0m</PermGen>
+    <MaxPermGen>512m</MaxPermGen>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
@@ -392,6 +395,10 @@
             <jvmArgs>
               <jvmArg>-Xms64m</jvmArg>
               <jvmArg>-Xmx1024m</jvmArg>
+              <jvmArg>-XX:PermSize</jvmArg>
+              <jvmArg>${PermGen}</jvmArg>
+              <jvmArg>-XX:MaxPermSize</jvmArg>
+              <jvmArg>${MaxPermGen}</jvmArg>
             </jvmArgs>
             <javacArgs>
               <javacArg>-source</javacArg>