diff --git a/distribution/bin/runserver.sh b/distribution/bin/runserver.sh
index 08fef7321cf343a3d22368b58658cc18b4a05a39..68fd1b46191f5cd0ec8130386d3b689db6456ad1 100644
--- a/distribution/bin/runserver.sh
+++ b/distribution/bin/runserver.sh
@@ -62,12 +62,25 @@ choose_gc_log_directory()
     esac
 }
 
+choose_gc_options()
+{
+    # Example of JAVA_MAJOR_VERSION value : '1', '9', '10', '11', ...
+    # '1' means releases befor Java 9
+    JAVA_MAJOR_VERSION=$("$JAVA" -version 2>&1 | sed -E -n 's/.* version "([0-9]*).*$/\1/p')
+    if [[ "$JAVA_MAJOR_VERSION" -lt "9" ]] ; then
+      JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseCMSCompactAtFullCollection -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=70 -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=0 -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:SurvivorRatio=8 -XX:-UseParNewGC"
+      JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -verbose:gc -Xloggc:${GC_LOG_DIR}/rmq_srv_gc_%p_%t.log -XX:+PrintGCDetails"
+      JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=5 -XX:GCLogFileSize=30m"
+    else
+      JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=16m -XX:G1ReservePercent=25 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30 -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=0"
+      JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -Xlog:gc*:file=${GC_LOG_DIR}/rmq_srv_gc_%p_%t.log:time,tags:filecount=5,filesize=30M"
+    fi
+}
+
 choose_gc_log_directory
 
 JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -server -Xms4g -Xmx4g -Xmn2g -XX:MetaspaceSize=128m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=320m"
-JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+UseCMSCompactAtFullCollection -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=70 -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -XX:SoftRefLRUPolicyMSPerMB=0 -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:SurvivorRatio=8  -XX:-UseParNewGC"
-JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -verbose:gc -Xloggc:${GC_LOG_DIR}/rmq_srv_gc_%p_%t.log -XX:+PrintGCDetails"
-JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=5 -XX:GCLogFileSize=30m"
+choose_gc_options
 JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow"
 JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -XX:-UseLargePages"
 JAVA_OPT="${JAVA_OPT} -Djava.ext.dirs=${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/ext:${BASE_DIR}/lib:${JAVA_HOME}/lib/ext"