diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index b8bf9f1cd9cde56400160612b4122eab47bce0a5..f46aa9c2fb5816c9d0f09e91b29a5cc4f159fc4e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1365,6 +1365,9 @@ void Arguments::set_aggressive_opts_flags() {
   if (AggressiveOpts && FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(SpecialArraysEquals)) {
     FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(SpecialArraysEquals, true);
   }
+  if (AggressiveOpts && FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(BiasedLockingStartupDelay)) {
+    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(BiasedLockingStartupDelay, 500);
+  }
 #endif
 
   if (AggressiveOpts) {