diff --git a/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp b/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp
index c629e175f09e6042173beb17494d8cd193d5e4a5..b0891150d9c133dec8d3fc2186825677491d0515 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/memory/metaspace.cpp
@@ -1064,11 +1064,11 @@ bool VirtualSpaceList::contains(const void *ptr) {
 //
 // 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 @@ void MetaspaceGC::compute_new_size() {
   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 @@ void MetaspaceGC::compute_new_size() {
     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));
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index 87c31383be7e84a27f429f7ddc429896a1d55fe1..0fc125227f9d2eb655b721caaffeca575d7d3863 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1896,6 +1896,24 @@ bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency() {
   // 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.
   }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index f3b9523c7a95f20abed5e369d26787220dc3256b..8a0be8f8a4fb7b8e2204b61bde31216e0658b72a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -3010,10 +3010,16 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
           "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 "          \