diff --git a/test/runtime/containers/docker/TestCPUAwareness.java b/test/runtime/containers/docker/TestCPUAwareness.java
index fe7d4499b9712395e75236456a404196d7850ed0..886aefcaf950fbee03ce518e907dc51248c4ed8f 100644
--- a/test/runtime/containers/docker/TestCPUAwareness.java
+++ b/test/runtime/containers/docker/TestCPUAwareness.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ private static final String imageName = Common.imageName("cpu");
     private static void testCpus(int valueToSet, int expectedTraceValue) throws Exception {
         Common.logNewTestCase("test cpus: " + valueToSet);
         DockerRunOptions opts = Common.newOpts(imageName)
-            .addDockerOpts("--cpus", "" + valueToSet);
+            .addDockerOpts("--cpu-period=" + 10000)
+            .addDockerOpts("--cpu-quota=" + valueToSet * 10000);
         Common.run(opts)
             .shouldMatch("active_processor_count.*" + expectedTraceValue);
     }