diff -r b313bcb68b4c -r 438337c846fb src/java.base/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/KeyProtector.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/KeyProtector.java	Wed Nov 20 14:51:42 2019 +0000
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/com/sun/crypto/provider/KeyProtector.java	Tue Nov 12 00:30:55 2019 -0300
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 import sun.security.x509.AlgorithmId;
 import sun.security.util.ObjectIdentifier;
+import sun.security.util.SecurityProperties;
 
 /**
  * This class implements a protection mechanism for private keys. In JCE, we
@@ -75,14 +76,39 @@
     private static final String KEY_PROTECTOR_OID = "1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.17.1.1";
 
     private static final int MAX_ITERATION_COUNT = 5000000;
-    private static final int ITERATION_COUNT = 200000;
+    private static final int MIN_ITERATION_COUNT = 10000;
+    private static final int DEFAULT_ITERATION_COUNT = 200000;
     private static final int SALT_LEN = 20; // the salt length
     private static final int DIGEST_LEN = 20;
+    private static final int ITERATION_COUNT;
 
     // the password used for protecting/recovering keys passed through this
     // key protector
     private char[] password;
 
+    /**
+     * {@systemProperty jdk.jceks.iterationCount} property indicating the
+     * number of iterations for password-based encryption (PBE) in JCEKS
+     * keystores. Values in the range 10000 to 5000000 are considered valid.
+     * If the value is out of this range, or is not a number, or is
+     * unspecified; a default of 200000 is used.
+     */
+    static {
+        int iterationCount = DEFAULT_ITERATION_COUNT;
+        String ic = SecurityProperties.privilegedGetOverridable(
+                "jdk.jceks.iterationCount");
+        if (ic != null && !ic.isEmpty()) {
+            try {
+                iterationCount = Integer.parseInt(ic);
+                if (iterationCount < MIN_ITERATION_COUNT ||
+                        iterationCount > MAX_ITERATION_COUNT) {
+                    iterationCount = DEFAULT_ITERATION_COUNT;
+                }
+            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {}
+        }
+        ITERATION_COUNT = iterationCount;
+    }
+
     KeyProtector(char[] password) {
         if (password == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("password can't be null");