--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/metaspace.cpp	Wed Oct 18 22:10:28 2017 +0000
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/metaspace.cpp	Wed Oct 18 23:21:37 2017 +0000
@@ -3323,6 +3323,24 @@
 
   CompressedClassSpaceSize = align_down_bounded(CompressedClassSpaceSize, _reserve_alignment);
   set_compressed_class_space_size(CompressedClassSpaceSize);
+
+  // Initial virtual space size will be calculated at global_initialize()
+  size_t min_metaspace_sz =
+      VIRTUALSPACEMULTIPLIER * InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSize;
+  if (UseCompressedClassPointers) {
+    if ((min_metaspace_sz + CompressedClassSpaceSize) >  MaxMetaspaceSize) {
+      if (min_metaspace_sz >= MaxMetaspaceSize) {
+        vm_exit_during_initialization("MaxMetaspaceSize is too small.");
+      } else {
+        FLAG_SET_ERGO(size_t, CompressedClassSpaceSize,
+                      MaxMetaspaceSize - min_metaspace_sz);
+      }
+    }
+  } else if (min_metaspace_sz >= MaxMetaspaceSize) {
+    FLAG_SET_ERGO(size_t, InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSize,
+                  min_metaspace_sz);
+  }
+
 }
 
 void Metaspace::global_initialize() {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/Metaspace/MaxMetaspaceSizeTest.java	Wed Oct 18 23:21:37 2017 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+
+/*
+ * @test MaxMetaspaceSizeTest
+ * @requires vm.bits == "64"
+ * @bug 8087291
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @run main/othervm MaxMetaspaceSizeTest
+ */
+
+public class MaxMetaspaceSizeTest {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
+            "-Xmx1g",
+            "-XX:InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSize=4195328",
+            "-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=4195328",
+            "-XX:+UseCompressedClassPointers",
+            "-XX:CompressedClassSpaceSize=1g",
+            "--version");
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldContain("MaxMetaspaceSize is too small.");
+    }
+}

--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/SharedArchiveFile/MaxMetaspaceSize.java	Wed Oct 18 22:10:28 2017 +0000
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/SharedArchiveFile/MaxMetaspaceSize.java	Wed Oct 18 23:21:37 2017 +0000
@@ -31,14 +31,27 @@
  *          java.management
  */
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
 import jdk.test.lib.cds.CDSTestUtils;
 import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+import jdk.test.lib.Platform;
 
 public class MaxMetaspaceSize {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    ArrayList<String> processArgs = new ArrayList<>();
+    processArgs.add("-Xshare:dump");
+
+    if (Platform.is64bit()) {
+      processArgs.add("-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=3m");
+      processArgs.add("-XX:CompressedClassSpaceSize=1m");
+      processArgs.add("-XX:InitialBootClassLoaderMetaspaceSize=1m");
+    } else {
+      processArgs.add("-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1m");
+    }
+
     String msg = "OutOfMemoryError: Metaspace";
-    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(
-        "-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1m", "-Xshare:dump");
+    ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(processArgs.toArray(new String[0]));
     CDSTestUtils.executeAndLog(pb, "dump").shouldContain(msg).shouldHaveExitValue(1);
   }
 }