diff --git a/open-metadata-resources/open-metadata-deployment/docker/egeria/Dockerfile b/open-metadata-resources/open-metadata-deployment/docker/egeria/Dockerfile
index 2bacd792634..6230e966388 100644
--- a/open-metadata-resources/open-metadata-deployment/docker/egeria/Dockerfile
+++ b/open-metadata-resources/open-metadata-deployment/docker/egeria/Dockerfile
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ ENV LOADER_PATH=${LOADER_PATH}
 
 # Joloka will be removed shortly. For now disable to avoid errors
 ENV AB_JOLOKIA_OFF=true
+
+# See issue 3740 - we leave the metaspace size as unlimited - jvm default
+ENV JAVA_OPTS_APPEND="-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1g"