diff --git a/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml b/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
index a9a8ff6d17..1b81d2ada7 100644
--- a/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
+++ b/puppet/services/opendaylight-api.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ parameters:
     description: Enable DSCP marking for VXLAN/GRE tunnels
     type: boolean
     default: false
+  OpenDaylightJavaOpts:
+    default: ''
+    type: string
+    description: Specifies the Java options to run ODL with as a string.
+                 Note, these options are in addition to the default Java
+                 options set by the karaf/ODL boot scripts and IP version
+                 based flag set by 'opendaylight' class.
 
 conditions:
 
@@ -118,6 +125,7 @@ outputs:
             opendaylight::snat_mechanism: {get_param: OpenDaylightSNATMechanism}
             opendaylight::log_mechanism: {get_param: OpenDaylightLogMechanism}
             opendaylight::inherit_dscp_marking: {get_param: OpenDaylightInheritDSCPMarking}
+            opendaylight::java_opts: {get_param: OpenDaylightJavaOpts}
           -
             if:
               - internal_tls_enabled
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/set_java_opts_from_tripleo-d969b1151ec244a0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/set_java_opts_from_tripleo-d969b1151ec244a0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdf8a73fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/set_java_opts_from_tripleo-d969b1151ec244a0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add provision to set java options like heap size configurations in ODL.
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