diff --git a/python/build/pycharm.vmoptions b/python/build/pycharm.vmoptions
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8ecfdf31cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/build/pycharm.vmoptions
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-Xms32m
+-Xmx512m
+-XX:MaxPermSize=120m
+-ea
diff --git a/python/build/pycharm_build.gant b/python/build/pycharm_build.gant
index bffb5f815576..0451a40566d4 100644
--- a/python/build/pycharm_build.gant
+++ b/python/build/pycharm_build.gant
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def buildTarGz() {
       include(name: "pycharm.sh")
     }
     tarfileset(dir: "$home/python/build", fullpath: "$tarRoot/bin/pycharm.vmoptions") {
-      include(name: "pycharm.exe.vmoptions")
+      include(name: "pycharm.vmoptions")
     }
     tarfileset(dir: "$home/python/help", includes: "pycharmhelp.jar", prefix: "$tarRoot/help")
   }