diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/SystemHealthMonitor.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/SystemHealthMonitor.java
index 8a016f8a7fd1..b823bc08232b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/SystemHealthMonitor.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/SystemHealthMonitor.java
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.event.HyperlinkEvent;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.List;
+
 
 public class SystemHealthMonitor implements ApplicationComponent {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance(SystemHealthMonitor.class);
@@ -74,12 +78,28 @@ public class SystemHealthMonitor implements ApplicationComponent {
   @Override
   public void initComponent() {
     checkRuntime();
+    checkVMoptions();
     checkIBus();
     checkSignalBlocking();
     checkLauncherScript();
     startDiskSpaceMonitoring();
   }
 
+  private void checkVMoptions() {
+    RuntimeMXBean runtimeMXBean = ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean();
+    List<String> jvmArgs = runtimeMXBean.getInputArguments();
+    int minReservedCodeCacheSize = 240;
+    for (String arg : jvmArgs) {
+      if (arg.contains("-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=")) {
+        String vmOption = arg.substring(arg.lastIndexOf("=") + 1);
+        if (Integer.parseInt(vmOption.substring(0, vmOption.length() - 1)) < minReservedCodeCacheSize) {
+          showNotification(new KeyHyperlinkAdapter("vmoptions.warn.message"), vmOption, minReservedCodeCacheSize);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
   private void checkRuntime() {
     if (StringUtil.endsWithIgnoreCase(System.getProperty("java.version", ""), "-ea")) {
       showNotification(new KeyHyperlinkAdapter("unsupported.jvm.ea.message"));
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/IdeBundle.properties b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/IdeBundle.properties
index 609d748e59ea..96bb792a76f4 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/IdeBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/IdeBundle.properties
@@ -1158,6 +1158,10 @@ FileChooser.refreshActionLabelText=Refresh
 browsers.settings=Web Browsers
 updates.check.period.on.exit=On every exit
 
+vmoptions.warn.message=ReservedCodeCacheSize is too low: {0}. \
+Please increase it up to {1} to avoid performance degradation. \
+You could do it by "Help|Edit Custom VM Options..".
+
 unsupported.jvm.ea.message=Early Access Java versions may cause compatibility issues. Please use stable release.
 outdated.jvm.version.message1=IDE''s Java runtime ({0}) is outdated - this may cause stability issues. Please update to {1} or newer, or <a href="switch">switch</a> to the bundled Java runtime
 outdated.jvm.version.message2=IDE''s Java runtime ({0}) is outdated - this may cause stability issues. Please update to {1} or newer