diff --git a/recipes-core/jamvm/jamvm/jamvm-minmax-heap.patch b/recipes-core/jamvm/jamvm/jamvm-minmax-heap.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf0fda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/jamvm/jamvm/jamvm-minmax-heap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/src/jam.c b/src/jam.c
+index b76ce8b..dc5eac3 100644
+--- a/src/jam.c
++++ b/src/jam.c
+@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ int parseCommandLine(int argc, char *argv[], InitArgs *args) {
+     for(i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+         if(*argv[i] != '-') {
+             if(args->min_heap > args->max_heap) {
+-                printf("Minimum heap size greater than max!\n");
+-                status = 1;
+-                goto exit;
++                args->min_heap = args->max_heap;
+             }
+ 
+             if(args->props_count) {
diff --git a/recipes-core/jamvm/jamvm_git.bb b/recipes-core/jamvm/jamvm_git.bb
index 2a4213b..7b28600 100644
--- a/recipes-core/jamvm/jamvm_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/jamvm/jamvm_git.bb
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ require jamvm.inc
 SRCREV = "4617da717ecb05654ea5bb9572338061106a414d"
 PV = "1.5.5+1.6.0-devel+git${SRCPV}"
 
-PR = "r1"
+PR = "r2"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://git.berlios.de/jamvm;protocol=git \
            file://jamvm-jni_h-noinst.patch \
            file://libffi.patch \
+           file://jamvm-minmax-heap.patch \
           "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"