diff --git a/launchlib/config.go b/launchlib/config.go
index 302555c2..7d8a7b2a 100644
--- a/launchlib/config.go
+++ b/launchlib/config.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ type CustomLauncherConfig struct {
 
 type ExperimentalLauncherConfig struct {
 	OverrideActiveProcessorCount bool `yaml:"overrideActiveProcessorCount"`
+	DynamicRAMPercentage         bool `yaml:"dynamicRAMPercentage"`
 }
 
 type PrimaryCustomLauncherConfig struct {
diff --git a/launchlib/launcher.go b/launchlib/launcher.go
index 6a0feac1..16864d94 100644
--- a/launchlib/launcher.go
+++ b/launchlib/launcher.go
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ func createJvmOpts(combinedJvmOpts []string, customConfig *CustomLauncherConfig,
 		if customConfig.Experimental.OverrideActiveProcessorCount {
 			combinedJvmOpts = ensureActiveProcessorCount(combinedJvmOpts, logger)
 		}
+		if customConfig.Experimental.DynamicRAMPercentage {
+			combinedJvmOpts = addDynamicRAMPercentageSystemProps(combinedJvmOpts, logger)
+		}
 		return combinedJvmOpts
 	}
 
@@ -342,6 +345,16 @@ func ensureActiveProcessorCount(args []string, logger io.Writer) []string {
 	return filtered
 }
 
+func addDynamicRAMPercentageSystemProps(args []string, logger io.Writer) []string {
+	ramPercenter := NewScalingRAMPercenter(defaultFS)
+	ramPercent, err := ramPercenter.RAMPercent()
+	if err != nil {
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(logger, "Failed to detect cgroup memory configuration, not setting dynamic RAM percentage system property", err.Error())
+		return args
+	}
+	return append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-DDynamicRAMPercentage=%.1f", ramPercent))
+}
+
 func hasMaxRAMOverride(args []string) bool {
 	for _, arg := range args {
 		if isMaxRAM(arg) {
diff --git a/launchlib/memory.go b/launchlib/memory.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aae8479a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launchlib/memory.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package launchlib
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"io/fs"
+	"math"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+const (
+	memGroupName = "memory"
+	memLimitName = "memory.limit_in_bytes"
+)
+
+type RAMPercenter interface {
+	RAMPercent() (float64, error)
+}
+
+type ChainedRAMPercenter struct {
+	delegates []RAMPercenter
+}
+
+func NewChainedRAMPercenter(delegates ...RAMPercenter) RAMPercenter {
+	return ChainedRAMPercenter{
+		delegates: delegates,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c ChainedRAMPercenter) RAMPercent() (float64, error) {
+	for _, percenter := range c.delegates {
+		p, err := percenter.RAMPercent()
+		if err != nil {
+			// log and move on
+		}
+		return p, nil
+	}
+	return 0, errors.New("failed to get RAM percentage from all configured delegates")
+}
+
+type StaticRAMPercent struct {
+	percent float64
+}
+
+func NewStaticRAMPercent(percent float64) RAMPercenter {
+	return StaticRAMPercent{
+		percent: percent,
+	}
+}
+
+func (s StaticRAMPercent) RAMPercent() (float64, error) {
+	return s.percent, nil
+}
+
+const (
+	lowerBound = 75
+	upperBound = 95
+	growthRate = 0.000000001
+	// midpoint is 8 GiB in bytes
+	midpoint  = 8589934592
+	sharpness = 1
+)
+
+var ScalingFunc = genlog(lowerBound, upperBound, growthRate, midpoint, sharpness)
+
+type ScalingRAMPercent struct {
+	pather CGroupPather
+	fs     fs.FS
+}
+
+func NewScalingRAMPercenter(filesystem fs.FS) RAMPercenter {
+	return ScalingRAMPercent{
+		fs:     filesystem,
+		pather: NewCGroupV1Pather(filesystem),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s ScalingRAMPercent) RAMPercent() (float64, error) {
+	// read limit from cgroup
+	memoryCGroupPath, err := s.pather.Path(memGroupName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get memory cgroup path")
+	}
+
+	memLimitFilepath := filepath.Join(memoryCGroupPath, memLimitName)
+	memLimitFile, err := s.fs.Open(convertToFSPath(memLimitFilepath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to open memory.limit_in_bytes at expected location: %s", memLimitFilepath)
+	}
+	memLimitBytes, err := io.ReadAll(memLimitFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to read memory.limit_in_bytes")
+	}
+	memLimit, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(string(memLimitBytes)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.New("unable to convert memory.limit_in_bytes value to expected type")
+	}
+
+	return ScalingFunc(float64(memLimit)), nil
+}
+
+func genlog(min float64, max float64, growthRate float64, midpoint float64, v float64) func(float64) float64 {
+	return func(in float64) float64 {
+		// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalised_logistic_function#Definition
+		return min + (max-min)/(math.Pow(1+math.Pow(math.E, -1*growthRate*(in-midpoint)), 1/v))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/launchlib/memory_test.go b/launchlib/memory_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa252646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launchlib/memory_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Palantir Technologies, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package launchlib_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
+	"testing"
+	"testing/fstest"
+
+	"github.com/palantir/go-java-launcher/launchlib"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+var (
+	// We should remain at the default RAM percentage below ~2 GiB
+	lowMemoryLimitContent = []byte("2147483648\n")
+	// We should hit the midpoint @ 8 GiB
+	midpointMemoryLimitContent = []byte("8589934592\n")
+	// We should hit the upper limit @ 16 GiB
+	highMemoryLimitContent = []byte("17179869184\n")
+	badMemoryLimitContent  = []byte(``)
+)
+
+func TestRAMPercenter_DefaultCGroupV1RAMPercenter(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name               string
+		filesystem         fs.FS
+		expectedRAMPercent string
+		expectedError      error
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "fails when unable to read memory.limit_in_bytes",
+			filesystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"proc/self/cgroup": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: CGroupContent,
+				},
+				"proc/self/mountinfo": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: MountInfoContent,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedError: errors.New("unable to open memory.limit_in_bytes at expected location"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "fails when unable to parse memory.limit_in_bytes",
+			filesystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"proc/self/cgroup": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: CGroupContent,
+				},
+				"proc/self/mountinfo": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: MountInfoContent,
+				},
+				"sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: badMemoryLimitContent,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedError: errors.New("unable to convert memory.limit_in_bytes value to expected type"),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "returns expected RAM percentage when memory.limit_in_bytes under 2 GiB",
+			filesystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"proc/self/cgroup": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: CGroupContent,
+				},
+				"proc/self/mountinfo": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: MountInfoContent,
+				},
+				"sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: lowMemoryLimitContent,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedRAMPercent: "75.0",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "returns expected RAM percentage when memory.limit_in_bytes is 8 GiB",
+			filesystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"proc/self/cgroup": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: CGroupContent,
+				},
+				"proc/self/mountinfo": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: MountInfoContent,
+				},
+				"sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: midpointMemoryLimitContent,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedRAMPercent: "85.0",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "returns expected RAM percentage when memory.limit_in_bytes over 16 GiB",
+			filesystem: fstest.MapFS{
+				"proc/self/cgroup": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: CGroupContent,
+				},
+				"proc/self/mountinfo": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: MountInfoContent,
+				},
+				"sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes": &fstest.MapFile{
+					Data: highMemoryLimitContent,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedRAMPercent: "95.0",
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			percenter := launchlib.NewScalingRAMPercenter(test.filesystem)
+			percent, err := percenter.RAMPercent()
+			if test.expectedError != nil {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), test.expectedError.Error())
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expectedRAMPercent, fmt.Sprintf("%.1f", percent))
+		})
+	}
+}