diff --git a/launcher/Application.cpp b/launcher/Application.cpp
index 27815720..f96e54d1 100644
--- a/launcher/Application.cpp
+++ b/launcher/Application.cpp
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ Application::Application(int &argc, char **argv) : QApplication(argc, argv)
         m_settings->registerSetting({"MinMemAlloc", "MinMemoryAlloc"}, 512);
         m_settings->registerSetting({"MaxMemAlloc", "MaxMemoryAlloc"}, 1024);
         m_settings->registerSetting("PermGen", 128);
+        m_settings->registerSetting("AllowSwap", false);
 
         // Java Settings
         m_settings->registerSetting("JavaPath", "");
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.cpp
index bd79f11a..cb17d6af 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.cpp
@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ JavaPage::JavaPage(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::JavaPage)
     ui->setupUi(this);
     ui->tabWidget->tabBar()->hide();
 
-    auto sysMiB = Sys::getSystemRam() / Sys::mebibyte;
-    ui->maxMemSpinBox->setMaximum(sysMiB);
+#if !defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
+    ui->allowSwapCheckBox->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->allowSwapCheckBox->setVisible(false);
+#endif
+
     loadSettings();
+    updateMemMax();
 }
 
 JavaPage::~JavaPage()
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ void JavaPage::applySettings()
         s->set("MaxMemAlloc", min);
     }
     s->set("PermGen", ui->permGenSpinBox->value());
+    s->set("AllowSwap", ui->allowSwapCheckBox->isChecked());
 
     // Java Settings
     s->set("JavaPath", ui->javaPathTextBox->text());
@@ -94,12 +99,27 @@ void JavaPage::loadSettings()
         ui->maxMemSpinBox->setValue(min);
     }
     ui->permGenSpinBox->setValue(s->get("PermGen").toInt());
+    ui->allowSwapCheckBox->setChecked(s->get("AllowSwap").toBool());
 
     // Java Settings
     ui->javaPathTextBox->setText(s->get("JavaPath").toString());
     ui->jvmArgsTextBox->setText(s->get("JvmArgs").toString());
 }
 
+void JavaPage::updateMemMax() {
+    auto sysMiB = Sys::getSystemRam() / Sys::mebibyte;
+
+    if (ui->allowSwapCheckBox->isChecked())
+        sysMiB += Sys::getSystemSwap() / Sys::mebibyte;
+    
+    ui->maxMemSpinBox->setMaximum(sysMiB);
+}
+
+void JavaPage::on_allowSwapCheckBox_clicked(bool checked)
+{
+    updateMemMax();
+}
+
 void JavaPage::on_javaDetectBtn_clicked()
 {
     JavaInstallPtr java;
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.h b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.h
index 8f9b3323..e1d5547e 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.h
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ public:
 private:
     void applySettings();
     void loadSettings();
+    void updateMemMax();
 
 private
 slots:
+    void on_allowSwapCheckBox_clicked(bool clicked);
     void on_javaDetectBtn_clicked();
     void on_javaTestBtn_clicked();
     void on_javaBrowseBtn_clicked();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.ui
index b67e9994..af430f8b 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/JavaPage.ui
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item row="3" column="0">
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="allowSwapCheckBox">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Allow use of swap</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Allows the usage of swap when specifying memory allocation.</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/include/sys.h b/libraries/systeminfo/include/sys.h
index c1d4ecf8..e34730fe 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/include/sys.h
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/include/sys.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ DistributionInfo getDistributionInfo();
 
 uint64_t getSystemRam();
 
+uint64_t getSystemSwap();
+
 bool isSystem64bit();
 
 bool isCPU64bit();
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_apple.cpp b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_apple.cpp
index b1ec6760..78fb30b9 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_apple.cpp
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_apple.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ uint64_t Sys::getSystemRam()
     }
 }
 
+uint64_t Sys::getSystemSwap()
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
 bool Sys::isCPU64bit()
 {
     // not even going to pretend I'm going to support anything else
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_unix.cpp b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_unix.cpp
index 66928ae3..96ad7e6b 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_unix.cpp
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_unix.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,31 @@ uint64_t Sys::getSystemRam()
     return 0; // nothing found
 }
 
+uint64_t Sys::getSystemSwap()
+{
+    std::string token;
+#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+    std::ifstream file("/proc/meminfo");
+    while(file >> token)
+    {
+        if(token == "SwapTotal:")
+        {
+            uint64_t swap;
+            if(file >> swap)
+            {
+                return swap * 1024ull;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+        file.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), '\n');
+    }
+#endif
+    return 0;
+}
+
 bool Sys::isCPU64bit()
 {
     return isSystem64bit();
diff --git a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_win32.cpp b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_win32.cpp
index 752bbe0c..f9fcf98f 100644
--- a/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_win32.cpp
+++ b/libraries/systeminfo/src/sys_win32.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ uint64_t Sys::getSystemRam()
     return (uint64_t)status.ullTotalPhys;
 }
 
+uint64_t Sys::getSystemSwap()
+{
+    return 0;
+}
+
 bool Sys::isSystem64bit()
 {
 #if defined(_WIN64)