diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 55c1eb50f98e..8f1f90d40920 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ Improvements
 
 * SOLR-13763: Improve the tracking of "freedisk" in autoscaling simulations. (ab)
 
+* SOLR-13773: Add Prometheus Exporter GC and Heap options. (Houston Putman via Anshum Gupta, David Smiley)
+
 Bug Fixes
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/bin/solr-exporter b/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/bin/solr-exporter
index ea349609ed44..9dc717ea7c8e 100755
--- a/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/bin/solr-exporter
+++ b/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/bin/solr-exporter
@@ -104,7 +104,23 @@ do
   CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH":"$JAR"
 done
 
-EXTRA_JVM_ARGUMENTS="-Xmx512m -Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:"$BASEDIR"/../../server/resources/log4j2-console.xml"
+# Memory settings
+JAVA_MEM_OPTS=
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HEAP" ] && [ -n "$JAVA_MEM" ]; then
+  JAVA_MEM_OPTS="$JAVA_MEM"
+else
+  JAVA_HEAP="${JAVA_HEAP:-512m}"
+  JAVA_MEM_OPTS="-Xms$JAVA_HEAP -Xmx$JAVA_HEAP"
+fi
+
+# define default GC_TUNE
+if [ -z ${GC_TUNE+x} ]; then
+    GC_TUNE='-XX:+UseG1GC'
+else
+    GC_TUNE="$GC_TUNE"
+fi
+
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGUMENTS="-Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:"$BASEDIR"/../../server/resources/log4j2-console.xml"
 
 # For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if $cygwin; then
@@ -115,7 +131,10 @@ if $cygwin; then
   [ -n "$REPO" ] && REPO=`cygpath --path --windows "$REPO"`
 fi
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" $JAVA_OPTS \
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
+  $JAVA_MEM_OPTS \
+  $GC_TUNE \
+  $JAVA_OPTS \
   $EXTRA_JVM_ARGUMENTS \
   -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
   -Dapp.name="solr-exporter" \
diff --git a/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/bin/solr-exporter.cmd b/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/bin/solr-exporter.cmd
index 4ff47cf6d1f9..e5bd65ef8a4d 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/bin/solr-exporter.cmd
+++ b/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/bin/solr-exporter.cmd
@@ -63,19 +63,22 @@ set BASEDIR=%~dp0..
 
 :repoSetup
 
+IF NOT "%JAVA_HEAP%"=="" set JAVA_MEM=-Xms%JAVA_HEAP% -Xmx%JAVA_HEAP%
+IF "%JAVA_MEM%"=="" set JAVA_MEM=-Xms512m -Xmx512m
+IF "%GC_TUNE%"=="" set GC_TUNE=-XX:+UseG1GC
 
 if "%JAVACMD%"=="" set JAVACMD=java
 
 if "%REPO%"=="" set REPO=%BASEDIR%\lib
 
 set CLASSPATH=%REPO%\*;%BASEDIR%\..\..\dist\solrj-lib\*;%BASEDIR%\..\..\dist\*;%BASEDIR%\lucene-libs\*;%BASEDIR%\..\..\server\solr-webapp\webapp\WEB-INF\lib\*
-set EXTRA_JVM_ARGUMENTS=-Xmx512m -Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:///%BASEDIR%\..\..\server\resources\log4j2-console.xml
+set EXTRA_JVM_ARGUMENTS=-Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:///%BASEDIR%\..\..\server\resources\log4j2-console.xml
 goto endInit
 
 @REM Reaching here means variables are defined and arguments have been captured
 :endInit
 
-%JAVACMD% %JAVA_OPTS% %EXTRA_JVM_ARGUMENTS% -classpath "%CLASSPATH_PREFIX%;%CLASSPATH%" -Dapp.name="solr-exporter" -Dapp.repo="%REPO%" -Dbasedir="%BASEDIR%" org.apache.solr.prometheus.exporter.SolrExporter %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+%JAVACMD% %JAVA_MEM% %GC_TUNE% %JAVA_OPTS% %EXTRA_JVM_ARGUMENTS% -classpath "%CLASSPATH_PREFIX%;%CLASSPATH%" -Dapp.name="solr-exporter" -Dapp.repo="%REPO%" -Dbasedir="%BASEDIR%" org.apache.solr.prometheus.exporter.SolrExporter %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
 if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
 goto end
 
diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/monitoring-solr-with-prometheus-and-grafana.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/monitoring-solr-with-prometheus-and-grafana.adoc
index 08edd1146d5c..b980267b4da5 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/monitoring-solr-with-prometheus-and-grafana.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/monitoring-solr-with-prometheus-and-grafana.adoc
@@ -108,12 +108,28 @@ The number of seconds between collecting metrics from Solr. The `solr-exporter`
 
 The Solr's metrics exposed by `solr-exporter` can be seen at: `\http://localhost:9983/solr/admin/metrics`.
 
-=== Getting metrics from a secure Solr(Cloud)
+=== Environment Variable Options
+
+The start commands provided with the Prometheus Exporter support the use of custom java options through the following environment variables:
+
+`JAVA_HEAP`::
+Sets the initial (`Xms`) and max (`Xmx`) Java heap size. The default is `512m`.
+
+`JAVA_MEM`::
+Custom java memory settings (e.g. `-Xms1g -Xmx2g`). This is ignored if `JAVA_HEAP` is provided.
 
-Your Solr(Cloud) might be secured by measures described in <<securing-solr.adoc#securing-solr,Securing Solr>>. The security configuration can be injected into `solr-exporter` using environment variables in a fashion similar to other clients using <<using-solrj.adoc#using-solrj,SolrJ>>. This is possible because the main script picks up two external environment variables and passes them on to the Java process:
+`GC_TUNE`::
+Custom Java garbage collection settings. The default is `-XX:+UseG1GC`.
+
+`JAVA_OPTS`::
+Extra JVM options.
+
+`CLASSPATH_PREFIX`::
+Location of extra libraries to load when starting the `solr-exporter`.
+
+=== Getting metrics from a secure Solr(Cloud)
 
-* `JAVA_OPTS` allows to add extra JVM options
-* `CLASSPATH_PREFIX` allows to add extra libraries
+Your Solr(Cloud) might be secured by measures described in <<securing-solr.adoc#securing-solr,Securing Solr>>. The security configuration can be injected into `solr-exporter` using environment variables in a fashion similar to other clients using <<using-solrj.adoc#using-solrj,SolrJ>>. This is possible because the main script picks up <<Environment Variable Options>>  and passes them on to the Java process.
 
 Example for a SolrCloud instance secured by <<basic-authentication-plugin.adoc#basic-authentication-plugin,Basic Authentication>>, <<enabling-ssl.adoc#enabling-ssl,SSL>> and <<zookeeper-access-control.adoc#zookeeper-access-control,ZooKeeper Access Control>>: