diff --git a/bmc-objectstorage/bmc-objectstorage-extensions/src/main/java/com/oracle/bmc/objectstorage/transfer/UploadManager.java b/bmc-objectstorage/bmc-objectstorage-extensions/src/main/java/com/oracle/bmc/objectstorage/transfer/UploadManager.java
index efad56a7698..a2d21c55cd2 100644
--- a/bmc-objectstorage/bmc-objectstorage-extensions/src/main/java/com/oracle/bmc/objectstorage/transfer/UploadManager.java
+++ b/bmc-objectstorage/bmc-objectstorage-extensions/src/main/java/com/oracle/bmc/objectstorage/transfer/UploadManager.java
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ public boolean shouldBeRetried(@NonNull BmcException e) {
 
     static final RetryConfiguration RETRY_CONFIGURATION =
             RetryConfiguration.builder()
-                    .terminationStrategy(new MaxAttemptsTerminationStrategy(3))
-                    .delayStrategy(new ExponentialBackoffDelayStrategy(100))
+                    .terminationStrategy(new MaxAttemptsTerminationStrategy(UploadManagerUtils.MAX_RETRIES))
+                    .delayStrategy(new ExponentialBackoffDelayStrategy(UploadManagerUtils.EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF_MAX_DELAY))
                     .retryCondition(exception -> RETRY_CONDITION.shouldBeRetried(exception))
                     .build();
 
diff --git a/bmc-objectstorage/bmc-objectstorage-extensions/src/main/java/com/oracle/bmc/objectstorage/transfer/UploadManagerUtils.java b/bmc-objectstorage/bmc-objectstorage-extensions/src/main/java/com/oracle/bmc/objectstorage/transfer/UploadManagerUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac05b1f4e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bmc-objectstorage/bmc-objectstorage-extensions/src/main/java/com/oracle/bmc/objectstorage/transfer/UploadManagerUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
+ * This software is dual-licensed to you under the Universal Permissive License (UPL) 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl or Apache License 2.0 as shown at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. You may choose either license.
+ */
+package com.oracle.bmc.objectstorage.transfer;
+
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+@NoArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+public class UploadManagerUtils {
+
+    public static final int MAX_RETRIES;
+    public static final int EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF_MAX_DELAY;
+
+    static {
+        final int jvmOptMaxRetriesInt = getIntProperty("oci.java.sdk.upload-manager.max-retry-attempts", -1);
+        final int jvmOptExponentialBackoffMaxDelay = getIntProperty("oci.java.sdk.upload-manager.exponential-backoff-max-delay", -1);
+        MAX_RETRIES = Math.max(jvmOptMaxRetriesInt, 3);
+        EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF_MAX_DELAY = Math.max(jvmOptExponentialBackoffMaxDelay, 100);
+        LOG.info("max retries is set to {}", MAX_RETRIES);
+        LOG.info("exponential backoff max-delay is set to {}", EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF_MAX_DELAY);
+    }
+
+    private static int getIntProperty(String name, int defaultValue) {
+        final String jvmOptMaxRetries = System.getProperty(name);
+        if (jvmOptMaxRetries != null && !jvmOptMaxRetries.isEmpty()) {
+            try {
+                return Integer.parseInt(jvmOptMaxRetries);
+            } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+                LOG.warn("System property \"" + name + "\" can not be converted to an integer", nfe);
+            }
+        }
+        return defaultValue;
+    }
+}