diff --git a/.jvmopts b/.jvmopts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..655bc221d6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jvmopts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-Xss1m
+-Xms512m
+-Xmx1200m
diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index fea9b5496547..c1858f385687 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import sbt._
 import complete.DefaultParsers._
 import java.io.{File, RandomAccessFile}
 import java.nio.channels.FileLock
-import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.{ Files, FileSystemException }
 import java.util.Calendar
 
 import scala.reflect.io.Path
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ object Build {
               Files.createSymbolicLink(/*link = */ dst.toPath, /*existing = */src.toPath)
           }
         } catch {
-          case e: UnsupportedOperationException =>
+          case _: UnsupportedOperationException | _: FileSystemException =>
             // If the OS doesn't support symbolic links, copy the directory instead.
             sbt.IO.copy(pairs, overwrite = true, preserveLastModified = true)
         }