diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 2267dba1e6..84a56c8bc7 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -327,6 +327,22 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
 
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <executable>java</executable>
+                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</mainClass>
+                    <arguments>
+                        <argument>-Xmx300m</argument>
+                        <argument>-XX:+UseParallelGC</argument>
+                        <argument>-classpath</argument>
+                        <classpath/>
+                        <argument>com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror.OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed</argument>
+                    </arguments>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/outofmemoryerror/OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/outofmemoryerror/OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1b4140281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/outofmemoryerror/OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.outofmemoryerror;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+public class OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed {
+    public static void addRandomDataToMap() {
+        Map<Integer, String> dataMap = new HashMap<>();
+        Random r = new Random();
+        while (true) {
+            dataMap.put(r.nextInt(), String.valueOf(r.nextInt()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        OutOfMemoryGCLimitExceed.addRandomDataToMap();
+    }
+}