diff --git a/conf/bkenv.sh b/conf/bkenv.sh
index 0e6a6efdfc1bc..19e53a30b3d9b 100644
--- a/conf/bkenv.sh
+++ b/conf/bkenv.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BOOKIE_CONF=${BOOKIE_CONF:-"$BK_HOME/conf/bookkeeper.conf"}
 BOOKIE_MEM=${BOOKIE_MEM:-${PULSAR_MEM:-"-Xms2g -Xmx2g -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2g"}}
 
 # Garbage collection options
-BOOKIE_GC=${BOOKIE_GC:-"-XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=10 -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis -XX:ParallelGCThreads=32 -XX:ConcGCThreads=32 -XX:G1NewSizePercent=50 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:-ResizePLAB"}
+BOOKIE_GC=${BOOKIE_GC:-${PULSAR_GC:-"-XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=10 -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis -XX:ParallelGCThreads=32 -XX:ConcGCThreads=32 -XX:G1NewSizePercent=50 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:-ResizePLAB"}}
 
 # Extra options to be passed to the jvm
 BOOKIE_EXTRA_OPTS="${BOOKIE_EXTRA_OPTS} ${BOOKIE_MEM} ${BOOKIE_GC} -Dio.netty.leakDetectionLevel=disabled -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacity.default=1000 -Dio.netty.recycler.linkCapacity=1024"