diff --git a/runtime/rastrace/j9rastrace.h b/runtime/rastrace/j9rastrace.h
index 9b1c08e47d8..40c41b338c9 100644
--- a/runtime/rastrace/j9rastrace.h
+++ b/runtime/rastrace/j9rastrace.h
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ extern "C" {
  *  Keywords for options added by J9VM layer.
  * =============================================================================
  */
-#define RAS_METHODS_KEYWORD                 "METHODS"
-#define RAS_DEBUG_KEYWORD                   "DEBUG"
-#define RAS_TRIGGER_KEYWORD                 "TRIGGER"
-#define RAS_STACKDEPTH_KEYWORD              "STACKDEPTH"
-#define RAS_SLEEPTIME_KEYWORD               "SLEEPTIME"
-#define RAS_COMPRESSION_LEVEL_KEYWORD       "STACKCOMPRESSIONLEVEL"
-#define RAS_METHOD_STRING_LENGTH_KEYWORD    "METHODSTRARGLEN"
+#define RAS_METHODS_KEYWORD             "METHODS"
+#define RAS_DEBUG_KEYWORD               "DEBUG"
+#define RAS_TRIGGER_KEYWORD             "TRIGGER"
+#define RAS_STACKDEPTH_KEYWORD          "STACKDEPTH"
+#define RAS_SLEEPTIME_KEYWORD           "SLEEPTIME"
+#define RAS_COMPRESSION_LEVEL_KEYWORD   "STACKCOMPRESSIONLEVEL"
+#define RAS_METHOD_STRING_LENGTH_KEYWORD   "METHODSTRARGLEN"
 
 /*
  * ======================================================================
diff --git a/runtime/rastrace/method_trace.c b/runtime/rastrace/method_trace.c
index eca88af2ea9..6f605e13415 100644
--- a/runtime/rastrace/method_trace.c
+++ b/runtime/rastrace/method_trace.c
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ traceMethodArgObject(J9VMThread *thr, UDATA* arg0EA, char* cursor, UDATA length)
 		J9ROMClass * romClass = clazz->romClass;
 		J9UTF8* className = J9ROMCLASS_CLASSNAME(romClass);
 		J9JavaVM *vm = thr->javaVM;
+		const unsigned int methodStrArgLength = ((RasGlobalStorage *)thr->javaVM->j9rasGlobalStorage)->methodStrArgLength;
+		unsigned int strArgLength = methodStrArgLength == 0 ? DEFAULT_STRING_LENGTH : methodStrArgLength;
 
 		if (clazz == J9VMJAVALANGSTRING_OR_NULL(vm)) {
 			/* string arg */
@@ -490,7 +492,7 @@ traceMethodArgObject(J9VMThread *thr, UDATA* arg0EA, char* cursor, UDATA length)
 			char *stringArgUTF8 = vmFuncs->copyStringToUTF8WithMemAlloc(thr, object, J9_STR_NULL_TERMINATE_RESULT, "  ", 2, stringArgBuffer, DEFAULT_BUFFER_LENGTH, NULL);
 
 			if(DEFAULT_STRING_LENGTH < strlen(stringArgUTF8)) {
-				j9str_printf(PORTLIB, cursor, length, "(String)%.*s...", (U_32)DEFAULT_STRING_LENGTH, J9UTF8_DATA(stringArgUTF8));
+				j9str_printf(PORTLIB, cursor, length, "(String)%.*s...", (U_32)strArgLength, J9UTF8_DATA(stringArgUTF8));
 			} else {
 				j9str_printf(PORTLIB, cursor, length, "(String)%.*s", (U_32)J9UTF8_LENGTH(stringArgUTF8), J9UTF8_DATA(stringArgUTF8));
 			}
diff --git a/runtime/rastrace/method_trigger.c b/runtime/rastrace/method_trigger.c
index df4046d1e90..4430f05f3fe 100644
--- a/runtime/rastrace/method_trigger.c
+++ b/runtime/rastrace/method_trigger.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static const StackTraceFormattingFunction stackTraceFormattingFunctions[] = {
 };
 
 #define NUM_STACK_TRACE_FORMATTING_FUNCTIONS (sizeof(stackTraceFormattingFunctions) / sizeof(stackTraceFormattingFunctions[0]))
+#define MAX_STRING_LENGTH 128
 
 /**************************************************************************
  * name        - rasSetTriggerTrace
@@ -555,41 +556,37 @@ decimalString2Int(J9PortLibrary* portLibrary, const char *decString, I_32 signed
 omr_error_t
 setMethodStrArgLength(J9JavaVM *vm, const char *str, BOOLEAN atRuntime)
 {
-#define MAX_STRING_LENGTH 128
-
 	PORT_ACCESS_FROM_JAVAVM(vm);
-    int value, length;
-    omr_error_t rc = OMR_ERROR_NONE;
-    const char *p;
+	int value, length;
+	omr_error_t rc = OMR_ERROR_NONE;
+	const char *p;
 
-    if (getParmNumber(str) != 1) {
-        goto err;
-    }
+	if (getParmNumber(str) != 1) {
+		goto err;
+	}
 
-    p = getPositionalParm(1, str, &length);
+	p = getPositionalParm(1, str, &length);
 
-    if (length > 3) {
-        goto err;
-    }
+	if (length > 3) {
+		goto err;
+	}
 
-    value = decimalString2Int(PORTLIB, p, FALSE, &rc);
-    if (OMR_ERROR_NONE != rc) {
-        goto err;
-    }
+	value = decimalString2Int(PORTLIB, p, FALSE, &rc);
+	if (OMR_ERROR_NONE != rc) {
+		goto err;
+	}
 
-    if ((0 > value) ||
-            (MAX_STRING_LENGTH < value)) {
-        goto err;
-    }
+	if ((0 > value) ||
+			(MAX_STRING_LENGTH < value)) {
+		goto err;
+	}
 
-    RAS_GLOBAL_FROM_JAVAVM(methodStrArgLength,vm) = (unsigned int)value;
-    return OMR_ERROR_NONE;
+	RAS_GLOBAL_FROM_JAVAVM(methodStrArgLength,vm) = (unsigned int)value;
+	return OMR_ERROR_NONE;
 
 err:
-    vaReportJ9VMCommandLineError(PORTLIB, "methodstrarglen takes an unsigned integer value from 1 to %d", MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
-    return OMR_ERROR_INTERNAL;
-
-#undef MAX_STRING_LENGTH 128
+	vaReportJ9VMCommandLineError(PORTLIB, takes an unsigned integer value from 1 to %d", MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
+	return OMR_ERROR_INTERNAL;
 }
 
 /**************************************************************************
@@ -699,12 +696,12 @@ addTriggeredMethodSpec(J9VMThread *thr, const char *ptrMethodSpec, const struct
 		}
 
 		if (methodRule->entryAction != NULL && methodRule->entryAction->name != NULL
-		    && j9_cmdla_stricmp((char *)methodRule->entryAction->name, "jstacktrace") == 0) {
+			&& j9_cmdla_stricmp((char *)methodRule->entryAction->name, "jstacktrace") == 0) {
 			/* set up the current method spec to be enabled for trace */
 			setMethod(thr->javaVM, ptrMethodSpec, FALSE);
 		}
 		if (methodRule->exitAction != NULL && methodRule->exitAction->name != NULL
-		    && j9_cmdla_stricmp((char *)methodRule->exitAction->name, "jstacktrace") == 0) {
+			&& j9_cmdla_stricmp((char *)methodRule->exitAction->name, "jstacktrace") == 0) {
 			/* set up the current method spec to be enabled for trace */
 			setMethod(thr->javaVM, ptrMethodSpec, FALSE);
 		}