diff --git a/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/configuration/enumeration/ExitCodeType.java b/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/configuration/enumeration/ExitCodeType.java
index df49d04746..da978ecbaf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/configuration/enumeration/ExitCodeType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/configuration/enumeration/ExitCodeType.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public enum ExitCodeType {
     ),
 
     FAILURE_ACCURACY_NOT_MET(15, "Detect was unable to meet the required accuracy."),
+    FAILURE_OUT_OF_MEMORY(16, "Detect encountered an Out of Memory error. Please review memory settings and system resources.", 0.5),
 
     FAILURE_IMAGE_NOT_AVAILABLE(20, "Image scan attempted but no return data available."),
 
@@ -35,14 +36,22 @@ public enum ExitCodeType {
 
     private final int exitCode;
     private final String description;
+    private final double priority;
 
     ExitCodeType(int exitCode, String description) {
+        this(exitCode, description, (double) exitCode);
+    }
+
+    ExitCodeType(int exitCode, String description, double priority) {
         this.exitCode = exitCode;
         this.description = description;
+        this.priority = priority;
     }
 
     /**
-     * A failure always beats a success and a failure with a lower exit code beats a failure with a higher exit code.
+     * A failure always beats a success. Among failures:
+     * - The one with a lower priority wins.
+     * - If priorities are equal, the one with a lower exit code wins.
      */
     public static ExitCodeType getWinningExitCodeType(ExitCodeType first, ExitCodeType second) {
         if (first.isSuccess()) {
@@ -50,11 +59,7 @@ public static ExitCodeType getWinningExitCodeType(ExitCodeType first, ExitCodeTy
         } else if (second.isSuccess()) {
             return first;
         } else {
-            if (first.getExitCode() < second.getExitCode()) {
-                return first;
-            } else {
-                return second;
-            }
+            return (first.getPriority() < second.getPriority()) ? first : second;
         }
     }
 
@@ -69,4 +74,6 @@ public boolean isSuccess() {
     public String getDescription() {
         return description;
     }
+
+    public double getPriority() { return priority; }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorIssuePublisher.java b/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorIssuePublisher.java
index eab40d6e66..41f0e56957 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorIssuePublisher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorIssuePublisher.java
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 import com.blackduck.integration.detect.workflow.status.DetectIssue;
 import com.blackduck.integration.detect.workflow.status.DetectIssueType;
 import com.blackduck.integration.detect.workflow.status.StatusEventPublisher;
+import com.blackduck.integration.detector.base.DetectorStatusCode;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class DetectorIssuePublisher {
     public void publishIssues(StatusEventPublisher statusEventPublisher, List<DetectorDirectoryReport> reports) {
@@ -25,4 +28,12 @@ public void publishIssues(StatusEventPublisher statusEventPublisher, List<Detect
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean hasOutOfMemoryIssue(List<DetectorDirectoryReport> reports) {
+        return reports.stream()
+            .flatMap(report -> report.getNotExtractedDetectors().stream())
+            .flatMap(notExtracted -> notExtracted.getAttemptedDetectables().stream())
+            .anyMatch(attemptedDetectableReport -> {
+                return attemptedDetectableReport.getStatusCode() == DetectorStatusCode.EXECUTABLE_TERMINATED_LIKELY_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+            });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorTool.java b/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorTool.java
index 7ec4588155..dfb14067f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorTool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorTool.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import com.blackduck.integration.detector.base.DetectorStatusCode;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ public DetectorToolResult performDetectors(
         List<DetectorDirectoryReport> reports = new DetectorReporter().generateReport(evaluation);
         DetectorToolResult toolResult = publishAllResults(reports, directory, projectDetector, requiredDetectors, requiredAccuracyTypes);
 
+        checkAndHandleOutOfMemoryIssue(reports);
+
         //Completed.
         logger.debug("Finished running detectors.");
         detectorEventPublisher.publishDetectorsComplete(toolResult);
@@ -115,6 +118,13 @@ public DetectorToolResult performDetectors(
         return toolResult;
     }
 
+    private void checkAndHandleOutOfMemoryIssue(List<DetectorDirectoryReport> reports) {
+        if (detectorIssuePublisher.hasOutOfMemoryIssue(reports)) {
+            logger.error("Detected an issue. " + DetectorStatusCode.EXECUTABLE_TERMINATED_LIKELY_OUT_OF_MEMORY.getDescription());
+            exitCodePublisher.publishExitCode(ExitCodeType.FAILURE_OUT_OF_MEMORY, "Executable terminated likely due to out of memory.");
+        }
+    }
+
     private DetectorToolResult publishAllResults(
         List<DetectorDirectoryReport> reports,
         File directory,
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/configuration/ExitCodeTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/configuration/ExitCodeTypeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..930451ea13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/blackduck/integration/detect/configuration/ExitCodeTypeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.blackduck.integration.detect.configuration;
+
+import com.blackduck.integration.detect.configuration.enumeration.ExitCodeType;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class ExitCodeTypeTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testUniquePriorities() {
+        Set<Double> priorities = new HashSet<>();
+        for (ExitCodeType exitCode : ExitCodeType.values()) {
+            assertTrue(priorities.add(exitCode.getPriority()),
+                "Duplicate priority found: " + exitCode.getPriority());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUniqueExitCodes() {
+        Set<Integer> exitCodes = new HashSet<>();
+        for (ExitCodeType exitCode : ExitCodeType.values()) {
+            assertTrue(exitCodes.add(exitCode.getExitCode()),
+                "Duplicate exit code found: " + exitCode.getExitCode());
+        }
+    }
+}