diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java
index 3934e74f11b2d..4d0342b8db5d1 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/codegen/templates/VariableLengthVectors.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.lang.Override;
 
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.util.OversizedAllocationException;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.exception.OutOfMemoryException;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.vector.BaseDataValueVector;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.vector.BaseValueVector;
@@ -301,7 +302,18 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(final int valueCount) {
     allocationSizeInBytes = (int)size;
     offsetVector.setInitialCapacity(valueCount + 1);
   }
+  
 
+  @Override
+  public void setInitialCapacity(int valueCount, double density) {
+    long size = (long) (valueCount * density);
+    if (size > MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE) {
+      throw new OversizedAllocationException("Requested amount of memory is more than max allowed allocation size");
+    }
+    allocationSizeInBytes = (int)size;
+    offsetVector.setInitialCapacity(valueCount + 1);
+  }
+  
   @Override
   public void allocateNew() {
     if(!allocateNewSafe()){
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseNullableVariableWidthVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseNullableVariableWidthVector.java
index 0ff3959d4bf5c..fecbe9879eb77 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseNullableVariableWidthVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BaseNullableVariableWidthVector.java
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(int valueCount) {
    * @param valueCount desired number of elements in the vector
    * @param density average number of bytes per variable width element
    */
+  @Override
   public void setInitialCapacity(int valueCount, double density) {
     long size = (long) (valueCount * density);
     if (size > MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE) {
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/DensityAwareVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/DensityAwareVector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9544b23cefddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/DensityAwareVector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.arrow.vector;
+
+/**
+ * Vector that support density aware initial capacity settings.
+ */
+public interface DensityAwareVector {
+  /**
+   * Set value with density
+   * @param valueCount
+   * @param density
+   */
+  void setInitialCapacity(int valueCount, double density);
+
+}
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java
index 04c00b7c8349c..7182fa8476c9a 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/VariableWidthVector.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.arrow.vector;
 
-public interface VariableWidthVector extends ValueVector {
+public interface VariableWidthVector extends ValueVector, DensityAwareVector {
 
   /**
    * Allocate a new memory space for this vector.  Must be called prior to using the ValueVector.
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
index db0ff86df47a9..c777618fdfbcb 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/AbstractContainerVector.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.OutOfMemoryException;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.DensityAwareVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.types.Types.MinorType;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
  *
  * This class implements common functionality of composite vectors.
  */
-public abstract class AbstractContainerVector implements ValueVector {
+public abstract class AbstractContainerVector implements ValueVector, DensityAwareVector {
   static final org.slf4j.Logger logger = org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractContainerVector.class);
 
   protected final String name;
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
index 1cd9b718523ee..c4414871eb814 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/BaseRepeatedValueVector.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.AddOrGetResult;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.BaseValueVector;
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.DensityAwareVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.FieldVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.UInt4Vector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords) {
    *                This helps in tightly controlling the memory we provision
    *                for inner data vector.
    */
+  @Override
   public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords, double density) {
     if ((numRecords * density) >= 2_000_000_000) {
       throw new OversizedAllocationException("Requested amount of memory is more than max allowed");
@@ -178,7 +180,11 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords, double density) {
       innerValueCapacity = 1;
     }
 
-    vector.setInitialCapacity(innerValueCapacity);
+    if (vector instanceof DensityAwareVector) {
+      ((DensityAwareVector)vector).setInitialCapacity(innerValueCapacity, density);
+    } else {
+      vector.setInitialCapacity(innerValueCapacity);
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
index 8a46465253a4d..33698ca61a0a1 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/ListVector.java
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords) {
    *                This helps in tightly controlling the memory we provision
    *                for inner data vector.
    */
+  @Override
   public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords, double density) {
     validityAllocationSizeInBytes = getValidityBufferSizeFromCount(numRecords);
     super.setInitialCapacity(numRecords, density);
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java
index 6089a67924fe0..52395026939da 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/MapVector.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 
@@ -101,6 +100,17 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords) {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setInitialCapacity(int valueCount, double density) {
+    for (final ValueVector vector : (Iterable<ValueVector>) this) {
+      if (vector instanceof DensityAwareVector) {
+        ((DensityAwareVector)vector).setInitialCapacity(valueCount, density);
+      } else {
+        vector.setInitialCapacity(valueCount);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public int getBufferSize() {
     if (valueCount == 0 || size() == 0) {
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java
index 2709ab068c14f..c1880189712cf 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/NullableMapVector.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays;
@@ -348,6 +346,12 @@ public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords) {
     super.setInitialCapacity(numRecords);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setInitialCapacity(int numRecords, double density) {
+    validityAllocationSizeInBytes = BitVectorHelper.getValidityBufferSize(numRecords);
+    super.setInitialCapacity(numRecords, density);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean allocateNewSafe() {
     /* Boolean to keep track if all the memory allocations were successful
diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java
index 91147c663f248..e107430f0ae36 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/complex/RepeatedValueVector.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.arrow.vector.complex;
 
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.DensityAwareVector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.UInt4Vector;
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.ValueVector;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
  * Current design maintains data and offsets vectors. Each cell is stored in the data vector. Repeated vector
  * uses the offset vector to determine the sequence of cells pertaining to an individual value.
  */
-public interface RepeatedValueVector extends ValueVector {
+public interface RepeatedValueVector extends ValueVector, DensityAwareVector {
 
   final static int DEFAULT_REPEAT_PER_RECORD = 5;