diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8315dec..9431d62 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ enable_tap_tests
 with_blocksize
 with_segsize
 with_wal_blocksize
-with_wal_segsize
 with_CC
 enable_depend
 enable_cassert
@@ -1517,8 +1516,6 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-segsize=SEGSIZE  set table segment size in GB [1]
   --with-wal-blocksize=BLOCKSIZE
                           set WAL block size in kB [8]
-  --with-wal-segsize=SEGSIZE
-                          set WAL segment size in MB [16]
   --with-CC=CMD           set compiler (deprecated)
   --with-icu              build with ICU support
   --with-tcl              build Tcl modules (PL/Tcl)
@@ -3683,58 +3680,6 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 #define XLOG_BLCKSZ ${XLOG_BLCKSZ}
 _ACEOF
 
-
-#
-# WAL segment size
-#
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for WAL segment size" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for WAL segment size... " >&6; }
-
-
-
-# Check whether --with-wal-segsize was given.
-if test "${with_wal_segsize+set}" = set; then :
-  withval=$with_wal_segsize;
-  case $withval in
-    yes)
-      as_fn_error $? "argument required for --with-wal-segsize option" "$LINENO" 5
-      ;;
-    no)
-      as_fn_error $? "argument required for --with-wal-segsize option" "$LINENO" 5
-      ;;
-    *)
-      wal_segsize=$withval
-      ;;
-  esac
-
-else
-  wal_segsize=16
-fi
-
-
-case ${wal_segsize} in
-  1) ;;
-  2) ;;
-  4) ;;
-  8) ;;
- 16) ;;
- 32) ;;
- 64) ;;
- 128) ;;
- 256) ;;
- 512) ;;
- 1024) ;;
-  *) as_fn_error $? "Invalid WAL segment size. Allowed values are 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024." "$LINENO" 5
-esac
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: ${wal_segsize}MB" >&5
-$as_echo "${wal_segsize}MB" >&6; }
-
-
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define XLOG_SEG_SIZE (${wal_segsize} * 1024 * 1024)
-_ACEOF
-
-
 #
 # C compiler
 #
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 11eb9c8..693c569 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -344,37 +344,6 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([XLOG_BLCKSZ], ${XLOG_BLCKSZ}, [
 ])
 
 #
-# WAL segment size
-#
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for WAL segment size])
-PGAC_ARG_REQ(with, wal-segsize, [SEGSIZE], [set WAL segment size in MB [16]],
-             [wal_segsize=$withval],
-             [wal_segsize=16])
-case ${wal_segsize} in
-  1) ;;
-  2) ;;
-  4) ;;
-  8) ;;
- 16) ;;
- 32) ;;
- 64) ;;
- 128) ;;
- 256) ;;
- 512) ;;
- 1024) ;;
-  *) AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid WAL segment size. Allowed values are 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512,1024.])
-esac
-AC_MSG_RESULT([${wal_segsize}MB])
-
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([XLOG_SEG_SIZE], [(${wal_segsize} * 1024 * 1024)], [
- XLOG_SEG_SIZE is the size of a single WAL file.  This must be a power of 2
- and larger than XLOG_BLCKSZ (preferably, a great deal larger than
- XLOG_BLCKSZ).
-
- Changing XLOG_SEG_SIZE requires an initdb.
-])
-
-#
 # C compiler
 #
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index 7820de9..cb53c03 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ tar -cf backup.tar /usr/local/pgsql/data
     produces an indefinitely long sequence of WAL records.  The system
     physically divides this sequence into WAL <firstterm>segment
     files</>, which are normally 16MB apiece (although the segment size
-    can be altered when building <productname>PostgreSQL</>).  The segment
+    can be altered during <application>initdb</>).  The segment
     files are given numeric names that reflect their position in the
     abstract WAL sequence.  When not using WAL archiving, the system
     normally creates just a few segment files and then
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index becf868..f802f39 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1042,20 +1042,6 @@ su - postgres
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
-       <term><option>--with-wal-segsize=<replaceable>SEGSIZE</replaceable></option></term>
-       <listitem>
-        <para>
-         Set the <firstterm>WAL segment size</>, in megabytes.  This is
-         the size of each individual file in the WAL log.  It may be useful
-         to adjust this size to control the granularity of WAL log shipping.
-         The default size is 16 megabytes.
-         The value must be a power of 2 between 1 and 1024 (megabytes).
-         Note that changing this value requires an initdb.
-        </para>
-       </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
-      <varlistentry>
        <term><option>--with-wal-blocksize=<replaceable>BLOCKSIZE</replaceable></option></term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index 6efb2e4..732feca 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -316,6 +316,21 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry>
+       <term><option>--wal-segsize=<replaceable>SEGSIZE</replaceable></option></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+         Set the <firstterm>WAL segment size</>, in megabytes.  This is
+         the size of each individual file in the WAL log.  It may be useful
+         to adjust this size to control the granularity of WAL log shipping.
+         This option can only be set during initialization, and cannot be
+         changed later.
+         The default size is 16 megabytes.
+         The value must be a power of 2 between 1 and 1024 (megabytes).
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-X <replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></term>
       <term><option>--waldir=<replaceable class="parameter">directory</replaceable></option></term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index 940c37b..58c13d3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -752,13 +752,12 @@
    <acronym>WAL</acronym> logs are stored in the directory
    <filename>pg_wal</filename> under the data directory, as a set of
    segment files, normally each 16 MB in size (but the size can be changed
-   by altering the <option>--with-wal-segsize</> configure option when
-   building the server).  Each segment is divided into pages, normally
-   8 kB each (this size can be changed via the <option>--with-wal-blocksize</>
-   configure option).  The log record headers are described in
-   <filename>access/xlogrecord.h</filename>; the record content is dependent
-   on the type of event that is being logged.  Segment files are given
-   ever-increasing numbers as names, starting at
+   by altering the <option>--wal-segsize</> initdb option).  Each segment is
+   divided into pages, normally 8 kB each (this size can be changed via the
+   <option>--with-wal-blocksize</> configure option).  The log record headers
+   are described in <filename>access/xlogrecord.h</filename>; the record content
+   is dependent on the type of event that is being logged.  Segment files are
+   given ever-increasing numbers as names, starting at
    <filename>000000010000000000000000</filename>.  The numbers do not wrap,
    but it will take a very, very long time to exhaust the
    available stock of numbers.
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index bcf19fa..963f3a2 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ extern uint32 bootstrap_data_checksum_version;
 
 
 /* User-settable parameters */
+int			wal_segment_size = DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE / XLOG_BLCKSZ;
 int			max_wal_size_mb = 1024; /* 1 GB */
 int			min_wal_size_mb = 80;	/* 80 MB */
 int			wal_keep_segments = 0;
@@ -110,8 +111,6 @@ int			wal_retrieve_retry_interval = 5000;
 bool		XLOG_DEBUG = false;
 #endif
 
-uint32		XLogSegSize = XLOG_SEG_SIZE;
-
 /*
  * Number of WAL insertion locks to use. A higher value allows more insertions
  * to happen concurrently, but adds some CPU overhead to flushing the WAL,
@@ -733,14 +732,16 @@ static ControlFileData *ControlFile = NULL;
 	(((recptr) / XLOG_BLCKSZ) % (XLogCtl->XLogCacheBlck + 1))
 
 /*
- * These are the number of bytes in a WAL page and segment usable for WAL data.
+ * These are the number of bytes in a WAL page usable for WAL data.
  */
 #define UsableBytesInPage (XLOG_BLCKSZ - SizeOfXLogShortPHD)
-#define UsableBytesInSegment ((XLOG_SEG_SIZE / XLOG_BLCKSZ) * UsableBytesInPage - (SizeOfXLogLongPHD - SizeOfXLogShortPHD))
 
 /* Convert min_wal_size_mb and max wal_size_mb to equivalent segment count */
 #define ConvertToXSegs(x)	\
-	(x / (XLOG_SEG_SIZE / (1024 * 1024)))
+	(x / (wal_segment_size * XLOG_BLCKSZ/ (1024 * 1024)))
+
+/* The number of bytes in a WAL segment usable for WAL data. */
+static int	UsableBytesInSegment;
 
 /*
  * Private, possibly out-of-date copy of shared LogwrtResult.
@@ -4463,6 +4464,8 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 {
 	pg_crc32c	crc;
 	int			fd;
+	uint32		wal_segsz;
+	static char wal_segsz_str[20];
 
 	/*
 	 * Read data...
@@ -4565,13 +4568,6 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 						   " but the server was compiled with XLOG_BLCKSZ %d.",
 						   ControlFile->xlog_blcksz, XLOG_BLCKSZ),
 				 errhint("It looks like you need to recompile or initdb.")));
-	if (ControlFile->xlog_seg_size != XLOG_SEG_SIZE)
-		ereport(FATAL,
-				(errmsg("database files are incompatible with server"),
-				 errdetail("The database cluster was initialized with XLOG_SEG_SIZE %d,"
-						   " but the server was compiled with XLOG_SEG_SIZE %d.",
-						   ControlFile->xlog_seg_size, XLOG_SEG_SIZE),
-				 errhint("It looks like you need to recompile or initdb.")));
 	if (ControlFile->nameDataLen != NAMEDATALEN)
 		ereport(FATAL,
 				(errmsg("database files are incompatible with server"),
@@ -4633,6 +4629,33 @@ ReadControlFile(void)
 				 errhint("It looks like you need to recompile or initdb.")));
 #endif
 
+	XLogSegSize = ControlFile->xlog_seg_size;
+
+	if (!IsValidXLogSegSize(XLogSegSize))
+		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+						errmsg("WAL segment size must be a power of two between 1MB and 1GB, but the control file specifies %d bytes",
+							   XLogSegSize)));
+
+	/* set wal_segment_size */
+	wal_segsz = XLogSegSize / XLOG_BLCKSZ;
+	snprintf(wal_segsz_str, sizeof(wal_segsz_str), "%d", wal_segsz);
+	SetConfigOption("wal_segment_size", wal_segsz_str, PGC_INTERNAL,
+					PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
+
+	/* check and update variables dependent on XLogSegSize */
+	if (ConvertToXSegs(min_wal_size_mb) < 2)
+		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+						errmsg("\"min_wal_size\" must be at least twice \"wal_segment_size\".")));
+
+	if (ConvertToXSegs(max_wal_size_mb) < 2)
+		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+						errmsg("\"max_wal_size\" must be at least twice \"wal_segment_size\".")));
+
+	UsableBytesInSegment = (wal_segment_size * UsableBytesInPage) -
+		(SizeOfXLogLongPHD - SizeOfXLogShortPHD);
+
+	CalculateCheckpointSegments();
+
 	/* Make the initdb settings visible as GUC variables, too */
 	SetConfigOption("data_checksums", DataChecksumsEnabled() ? "yes" : "no",
 					PGC_INTERNAL, PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
@@ -4753,8 +4776,8 @@ XLOGChooseNumBuffers(void)
 	int			xbuffers;
 
 	xbuffers = NBuffers / 32;
-	if (xbuffers > XLOG_SEG_SIZE / XLOG_BLCKSZ)
-		xbuffers = XLOG_SEG_SIZE / XLOG_BLCKSZ;
+	if (xbuffers > wal_segment_size)
+		xbuffers = wal_segment_size;
 	if (xbuffers < 8)
 		xbuffers = 8;
 	return xbuffers;
@@ -4813,6 +4836,18 @@ XLOGShmemSize(void)
 	{
 		char		buf[32];
 
+		/*
+		 * The calculation of XLOGbuffers requires the run-time parameter
+		 * XLogSegSize which is set from the control file. This value is
+		 * required to create the shared memory segment. Hence, temporarily
+		 * allocate space for reading the control file.
+		 */
+		if (!IsBootstrapProcessingMode())
+		{
+			ControlFile = palloc(sizeof(ControlFileData));
+			ReadControlFile();
+			pfree(ControlFile);
+		}
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", XLOGChooseNumBuffers());
 		SetConfigOption("wal_buffers", buf, PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_OVERRIDE);
 	}
@@ -8146,6 +8181,9 @@ InitXLOGAccess(void)
 	ThisTimeLineID = XLogCtl->ThisTimeLineID;
 	Assert(ThisTimeLineID != 0 || IsBootstrapProcessingMode());
 
+	/* set XLogSegSize */
+	XLogSegSize = ControlFile->xlog_seg_size;
+
 	/* Use GetRedoRecPtr to copy the RedoRecPtr safely */
 	(void) GetRedoRecPtr();
 	/* Also update our copy of doPageWrites. */
diff --git a/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c b/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c
index b3f0b3c..d2c524b 100644
--- a/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c
+++ b/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
+#include "access/xlog_internal.h"
 #include "bootstrap/bootstrap.h"
 #include "catalog/index.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_collation.h"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "utils/tqual.h"
 
 uint32		bootstrap_data_checksum_version = 0;	/* No checksum */
+uint32		XLogSegSize;
 
 
 #define ALLOC(t, c) \
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ AuxiliaryProcessMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* If no -x argument, we are a CheckerProcess */
 	MyAuxProcType = CheckerProcess;
 
-	while ((flag = getopt(argc, argv, "B:c:d:D:Fkr:x:-:")) != -1)
+	while ((flag = getopt(argc, argv, "B:c:d:D:Fkr:x:X:-:")) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (flag)
 		{
@@ -257,6 +259,13 @@ AuxiliaryProcessMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 			case 'x':
 				MyAuxProcType = atoi(optarg);
 				break;
+			case 'X':
+				XLogSegSize = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0);
+				if (!IsValidXLogSegSize(XLogSegSize))
+					ereport(ERROR,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+							 errmsg("-X requires a power of 2 value between 1MB and 1GB")));
+				break;
 			case 'c':
 			case '-':
 				{
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 82e54c0..1d8b459 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -514,7 +514,6 @@ static int	block_size;
 static int	segment_size;
 static int	wal_block_size;
 static bool data_checksums;
-static int	wal_segment_size;
 static bool integer_datetimes;
 static bool assert_enabled;
 
@@ -714,9 +713,6 @@ typedef struct
 #if XLOG_BLCKSZ < 1024 || XLOG_BLCKSZ > (1024*1024)
 #error XLOG_BLCKSZ must be between 1KB and 1MB
 #endif
-#if XLOG_SEG_SIZE < (1024*1024) || XLOG_SEG_SIZE > (1024*1024*1024)
-#error XLOG_SEG_SIZE must be between 1MB and 1GB
-#endif
 
 static const char *memory_units_hint = gettext_noop("Valid units for this parameter are \"kB\", \"MB\", \"GB\", and \"TB\".");
 
@@ -2259,7 +2255,8 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 			GUC_UNIT_MB
 		},
 		&min_wal_size_mb,
-		5 * (XLOG_SEG_SIZE / (1024 * 1024)), 2, MAX_KILOBYTES,
+		DEFAULT_MIN_WAL_SEGS * (DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE / (1024 * 1024)),
+		2, MAX_KILOBYTES,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
@@ -2270,7 +2267,8 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 			GUC_UNIT_MB
 		},
 		&max_wal_size_mb,
-		64 * (XLOG_SEG_SIZE / (1024 * 1024)), 2, MAX_KILOBYTES,
+		DEFAULT_MAX_WAL_SEGS * (DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE / (1024 * 1024)),
+		2, MAX_KILOBYTES,
 		NULL, assign_max_wal_size, NULL
 	},
 
@@ -2637,9 +2635,9 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 			GUC_UNIT_XBLOCKS | GUC_NOT_IN_SAMPLE | GUC_DISALLOW_IN_FILE
 		},
 		&wal_segment_size,
-		(XLOG_SEG_SIZE / XLOG_BLCKSZ),
-		(XLOG_SEG_SIZE / XLOG_BLCKSZ),
-		(XLOG_SEG_SIZE / XLOG_BLCKSZ),
+		DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE / XLOG_BLCKSZ,
+		XLogSegMinSize / XLOG_BLCKSZ,
+		XLogSegMaxSize / XLOG_BLCKSZ,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 2b1ebb7..7702a9c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 
 #max_wal_senders = 10		# max number of walsender processes
 				# (change requires restart)
-#wal_keep_segments = 0		# in logfile segments, 16MB each; 0 disables
+#wal_keep_segments = 0		# in logfile segments; 0 disables
 #wal_sender_timeout = 60s	# in milliseconds; 0 disables
 
 #max_replication_slots = 10	# max number of replication slots
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index 7303bbe..b241568 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <math.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "sys/mman.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "access/xlog_internal.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_authid.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_class.h"
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ static bool sync_only = false;
 static bool show_setting = false;
 static bool data_checksums = false;
 static char *xlog_dir = "";
+static char *str_wal_segment_size = "";
+static int  wal_segment_size;
 
 
 /* internal vars */
@@ -1000,6 +1004,30 @@ test_config_settings(void)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Calculate the default wal_size in proper unit.
+ */
+static char *
+pretty_wal_size(int segment_count)
+{
+	double		val = wal_segment_size / (1024 * 1024) * segment_count;
+	double		temp_val;
+	char	   *result = malloc(10);
+
+	/*
+	 * Wal segment size ranges from 1MB to 1GB and the default
+	 * segment_count is 5 for min_wal_size and 64 for max_wal_size, so the
+	 * final values can range from 5MB to 64GB.
+	 */
+	temp_val = val / 1024;
+	if (ceilf(temp_val) == temp_val)
+		snprintf(result, 10, "%dGB", (int) temp_val);
+	else
+		snprintf(result, 10, "%dMB", (int) val);
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+/*
  * set up all the config files
  */
 static void
@@ -1043,6 +1071,15 @@ setup_config(void)
 	conflines = replace_token(conflines, "#port = 5432", repltok);
 #endif
 
+	/* set default max_wal_size and min_wal_size */
+	snprintf(repltok, sizeof(repltok), "min_wal_size = %s",
+			 pretty_wal_size(DEFAULT_MIN_WAL_SEGS));
+	conflines = replace_token(conflines, "#min_wal_size = 80MB", repltok);
+
+	snprintf(repltok, sizeof(repltok), "max_wal_size = %s",
+			 pretty_wal_size(DEFAULT_MAX_WAL_SEGS));
+	conflines = replace_token(conflines, "#max_wal_size = 1GB", repltok);
+
 	snprintf(repltok, sizeof(repltok), "lc_messages = '%s'",
 			 escape_quotes(lc_messages));
 	conflines = replace_token(conflines, "#lc_messages = 'C'", repltok);
@@ -1356,8 +1393,9 @@ bootstrap_template1(void)
 	unsetenv("PGCLIENTENCODING");
 
 	snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
-			 "\"%s\" --boot -x1 %s %s %s",
+			 "\"%s\" --boot -x1 -X %u %s %s %s",
 			 backend_exec,
+			 wal_segment_size,
 			 data_checksums ? "-k" : "",
 			 boot_options, talkargs);
 
@@ -2291,6 +2329,7 @@ usage(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  -U, --username=NAME       database superuser name\n"));
 	printf(_("  -W, --pwprompt            prompt for a password for the new superuser\n"));
 	printf(_("  -X, --waldir=WALDIR       location for the write-ahead log directory\n"));
+	printf(_("      --wal-segsize=SIZE    size of wal segment size\n"));
 	printf(_("\nLess commonly used options:\n"));
 	printf(_("  -d, --debug               generate lots of debugging output\n"));
 	printf(_("  -k, --data-checksums      use data page checksums\n"));
@@ -2985,6 +3024,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{"no-sync", no_argument, NULL, 'N'},
 		{"sync-only", no_argument, NULL, 'S'},
 		{"waldir", required_argument, NULL, 'X'},
+		{"wal-segsize", required_argument, NULL, 12},
 		{"data-checksums", no_argument, NULL, 'k'},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
@@ -3118,6 +3158,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			case 'X':
 				xlog_dir = pg_strdup(optarg);
 				break;
+			case 12:
+				str_wal_segment_size = pg_strdup(optarg);
+				break;
 			default:
 				/* getopt_long already emitted a complaint */
 				fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"),
@@ -3180,6 +3223,30 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	check_need_password(authmethodlocal, authmethodhost);
 
+	/* set wal segment size */
+	if (str_wal_segment_size == NULL || !strlen(str_wal_segment_size))
+		wal_segment_size = DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE;
+	else
+	{
+		char	   *endptr;
+
+		/* check that the argument is a number */
+		wal_segment_size = strtol(str_wal_segment_size, &endptr, 10);
+
+		/* verify that wal segment size is valid */
+		if (*endptr != '\0' ||
+			!IsValidXLogSegSize(wal_segment_size * 1024 * 1024))
+		{
+			fprintf(stderr,
+					_("%s: --wal-segsize must be a power of two between 1 and 1024\n"),
+					progname);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+
+		/* convert to bytes */
+		wal_segment_size = wal_segment_size * 1024 * 1024;
+	}
+
 	get_restricted_token(progname);
 
 	setup_pgdata();
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_resetwal/pg_resetwal.c b/src/bin/pg_resetwal/pg_resetwal.c
index 28be212..605cfc1 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_resetwal/pg_resetwal.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_resetwal/pg_resetwal.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ GuessControlValues(void)
 	ControlFile.blcksz = BLCKSZ;
 	ControlFile.relseg_size = RELSEG_SIZE;
 	ControlFile.xlog_blcksz = XLOG_BLCKSZ;
-	ControlFile.xlog_seg_size = XLOG_SEG_SIZE;
+	ControlFile.xlog_seg_size = DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE;
 	ControlFile.nameDataLen = NAMEDATALEN;
 	ControlFile.indexMaxKeys = INDEX_MAX_KEYS;
 	ControlFile.toast_max_chunk_size = TOAST_MAX_CHUNK_SIZE;
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c b/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
index 266b2b6..dccb702 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static const char *progname;
 
 static int	secs_per_test = 5;
 static int	needs_unlink = 0;
-static char full_buf[XLOG_SEG_SIZE],
+static char full_buf[DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE],
 		   *buf,
 		   *filename = FSYNC_FILENAME;
 static struct timeval start_t,
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ prepare_buf(void)
 	int			ops;
 
 	/* write random data into buffer */
-	for (ops = 0; ops < XLOG_SEG_SIZE; ops++)
+	for (ops = 0; ops < DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE; ops++)
 		full_buf[ops] = random();
 
 	buf = (char *) TYPEALIGN(XLOG_BLCKSZ, full_buf);
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ test_open(void)
 	if ((tmpfile = open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR)) == -1)
 		die("could not open output file");
 	needs_unlink = 1;
-	if (write(tmpfile, full_buf, XLOG_SEG_SIZE) != XLOG_SEG_SIZE)
+	if (write(tmpfile, full_buf, DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE) != DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE)
 		die("write failed");
 
 	/* fsync now so that dirty buffers don't skew later tests */
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog.h b/src/include/access/xlog.h
index 66bfb77..c1a5737 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT XLogRecPtr XactLastCommitEnd;
 extern bool reachedConsistency;
 
 /* these variables are GUC parameters related to XLOG */
+extern int	wal_segment_size;
 extern int	min_wal_size_mb;
 extern int	max_wal_size_mb;
 extern int	wal_keep_segments;
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlog_internal.h b/src/include/access/xlog_internal.h
index 9c0039c..c805f12 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlog_internal.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlog_internal.h
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ typedef XLogLongPageHeaderData *XLogLongPageHeader;
  */
 
 extern uint32 XLogSegSize;
+#define XLOG_SEG_SIZE XLogSegSize
+
+/* default number of min and max wal segments */
+#define DEFAULT_MIN_WAL_SEGS 5
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_WAL_SEGS 64
 
 /* XLogSegSize can range from 1MB to 1GB */
 #define XLogSegMinSize 1024 * 1024
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config.h.in b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
index 7a05c7e..d0c1633 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/pg_config.h.in
@@ -902,13 +902,6 @@
    */
 #undef XLOG_BLCKSZ
 
-/* XLOG_SEG_SIZE is the size of a single WAL file. This must be a power of 2
-   and larger than XLOG_BLCKSZ (preferably, a great deal larger than
-   XLOG_BLCKSZ). Changing XLOG_SEG_SIZE requires an initdb. */
-#undef XLOG_SEG_SIZE
-
-
-
 /* Number of bits in a file offset, on hosts where this is settable. */
 #undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
 
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config_manual.h b/src/include/pg_config_manual.h
index f3b3529..f31c30e 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config_manual.h
+++ b/src/include/pg_config_manual.h
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
  */
 
 /*
+ * This is default value for WAL_segment_size to be used at intidb when run
+ * without --walsegsize option.
+ */
+#define DEFAULT_XLOG_SEG_SIZE	(16*1024*1024)
+
+/*
  * Maximum length for identifiers (e.g. table names, column names,
  * function names).  Names actually are limited to one less byte than this,
  * because the length must include a trailing zero byte.
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
index fc71ebe..3509286 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ s{PG_VERSION_STR "[^"]+"}{PG_VERSION_STR "PostgreSQL $self->{strver}$extraver, c
 		  1024, "\n";
 		print $o "#define XLOG_BLCKSZ ",
 		  1024 * $self->{options}->{wal_blocksize}, "\n";
-		print $o "#define XLOG_SEG_SIZE (", $self->{options}->{wal_segsize},
-		  " * 1024 * 1024)\n";
 
 		if ($self->{options}->{float4byval})
 		{