diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Cudf.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Cudf.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d09e2f87ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/Cudf.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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 ai.rapids.cudf;
+
+public class Cudf {
+
+  static {
+    NativeDepsLoader.loadNativeDeps();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * cuDF copies that are smaller than the threshold will use a kernel to copy, instead
+   * of cudaMemcpyAsync.
+   */
+  public static native void setKernelPinnedCopyThreshold(long kernelPinnedCopyThreshold);
+
+  /**
+   * cudf allocations that are smaller than the threshold will use the pinned host
+   * memory resource.
+   */
+  public static native void setPinnedAllocationThreshold(long pinnedAllocationThreshold);
+}
diff --git a/java/src/main/native/src/CudfJni.cpp b/java/src/main/native/src/CudfJni.cpp
index 698a8f6ff02..2860dc2e4b2 100644
--- a/java/src/main/native/src/CudfJni.cpp
+++ b/java/src/main/native/src/CudfJni.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <cudf/copying.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
+#include <cudf/utilities/pinned_memory.hpp>
 
 #include <sstream>
 
@@ -201,4 +202,28 @@ JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_Cuda_isPtdsEnabled(JNIEnv* env, j
   return cudf::jni::is_ptds_enabled;
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_Cudf_setKernelPinnedCopyThreshold(JNIEnv* env,
+                                                                             jclass clazz,
+                                                                             jlong jthreshold)
+{
+  try {
+    cudf::jni::auto_set_device(env);
+    auto threshold = static_cast<std::size_t>(jthreshold);
+    cudf::set_kernel_pinned_copy_threshold(threshold);
+  }
+  CATCH_STD(env, )
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_Cudf_setPinnedAllocationThreshold(JNIEnv* env,
+                                                                             jclass clazz,
+                                                                             jlong jthreshold)
+{
+  try {
+    cudf::jni::auto_set_device(env);
+    auto threshold = static_cast<std::size_t>(jthreshold);
+    cudf::set_allocate_host_as_pinned_threshold(threshold);
+  }
+  CATCH_STD(env, )
+}
+
 }  // extern "C"