--- a/jdk/src/java.management.rmi/share/classes/javax/management/remote/rmi/RMIConnector.java	Thu Feb 09 17:21:47 2017 +0000
+++ b/jdk/src/java.management.rmi/share/classes/javax/management/remote/rmi/RMIConnector.java	Fri Feb 10 09:04:39 2017 +0000
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@
 import sun.rmi.transport.LiveRef;
 import java.io.NotSerializableException;
 
+import static java.lang.module.ModuleDescriptor.Modifier.SYNTHETIC;
+
 /**
  * <p>A connection to a remote RMI connector.  Usually, such
  * connections are made using {@link
@@ -2020,8 +2023,14 @@
                 Module rmiModule = RemoteRef.class.getModule();
 
                 String pkg = packageOf(pRefClassName);
-                assert pkg != null && pkg.length() > 0 && !pkg.equals(packageOf(proxyRefCName));
-                Module m = Modules.defineModule(cl, "jdk.remoteref", Collections.singleton(pkg));
+                assert pkg != null && pkg.length() > 0 &&
+                        !pkg.equals(packageOf(proxyRefCName));
+
+                ModuleDescriptor descriptor =
+                    ModuleDescriptor.newModule("jdk.remoteref", Set.of(SYNTHETIC))
+                        .packages(Set.of(pkg))
+                        .build();
+                Module m = Modules.defineModule(cl, descriptor, null);
 
                 // jdk.remoteref needs to read to java.base and jmxModule
                 Modules.addReads(m, Object.class.getModule());