diff -r 7b146c5ebb18 -r 0675c0224a5a hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Mon Oct 07 12:20:28 2013 -0400
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Tue Oct 08 09:33:51 2013 +0100
@@ -3727,6 +3727,9 @@
   product(uintx, StringTableSize, defaultStringTableSize,                   \
           "Number of buckets in the interned String table")                 \
                                                                             \
+  experimental(uintx, SymbolTableSize, defaultSymbolTableSize,              \
+          "Number of buckets in the JVM internal Symbol table")             \
+                                                                            \
   develop(bool, TraceDefaultMethods, false,                                 \
           "Trace the default method processing steps")                      \
                                                                             \