diff -r 4b4da1fb5091 -r 135bb8aa1e18 hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.hpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.hpp	Tue Jul 19 18:11:03 2016 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/jvmci/jvmciRuntime.hpp	Tue Jul 19 18:59:11 2016 +0000
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
   static Handle callStatic(const char* className, const char* methodName, const char* returnType, JavaCallArguments* args, TRAPS);
 
   /**
+   * Determines if the VM is sufficiently booted to initialize JVMCI.
+   */
+  static bool can_initialize_JVMCI();
+
+  /**
    * Trigger initialization of HotSpotJVMCIRuntime through JVMCI.getRuntime()
    */
   static void initialize_JVMCI(TRAPS);