diff -r ec494183af7e -r 1d16b0f1060d hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/compilationPolicy.cpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/compilationPolicy.cpp	Fri Apr 11 11:33:00 2014 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/compilationPolicy.cpp	Mon Apr 14 08:24:28 2014 +0200
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
     // max(log2(8)-1,1) = 2 compiler threads on an 8-way machine.
     // May help big-app startup time.
     _compiler_count = MAX2(log2_intptr(os::active_processor_count())-1,1);
+    FLAG_SET_ERGO(intx, CICompilerCount, _compiler_count);
   } else {
     _compiler_count = CICompilerCount;
   }