diff -r 2c3cc4b01880 -r c16ac7a2eba4 src/hotspot/share/jfr/periodic/sampling/jfrThreadSampler.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/periodic/sampling/jfrThreadSampler.cpp	Wed Oct 30 16:14:56 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/periodic/sampling/jfrThreadSampler.cpp	Wed Oct 30 19:43:52 2019 +0100
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "jfr/recorder/service/jfrOptionSet.hpp"
 #include "jfr/recorder/stacktrace/jfrStackTraceRepository.hpp"
 #include "jfr/support/jfrThreadId.hpp"
+#include "jfr/support/jfrThreadLocal.hpp"
 #include "jfr/utilities/jfrTime.hpp"
 #include "logging/log.hpp"
 #include "runtime/frame.inline.hpp"
@@ -352,9 +353,14 @@
   }
 }
 
+static bool is_excluded(JavaThread* thread) {
+  assert(thread != NULL, "invariant");
+  return thread->is_hidden_from_external_view() || thread->in_deopt_handler() || thread->jfr_thread_local()->is_excluded();
+}
+
 bool JfrThreadSampleClosure::do_sample_thread(JavaThread* thread, JfrStackFrame* frames, u4 max_frames, JfrSampleType type) {
   assert(Threads_lock->owned_by_self(), "Holding the thread table lock.");
-  if (thread->is_hidden_from_external_view() || thread->in_deopt_handler()) {
+  if (is_excluded(thread)) {
     return false;
   }