--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Oct 13 08:00:10 2016 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Oct 13 15:57:24 2016 -0400
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@
   { "UseAltSigs",                    JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(9), JDK_Version::jdk(10) },
   { "SegmentedHeapDumpThreshold",    JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(9), JDK_Version::jdk(10) },
   { "PrintOopAddress",               JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(9), JDK_Version::jdk(10) },
+  { "PermSize",                      JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::jdk(10) },
+  { "MaxPermSize",                   JDK_Version::undefined(), JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::jdk(10) },
 
 #ifdef TEST_VERIFY_SPECIAL_JVM_FLAGS
   { "dep > obs",                    JDK_Version::jdk(9), JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::undefined() },

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/hotspot/test/runtime/CommandLine/PermGenFlagsTest.java	Thu Oct 13 15:57:24 2016 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.    See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8167446
+ * @summary Commandline options PermSize and MaxPermSize should be recognized but ignored.
+ * @library /test/lib
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ *          java.management
+ * @run driver PermGenFlagsTest
+ */
+
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+public class PermGenFlagsTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-XX:PermSize=22k",
+                                                                  "-version");
+        OutputAnalyzer output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldContain("Ignoring option PermSize; support was removed in 8.0");
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+
+        pb = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder("-XX:MaxPermSize=22k",
+                                                   "-version");
+        output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+        output.shouldContain("Ignoring option MaxPermSize; support was removed in 8.0");
+        output.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+    }
+}