--- a/nashorn/src/jdk.scripting.nashorn/share/classes/jdk/nashorn/internal/runtime/options/Options.java	Wed May 27 14:37:11 2015 +0300
+++ b/nashorn/src/jdk.scripting.nashorn/share/classes/jdk/nashorn/internal/runtime/options/Options.java	Wed May 27 22:18:51 2015 +0530
@@ -424,9 +424,17 @@
     public void process(final String[] args) {
         final LinkedList<String> argList = new LinkedList<>();
         addSystemProperties(NASHORN_ARGS_PREPEND_PROPERTY, argList);
+        processArgList(argList);
+        assert argList.isEmpty();
         Collections.addAll(argList, args);
+        processArgList(argList);
+        assert argList.isEmpty();
         addSystemProperties(NASHORN_ARGS_PROPERTY, argList);
+        processArgList(argList);
+        assert argList.isEmpty();
+    }
 
+    private void processArgList(final LinkedList<String> argList) {
         while (!argList.isEmpty()) {
             final String arg = argList.remove(0);
             Objects.requireNonNull(arg);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/nashorn/test/script/basic/JDK-8081156.js	Wed May 27 22:18:51 2015 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * JDK-8081156: jjs "nashorn.args" system property is not effective when script arguments are passed
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @fork
+ * @option -Dnashorn.args=-strict
+ * @argument foo
+ * @argument bar
+ * @run
+ */
+
+try {
+   x = 14;
+   throw new Error("should have thrown ReferenceError");
+} catch (e) {
+   if (! (e instanceof ReferenceError)) {
+       throw e;
+   }
+}
+
+Assert.assertTrue(arguments.length == 2);
+Assert.assertTrue(arguments[0] == "foo");
+Assert.assertTrue(arguments[1] == "bar");