--- old/test/jtreg-ext/requires/VMProps.java	2016-05-26 15:30:13.301300098 +0300
+++ new/test/jtreg-ext/requires/VMProps.java	2016-05-26 15:30:13.245300101 +0300
@@ -52,10 +52,32 @@
         map.put("vm.flavor", vmFlavor());
         map.put("vm.compMode", vmCompMode());
         map.put("vm.bits", vmBits());
+        map.put("vm.arch", vmArch());
         dump(map);
         return map;
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * @return vm.arch value extracted from the "os.arch" property of tested JDK.
+     */
+    protected String vmArch() {
+        String arch = System.getProperty("os.arch");
+        if (arch.equals("x86_64") || arch.equals("amd64")) {
+            return "x64";
+        }
+        else if (arch.contains("86")) {
+            return "x86";
+        }
+        else if (arch.equals("aarch64")) {
+            return "arm64";
+        } else {
+            return arch;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+
     /**
      * @return VM type value extracted from the "java.vm.name" property.
      */