diff --git a/src/java.base/share/native/libjava/Shutdown.c b/src/java.base/share/native/libjava/Shutdown.c
index f131a240f9..b8f1bd2eae 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/native/libjava/Shutdown.c
+++ b/src/java.base/share/native/libjava/Shutdown.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1999, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1999, 2018, 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
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 
 #include "java_lang_Shutdown.h"
 
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+Java_java_lang_Shutdown_beforeHalt(JNIEnv *env, jclass ignored)
+{
+    JVM_BeforeHalt();
+}
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
 Java_java_lang_Shutdown_halt0(JNIEnv *env, jclass ignored, jint code)