--- old/test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/ergonomics/TestInitialGCThreadLogging.java	2018-11-26 21:30:28.276886081 +0100
+++ new/test/hotspot/jtreg/gc/ergonomics/TestInitialGCThreadLogging.java	2018-11-26 21:30:28.124887422 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
     testInitialGCThreadLogging("UseG1GC", "GC Thread");
 
     testInitialGCThreadLogging("UseParallelGC", "ParGC Thread");
+
+    testInitialGCThreadLogging("UseShenandoahGC", "Shenandoah GC Thread");
   }
 
   private static void verifyDynamicNumberOfGCThreads(OutputAnalyzer output, String threadName) {
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@
 
   private static void testInitialGCThreadLogging(String gcFlag, String threadName) throws Exception {
     // UseDynamicNumberOfGCThreads and TraceDynamicGCThreads enabled
-    String[] baseArgs = {"-XX:+" + gcFlag, "-Xmx10M", "-XX:+UseDynamicNumberOfGCThreads", "-Xlog:gc+task=trace", "-version"};
+    String[] baseArgs = {"-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions", "-XX:+" + gcFlag, "-Xmx10M", "-XX:+UseDynamicNumberOfGCThreads", "-Xlog:gc+task=trace", "-version"};
 
     // Base test with gc and +UseDynamicNumberOfGCThreads:
     ProcessBuilder pb_enabled = ProcessTools.createJavaProcessBuilder(baseArgs);