--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	2017-03-21 13:43:34.170441574 +0000
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	2017-03-21 13:43:34.038432515 +0000
@@ -2932,6 +2932,10 @@
       if (res != JNI_OK) {
         return res;
       }
+    } else if (match_option(option, "--permit-illegal-access")) {
+      if (!create_property("jdk.module.permitIllegalAccess", "true", ExternalProperty)) {
+        return JNI_ENOMEM;
+      }
     // -agentlib and -agentpath
     } else if (match_option(option, "-agentlib:", &tail) ||
           (is_absolute_path = match_option(option, "-agentpath:", &tail))) {