--- old/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SharedStringsStress.java	2018-10-29 14:02:58.433739517 -0700
+++ new/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/appcds/sharedStrings/SharedStringsStress.java	2018-10-29 14:02:58.073725271 -0700
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
  * @modules jdk.jartool/sun.tools.jar
  * @build HelloString
  * @run driver SharedStringsStress
- * @run main/othervm -XX:+UseStringDeduplication SharedStringsStress
- * @run main/othervm -XX:-CompactStrings SharedStringsStress
+ * @run driver SharedStringsStress -XX:+UseStringDeduplication
+ * @run driver SharedStringsStress -XX:-CompactStrings
  */
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 public class SharedStringsStress {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        String vmOptionsPrefix[] = args;
         String appJar = JarBuilder.build("SharedStringsStress", "HelloString");
 
         String sharedArchiveConfigFile = System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + "SharedStringsStress_gen.txt";
@@ -58,9 +59,11 @@
         }
 
         OutputAnalyzer dumpOutput = TestCommon.dump(appJar, TestCommon.list("HelloString"),
-                                                    "-XX:SharedArchiveConfigFile=" + sharedArchiveConfigFile);
+            TestCommon.concat(vmOptionsPrefix,
+                "-XX:SharedArchiveConfigFile=" + sharedArchiveConfigFile));
         TestCommon.checkDump(dumpOutput);
-        OutputAnalyzer execOutput = TestCommon.exec(appJar, "HelloString");
+        OutputAnalyzer execOutput = TestCommon.exec(appJar,
+            TestCommon.concat(vmOptionsPrefix, "HelloString"));
         TestCommon.checkExec(execOutput);
     }
 }