--- old/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h	2015-06-23 14:27:55.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.h	2015-06-23 14:27:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -571,6 +571,52 @@
 JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
 JVM_SupportsCX8(void);
 
+/*
+ * jdk.internal.jimage
+ * WARNING: This API is experimental and temporary during JDK 9 development
+ * cycle. It will not be supported in the eventual JDK 9 release.
+ */
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+JVM_ImageOpen(JNIEnv *env, const char *nativePath, jboolean big_endian);
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
+JVM_ImageClose(JNIEnv *env, jlong id);
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+JVM_ImageGetIndexAddress(JNIEnv *env, jlong id);
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+JVM_ImageGetDataAddress(JNIEnv *env,jlong id);
+
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+JVM_ImageRead(JNIEnv *env, jlong id, jlong offset,
+            unsigned char* uncompressedAddress, jlong uncompressed_size);
+
+
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+JVM_ImageReadCompressed(JNIEnv *env, jlong id, jlong offset,
+            unsigned char* compressedBuffer, jlong compressed_size,
+            unsigned char* uncompressedBuffer, jlong uncompressed_size);
+
+JNIEXPORT const char* JNICALL
+JVM_ImageGetStringBytes(JNIEnv *env, jlong id, jint offset);
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong* JNICALL
+JVM_ImageGetAttributes(JNIEnv *env, jlong* rawAttributes, jlong id, jint offset);
+
+JNIEXPORT jsize JNICALL
+JVM_ImageGetAttributesCount(JNIEnv *env);
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong* JNICALL
+JVM_ImageFindAttributes(JNIEnv *env, jlong* rawAttributes, jbyte* rawBytes, jsize size, jlong id);
+
+JNIEXPORT jint* JNICALL
+JVM_ImageAttributeOffsets(JNIEnv *env, jint* rawOffsets, unsigned int length, jlong id);
+
+JNIEXPORT unsigned int JNICALL
+JVM_ImageAttributeOffsetsLength(JNIEnv *env, jlong id);
+
 /*************************************************************************
  PART 2: Support for the Verifier and Class File Format Checker
  ************************************************************************/