--- /dev/null	2017-11-09 09:38:01.297999907 +0100
+++ new/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/jcmd/TestJcmdConfigure.java	2018-04-09 18:37:32.454394644 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.jcmd;
+
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.jfr.internal.Options;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary The test verifies JFR.configure command
+ * @key jfr
+ * @library /test/lib /test/jdk
+ * @modules jdk.jfr/jdk.jfr.internal
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.jcmd.TestJcmdConfigure
+ */
+public class TestJcmdConfigure {
+
+    private static final String DUMPPATH = "dumppath";
+    private static final String STACK_DEPTH = "stackdepth";
+    private static final String GLOBAL_BUFFER_COUNT = "globalbuffercount";
+    private static final String GLOBAL_BUFFER_SIZE = "globalbuffersize";
+    private static final String THREAD_BUFFER_SIZE = "thread_buffer_size";
+    private static final String MAX_CHUNK_SIZE = "maxchunksize";
+    private static final String SAMPLE_THREADS = "samplethreads";
+    private static final String UNSUPPORTED_OPTION = "unsupportedoption";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        //
+        // Simple sanity tests against what is available in Java,
+        // before Flight Recorder is loaded. To do:
+        //
+        // - set values when JFR is running, check for errors.
+        // - validate against output from JFR.configure
+        // - where feasible, check if they are respected
+        //
+
+        String dumpPath = Files.createTempDirectory("dump-path").toAbsolutePath().toString();
+
+        test(DUMPPATH, dumpPath);
+        test(STACK_DEPTH, 15);
+        test(GLOBAL_BUFFER_COUNT, 7);
+        test(GLOBAL_BUFFER_SIZE, 6);
+        test(THREAD_BUFFER_SIZE, 5);
+        test(MAX_CHUNK_SIZE, 14 * 1000 * 1000);
+        test(SAMPLE_THREADS, false);
+        test(SAMPLE_THREADS, true);
+        testNegative(UNSUPPORTED_OPTION, 100000);
+        testNegative(MAX_CHUNK_SIZE, -500);
+
+        if (!testExceptions.isEmpty()) {
+            for (Exception e : testExceptions) {
+                System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+            throw testExceptions.get(0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static List<Exception> testExceptions = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private static void test(String configName, Object value) {
+        JcmdHelper.jcmd("JFR.configure", configName + "=" + value);
+        Object actualValue = getOption(configName);
+        System.out.format("Test param='%s', expected='%s', actual='%s'%n", configName, value, actualValue);
+        try {
+            // Need convert to string to compare Integer and Long
+            Asserts.assertEquals(value.toString(), actualValue.toString(), "Wrong JFR.configure " + configName);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            testExceptions.add(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testNegative(String configName, Object value) {
+        try {
+            // Syntactically invalid arguments are catched by the JCMD framework where an error code of 1 is returned.
+            // Syntactically valid arguments that are semantically invalid (invalid value ranges for example) are handled by JFR code, it will always return a value of 0.
+            JcmdHelper.jcmd(configName.equals(UNSUPPORTED_OPTION) ? 1 : 0, "JFR.configure", configName + "=" + value);
+        } catch(Exception e) {
+            testExceptions.add(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Object getOption(String name) {
+        switch (name) {
+            case DUMPPATH: return Options.getDumpPath().toString();
+            case STACK_DEPTH: return Options.getStackDepth();
+            case GLOBAL_BUFFER_COUNT: return Options.getGlobalBufferCount();
+            case GLOBAL_BUFFER_SIZE: return Options.getGlobalBufferSize();
+            case THREAD_BUFFER_SIZE: return Options.getThreadBufferSize();
+            case MAX_CHUNK_SIZE: return Options.getMaxChunkSize();
+            case SAMPLE_THREADS: return Options.getSampleThreads();
+            default: throw new RuntimeException("Unknown option " + name);
+        }
+    }
+}