diff --git a/make/Defs-internal.gmk b/make/Defs-internal.gmk
index bc3f32bbd5d7bd7f0b7521429cdd3bf0306c191c..6afea7062a6738cf0173880fc5325bba02555fa4 100644
--- a/make/Defs-internal.gmk
+++ b/make/Defs-internal.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1995, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1995, 2012, 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
@@ -354,3 +354,12 @@ ifdef ANT_HOME
   COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ANT_HOME="$(ANT_HOME)"
 endif
 
+# When all repos support FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS and ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES,
+# then these can be set here:
+#ifdef FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS
+#  COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=$(FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS)
+#endif
+#
+#ifdef ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES
+#  COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES="$(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES)"
+#endif
diff --git a/make/hotspot-rules.gmk b/make/hotspot-rules.gmk
index 437f05d38f17d8c799cacc0a556c4f8d5d48383d..4271210ee7424b3ca6cb7e0a9bb13d90f427a73f 100644
--- a/make/hotspot-rules.gmk
+++ b/make/hotspot-rules.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, 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
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(DEBUG_NAME), fastdebug)
   HOTSPOT_TARGET = all_fastdebug
 endif
+BUILD_FLAVOR=$(HOTSPOT_TARGET:all_%=%)
 
 ifeq ($(ZERO_BUILD), true)
   ifeq ($(SHARK_BUILD), true)
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ endif
 HOTSPOT_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += $(COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS)
 HOTSPOT_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ALT_OUTPUTDIR=$(HOTSPOT_OUTPUTDIR)
 HOTSPOT_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ALT_EXPORT_PATH=$(HOTSPOT_EXPORT_PATH)
+HOTSPOT_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += BUILD_FLAVOR=$(BUILD_FLAVOR)
 
 # Why do these need to be passed in? Because of windows nmake? and MAKEFLAGS=?
 #   Or is there something wrong with hotspot/make/Makefile?
@@ -93,6 +95,16 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_LANGTOOLS), true)
   HOTSPOT_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ALT_LANGTOOLS_DIST=$(ABS_LANGTOOLS_DIST)
 endif
 
+# Move to COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS when all repos support
+# FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS and ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES:
+ifdef FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS
+  HOTSPOT_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=$(FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS)
+endif
+
+ifdef ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES
+  HOTSPOT_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES="$(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES)"
+endif
+
 hotspot-build::
 	$(MKDIR) -p $(HOTSPOT_OUTPUTDIR)
 	$(MKDIR) -p $(HOTSPOT_EXPORT_PATH)
diff --git a/make/jdk-rules.gmk b/make/jdk-rules.gmk
index 35d78904bf2c9435864e1862a91546fd234c5728..42ba6adf627f20e6c297c7d68f92431e78e8bc1e 100644
--- a/make/jdk-rules.gmk
+++ b/make/jdk-rules.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2001, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2001, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ endif
 JDK_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += \
         BUILD_HOTSPOT=$(BUILD_HOTSPOT)
 
+# Move to COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS when all repos support
+# FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS and ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES:
+ifdef FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS
+  JDK_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=$(FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS)
+endif
+
+ifdef ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES
+  JDK_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES="$(ZIP_DEBUGINFO_FILES)"
+endif
+
 
 $(JDK_JAVA_EXE):: jdk-build
 
diff --git a/make/jprt.gmk b/make/jprt.gmk
index b8c85253a1dbe4aefece54f947df720e115591bf..09505a4c53ea35692d4ac743785e4a3519760dae 100644
--- a/make/jprt.gmk
+++ b/make/jprt.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2006, 2012, 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
@@ -36,21 +36,28 @@ DEFAULT_BUILD_FLAVOR=product
 JPRT_ARCHIVE_BUNDLE=$(ABS_OUTPUTDIR)/$(DEFAULT_BUILD_FLAVOR)-bundle.zip
 JPRT_ARCHIVE_INSTALL_BUNDLE=$(ABS_OUTPUTDIR)/$(DEFAULT_BUILD_FLAVOR)-install-bundle.zip
 
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM),windows)
+  ZIPFLAGS=-q
+else
+  # store symbolic links as the link
+  ZIPFLAGS=-q -y
+endif
+
 jprt_build_product:  sanity all_product_build
 	( $(CD) $(OUTPUTDIR)/$(JDK_IMAGE_DIRNAME) && \
-	  $(ZIPEXE) -q -r $(JPRT_ARCHIVE_BUNDLE) . )
+	  $(ZIPEXE) $(ZIPFLAGS) -r $(JPRT_ARCHIVE_BUNDLE) . )
 ifdef HAVE_JPRT_SAVE_BUNDLES
 	( $(CD) $(OUTPUTDIR)/bundles && \
-	  $(ZIPEXE) -q -r $(JPRT_ARCHIVE_INSTALL_BUNDLE) . )
+	  $(ZIPEXE) $(ZIPFLAGS) -r $(JPRT_ARCHIVE_INSTALL_BUNDLE) . )
 endif
 
 jprt_build_fastdebug: fastdebug_build
 	( $(CD) $(OUTPUTDIR)/$(REL_JDK_FASTDEBUG_IMAGE_DIR) && \
-	  $(ZIPEXE) -q -r $(JPRT_ARCHIVE_BUNDLE) . )
+	  $(ZIPEXE) $(ZIPFLAGS) -r $(JPRT_ARCHIVE_BUNDLE) . )
 
 jprt_build_debug: debug_build
 	( $(CD) $(OUTPUTDIR)/$(REL_JDK_DEBUG_IMAGE_DIR) && \
-	  $(ZIPEXE) -q -r $(JPRT_ARCHIVE_BUNDLE) . )
+	  $(ZIPEXE) $(ZIPFLAGS) -r $(JPRT_ARCHIVE_BUNDLE) . )
 
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