diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/statSampler.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/statSampler.cpp
index f7205b9e18986c82137497c4d8b11ad07568c905..d5c4a5f4ffba2d94dff038aa529271ad54cffcba 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/statSampler.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/statSampler.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static const char* property_counters_ss[] = {
   "java.class.path",
   "java.endorsed.dirs",
   "java.ext.dirs",
+  "java.version",
   "java.home",
   NULL
 };