diff --git a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
index b1f61dcf69a58392462d413a6a77eb1e8f37eb83..119b95adf46485593db6263820a4f91c6435db56 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/classFileParser.cpp
@@ -3230,7 +3230,7 @@ instanceKlassHandle ClassFileParser::parseClassFile(symbolHandle name,
       // print out the superclass.
       const char * from = Klass::cast(this_klass())->external_name();
       if (this_klass->java_super() != NULL) {
-        tty->print("RESOLVE %s %s\n", from, instanceKlass::cast(this_klass->java_super())->external_name());
+        tty->print("RESOLVE %s %s (super)\n", from, instanceKlass::cast(this_klass->java_super())->external_name());
       }
       // print out each of the interface classes referred to by this class.
       objArrayHandle local_interfaces(THREAD, this_klass->local_interfaces());
@@ -3240,7 +3240,7 @@ instanceKlassHandle ClassFileParser::parseClassFile(symbolHandle name,
           klassOop k = klassOop(local_interfaces->obj_at(i));
           instanceKlass* to_class = instanceKlass::cast(k);
           const char * to = to_class->external_name();
-          tty->print("RESOLVE %s %s\n", from, to);
+          tty->print("RESOLVE %s %s (interface)\n", from, to);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp
index bd4f1ec3223a020a8aa883d31d7f2b4036ec6772..bde5dba7771525e60b68a876421cc553d38d12eb 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jni.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ JNI_ENTRY(jclass, jni_DefineClass(JNIEnv *env, const char *name, jobject loaderR
   klassOop k = SystemDictionary::resolve_from_stream(class_name, class_loader,
                                                      Handle(), &st, CHECK_NULL);
 
+  if (TraceClassResolution && k != NULL) {
+    trace_class_resolution(k);
+  }
+
   cls = (jclass)JNIHandles::make_local(
     env, Klass::cast(k)->java_mirror());
   return cls;
@@ -365,6 +369,10 @@ JNI_ENTRY(jclass, jni_FindClass(JNIEnv *env, const char *name))
   result = find_class_from_class_loader(env, sym, true, loader,
                                         protection_domain, true, thread);
 
+  if (TraceClassResolution && result != NULL) {
+    trace_class_resolution(java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(result)));
+  }
+
   // If we were the first invocation of jni_FindClass, we enable compilation again
   // rather than just allowing invocation counter to overflow and decay.
   // Controlled by flag DelayCompilationDuringStartup.
@@ -2646,7 +2654,12 @@ static jclass lookupOne(JNIEnv* env, const char* name, TRAPS) {
   Handle protection_domain; // null protection domain
 
   symbolHandle sym = oopFactory::new_symbol_handle(name, CHECK_NULL);
-  return find_class_from_class_loader(env, sym, true, loader, protection_domain, true, CHECK_NULL);
+  jclass result =  find_class_from_class_loader(env, sym, true, loader, protection_domain, true, CHECK_NULL);
+
+  if (TraceClassResolution && result != NULL) {
+    trace_class_resolution(java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(result)));
+  }
+  return result;
 }
 
 // These lookups are done with the NULL (bootstrap) ClassLoader to
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
index cf866df9f61481a167e0d428039095b933b1f26a..5d341330506362c95ec45313e70a9b7b8f868050 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static void trace_class_resolution_impl(klassOop to_class, TRAPS) {
   ResourceMark rm;
   int line_number = -1;
   const char * source_file = NULL;
+  const char * trace = "explicit";
   klassOop caller = NULL;
   JavaThread* jthread = JavaThread::current();
   if (jthread->has_last_Java_frame()) {
@@ -107,12 +108,21 @@ static void trace_class_resolution_impl(klassOop to_class, TRAPS) {
                (last_caller->name() == vmSymbols::loadClassInternal_name() ||
                 last_caller->name() == vmSymbols::loadClass_name())) {
       found_it = true;
+    } else if (!vfst.at_end()) {
+      if (vfst.method()->is_native()) {
+        // JNI call
+        found_it = true;
+      }
     }
     if (found_it && !vfst.at_end()) {
       // found the caller
       caller = vfst.method()->method_holder();
       line_number = vfst.method()->line_number_from_bci(vfst.bci());
-      symbolOop s = instanceKlass::cast(vfst.method()->method_holder())->source_file_name();
+      if (line_number == -1) {
+        // show method name if it's a native method
+        trace = vfst.method()->name_and_sig_as_C_string();
+      }
+      symbolOop s = instanceKlass::cast(caller)->source_file_name();
       if (s != NULL) {
         source_file = s->as_C_string();
       }
@@ -124,15 +134,15 @@ static void trace_class_resolution_impl(klassOop to_class, TRAPS) {
       const char * to = Klass::cast(to_class)->external_name();
       // print in a single call to reduce interleaving between threads
       if (source_file != NULL) {
-        tty->print("RESOLVE %s %s %s:%d (explicit)\n", from, to, source_file, line_number);
+        tty->print("RESOLVE %s %s %s:%d (%s)\n", from, to, source_file, line_number, trace);
       } else {
-        tty->print("RESOLVE %s %s (explicit)\n", from, to);
+        tty->print("RESOLVE %s %s (%s)\n", from, to, trace);
       }
     }
   }
 }
 
-static void trace_class_resolution(klassOop to_class) {
+void trace_class_resolution(klassOop to_class) {
   EXCEPTION_MARK;
   trace_class_resolution_impl(to_class, THREAD);
   if (HAS_PENDING_EXCEPTION) {
@@ -3213,8 +3223,12 @@ JVM_ENTRY(jclass, JVM_LoadClass0(JNIEnv *env, jobject receiver,
   }
   Handle h_loader(THREAD, loader);
   Handle h_prot  (THREAD, protection_domain);
-  return find_class_from_class_loader(env, name, true, h_loader, h_prot,
-                                      false, thread);
+  jclass result =  find_class_from_class_loader(env, name, true, h_loader, h_prot,
+                                                false, thread);
+  if (TraceClassResolution && result != NULL) {
+    trace_class_resolution(java_lang_Class::as_klassOop(JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(result)));
+  }
+  return result;
 JVM_END
 
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm_misc.hpp b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm_misc.hpp
index 7af47518c0feb64ae4a07b8d7cbd3ceaff19fe7b..50644842bbd136c40fd175446a7a4fd4e077e91a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/prims/jvm_misc.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/prims/jvm_misc.hpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 jclass find_class_from_class_loader(JNIEnv* env, symbolHandle name, jboolean init, Handle loader, Handle protection_domain, jboolean throwError, TRAPS);
 
+void trace_class_resolution(klassOop to_class);
 
 /*
  * Support for Serialization and RMI. Currently used by HotSpot only.