diff --git a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp
index 79c922a8586c0ef00ca5982e4548c64dc560122d..8e6b547128fbcd089e7b1d48bffa951199678d5e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.cpp
@@ -505,7 +505,11 @@ JMXStartRemoteDCmd::JMXStartRemoteDCmd(outputStream *output, bool heap_allocated
 
    _jdp_pause
   ("jdp.pause",
-   "set com.sun.management.jdp.pause", "INT", false)
+   "set com.sun.management.jdp.pause", "INT", false),
+
+   _jdp_name
+  ("jdp.name",
+   "set com.sun.management.jdp.name", "STRING", false)
 
   {
     _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_config_file);
@@ -527,6 +531,7 @@ JMXStartRemoteDCmd::JMXStartRemoteDCmd(outputStream *output, bool heap_allocated
     _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_jdp_source_addr);
     _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_jdp_ttl);
     _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_jdp_pause);
+    _dcmdparser.add_dcmd_option(&_jdp_name);
 }
 
 
@@ -596,6 +601,7 @@ void JMXStartRemoteDCmd::execute(DCmdSource source, TRAPS) {
     PUT_OPTION(_jdp_source_addr);
     PUT_OPTION(_jdp_ttl);
     PUT_OPTION(_jdp_pause);
+    PUT_OPTION(_jdp_name);
 
 #undef PUT_OPTION
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp
index 9c7216177bf7d9274d59826ee1a35d1cc62d614d..5485b119decc46e2ab50ae5cd34c76173d3a21fa 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/services/diagnosticCommand.hpp
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ class JMXStartRemoteDCmd : public DCmdWithParser {
   DCmdArgument<char *> _jdp_source_addr;
   DCmdArgument<jlong>  _jdp_ttl;
   DCmdArgument<jlong>  _jdp_pause;
+  DCmdArgument<char *> _jdp_name;
 
 public:
   JMXStartRemoteDCmd(outputStream *output, bool heap_allocated);