diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index e3b77c0157c45d9de9318e05001436e49b9bab7a..e94cd13174a9a24b49f015122a7db794bbce867b 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -2387,6 +2387,8 @@ bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency() {
     warning("The VM option CICompilerCountPerCPU overrides CICompilerCount.");
   }
 
+  status &= check_vm_args_consistency_ext();
+
   return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp
index 8101cb5eb1e2037c85a1679fe4e101446aebe85a..88e8be39c29611d1211268f258179a0173adbdfb 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.hpp
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ class Arguments : AllStatic {
   static void check_deprecated_gc_flags();
   // Check consistecy or otherwise of VM argument settings
   static bool check_vm_args_consistency();
+  static bool check_vm_args_consistency_ext();
   // Check stack pages settings
   static bool check_stack_pages();
   // Used by os_solaris
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments_ext.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments_ext.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5edd449b3da29e0266d729009dc9911a9107938a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments_ext.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "precompiled.hpp"
+#include "runtime/arguments.hpp"
+
+bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency_ext() {
+  return true;
+}