diff --git a/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp b/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp
index efb2a164fa2d7e17b35a425f467ef0e86f1b7d68..824afc194656922a0b650991cf63fbbace6a7294 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ void LinkResolver::runtime_resolve_special_method(CallInfo& result, methodHandle
     if (!direct_calling_default_method &&
         check_access &&
         // a) check if ACC_SUPER flag is set for the current class
-        current_klass->is_super() &&
+        (current_klass->is_super() || !AllowNonVirtualCalls) &&
         // b) check if the method class is a superclass of the current class (superclass relation is not reflexive!)
         current_klass->is_subtype_of(method_klass()) &&
         current_klass() != method_klass() &&
diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
index 8a0be8f8a4fb7b8e2204b61bde31216e0658b72a..d2e885abeee5526a54a5d3a35f7db796df8fb812 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
@@ -3640,7 +3640,10 @@ class CommandLineFlags {
           "Enable internal testing APIs")                                   \
                                                                             \
   product(bool, PrintGCCause, true,                                         \
-          "Include GC cause in GC logging")
+          "Include GC cause in GC logging")                                 \
+                                                                            \
+  product(bool, AllowNonVirtualCalls, false,                                \
+          "Obey the ACC_SUPER flag and allow invokenonvirtual calls")
 
 /*
  *  Macros for factoring of globals