diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/jndi/ldap/VersionHelper12.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/jndi/ldap/VersionHelper12.java
index 9e8854a460cc186ed227a43c24c60cf4ed0db718..63e6bd280ba80ea705bd54578338851268a2cb27 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/jndi/ldap/VersionHelper12.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/jndi/ldap/VersionHelper12.java
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@
 
 package com.sun.jndi.ldap;
 
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.security.AccessControlContext;
 import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
+import sun.misc.SharedSecrets;
 
 final class VersionHelper12 extends VersionHelper {
 
@@ -82,12 +83,16 @@ final class VersionHelper12 extends VersionHelper {
     }
 
     Thread createThread(final Runnable r) {
+        final AccessControlContext acc = AccessController.getContext();
+        // 4290486: doPrivileged is needed to create a thread in
+        // an environment that restricts "modifyThreadGroup".
         return AccessController.doPrivileged(
-            new PrivilegedAction<Thread>() {
-                public Thread run() {
-                    return new Thread(r);
+                new PrivilegedAction<Thread>() {
+                    public Thread run() {
+                        return SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess()
+                                .newThreadWithAcc(r, acc);
+                    }
                 }
-            }
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/System.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/System.java
index 52a5e0de823fd5883cf520fb698ea565cb9c3c53..445b4e1a9594fafad6ba57e24fc364f7278412f9 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/System.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/System.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package java.lang;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
+import java.security.AccessControlContext;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.PropertyPermission;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
@@ -1251,6 +1252,9 @@ public final class System {
             public String newStringUnsafe(char[] chars) {
                 return new String(chars, true);
             }
+            public Thread newThreadWithAcc(Runnable target, AccessControlContext acc) {
+                return new Thread(target, acc);
+            }
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
index bb175ff89adf1eace1043e439cf7abdf701382b5..d97f03d4e24f5e71ecea94115d44f82b81b7160e 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
@@ -340,6 +340,15 @@ class Thread implements Runnable {
         sleep(millis);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Initializes a Thread with the current AccessControlContext.
+     * @see #init(ThreadGroup,Runnable,String,long,AccessControlContext)
+     */
+    private void init(ThreadGroup g, Runnable target, String name,
+                      long stackSize) {
+        init(g, target, name, stackSize, null);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initializes a Thread.
      *
@@ -348,9 +357,11 @@ class Thread implements Runnable {
      * @param name the name of the new Thread
      * @param stackSize the desired stack size for the new thread, or
      *        zero to indicate that this parameter is to be ignored.
+     * @param acc the AccessControlContext to inherit, or
+     *            AccessController.getContext() if null
      */
     private void init(ThreadGroup g, Runnable target, String name,
-                      long stackSize) {
+                      long stackSize, AccessControlContext acc) {
         if (name == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("name cannot be null");
         }
@@ -396,7 +407,8 @@ class Thread implements Runnable {
             this.contextClassLoader = parent.getContextClassLoader();
         else
             this.contextClassLoader = parent.contextClassLoader;
-        this.inheritedAccessControlContext = AccessController.getContext();
+        this.inheritedAccessControlContext =
+                acc != null ? acc : AccessController.getContext();
         this.target = target;
         setPriority(priority);
         if (parent.inheritableThreadLocals != null)
@@ -448,6 +460,14 @@ class Thread implements Runnable {
         init(null, target, "Thread-" + nextThreadNum(), 0);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new Thread that inherits the given AccessControlContext.
+     * This is not a public constructor.
+     */
+    Thread(Runnable target, AccessControlContext acc) {
+        init(null, target, "Thread-" + nextThreadNum(), 0, acc);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Allocates a new {@code Thread} object. This constructor has the same
      * effect as {@linkplain #Thread(ThreadGroup,Runnable,String) Thread}
diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/JavaLangAccess.java b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/JavaLangAccess.java
index 888d4ea8c46427039e91e0da0dee5f74eb328c62..45222f3652e874a8d69b8d1ab5c8b19696d32bb2 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/misc/JavaLangAccess.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/misc/JavaLangAccess.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ package sun.misc;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
+import java.security.AccessControlContext;
+
 import sun.reflect.ConstantPool;
 import sun.reflect.annotation.AnnotationType;
 import sun.nio.ch.Interruptible;
@@ -107,4 +109,10 @@ public interface JavaLangAccess {
      * @return a newly created string whose content is the character array
      */
     String newStringUnsafe(char[] chars);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new Thread with the given Runnable and an
+     * inherited AccessControlContext.
+     */
+    Thread newThreadWithAcc(Runnable target, AccessControlContext acc);
 }