diff -r bf13c3da3d11 -r 0f37d1badced src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Sep 20 11:09:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Sep 20 12:58:35 2013 -0700
@@ -2526,6 +2526,9 @@
   product(bool, PrintStringTableStatistics, false,                          \
           "print statistics about the StringTable and SymbolTable")         \
                                                                             \
+  diagnostic(bool, VerifyStringTableAtExit, false,                          \
+          "verify StringTable contents at exit")                            \
+                                                                            \
   notproduct(bool, PrintSymbolTableSizeHistogram, false,                    \
           "print histogram of the symbol table")                            \
                                                                             \