diff -r e79a9f26ba2e -r 50257d6f5aaa src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Mon Jul 08 18:26:26 2013 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Tue Jul 09 14:02:28 2013 -0400
@@ -3679,6 +3679,9 @@
   develop(bool, VerifyGenericSignatures, false,                             \
           "Abort VM on erroneous or inconsistent generic signatures")       \
                                                                             \
+  product(bool, ParseGenericDefaults, false,                                \
+          "Parse generic signatures for default method handling")           \
+                                                                            \
   product(bool, UseVMInterruptibleIO, false,                                \
           "(Unstable, Solaris-specific) Thread interrupt before or with "   \
           "EINTR for I/O operations results in OS_INTRPT. The default value"\