diff -r efda392b711e -r 55990d3e4c5e src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Thu Nov 02 11:31:01 2017 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/classfile/verifier.cpp	Wed Nov 08 09:17:12 2017 -0500
@@ -1949,9 +1949,11 @@
   oop loader = current_class()->class_loader();
   oop protection_domain = current_class()->protection_domain();
 
-  return SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(
+  Klass* kls = SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(
     name, Handle(THREAD, loader), Handle(THREAD, protection_domain),
     true, CHECK_NULL);
+  current_class()->class_loader_data()->record_dependency(kls, CHECK_NULL);
+  return kls;
 }
 
 bool ClassVerifier::is_protected_access(instanceKlassHandle this_class,