diff -r b58313cf9afd -r 588f08ed16cf src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Oct 26 08:38:22 2012 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Oct 26 12:06:55 2012 -0700
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@
   product(intx, UseSSE, 99,                                                 \
           "Highest supported SSE instructions set on x86/x64")              \
                                                                             \
+  product(bool, UseAES, false,                                               \
+          "Control whether AES instructions can be used on x86/x64")        \
+                                                                            \
   product(uintx, LargePageSizeInBytes, 0,                                   \
           "Large page size (0 to let VM choose the page size")              \
                                                                             \
@@ -635,6 +638,9 @@
   product(bool, UseSSE42Intrinsics, false,                                  \
           "SSE4.2 versions of intrinsics")                                  \
                                                                             \
+  product(bool, UseAESIntrinsics, false,                                    \
+          "use intrinsics for AES versions of crypto")                      \
+                                                                            \
   develop(bool, TraceCallFixup, false,                                      \
           "traces all call fixups")                                         \
                                                                             \