diff -r 6f45933aef35 -r 63147986a428 src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp	Tue Sep 17 20:20:03 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/java.cpp	Wed Sep 18 07:02:10 2013 -0700
@@ -544,6 +544,19 @@
   // it will run into trouble when system destroys static variables.
   MemTracker::shutdown(MemTracker::NMT_normal);
 
+  if (VerifyStringTableAtExit) {
+    int fail_cnt = 0;
+    {
+      MutexLocker ml(StringTable_lock);
+      fail_cnt = StringTable::verify_and_compare_entries();
+    }
+
+    if (fail_cnt != 0) {
+      tty->print_cr("ERROR: fail_cnt=%d", fail_cnt);
+      guarantee(fail_cnt == 0, "unexpected StringTable verification failures");
+    }
+  }
+
   #undef BEFORE_EXIT_NOT_RUN
   #undef BEFORE_EXIT_RUNNING
   #undef BEFORE_EXIT_DONE