diff -r 77878c021b8d -r fd4dbaff3002 src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Thu Aug 28 16:11:12 2014 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp	Tue Sep 02 14:08:36 2014 -0700
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
   { "UseMPSS",                       JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::jdk(9) },
   { "UseStringCache",                JDK_Version::jdk(8), JDK_Version::jdk(9) },
   { "UseOldInlining",                JDK_Version::jdk(9), JDK_Version::jdk(10) },
+  { "AutoShutdownNMT",               JDK_Version::jdk(9), JDK_Version::jdk(10) },
 #ifdef PRODUCT
   { "DesiredMethodLimit",
                            JDK_Version::jdk_update(7, 2), JDK_Version::jdk(8) },
@@ -2351,7 +2352,7 @@
 
   if (PrintNMTStatistics) {
 #if INCLUDE_NMT
-    if (MemTracker::tracking_level() == MemTracker::NMT_off) {
+    if (MemTracker::tracking_level() == NMT_off) {
 #endif // INCLUDE_NMT
       warning("PrintNMTStatistics is disabled, because native memory tracking is not enabled");
       PrintNMTStatistics = false;
@@ -3541,15 +3542,24 @@
       CommandLineFlags::printFlags(tty, false);
       vm_exit(0);
     }
+#if INCLUDE_NMT
     if (match_option(option, "-XX:NativeMemoryTracking", &tail)) {
-#if INCLUDE_NMT
-      MemTracker::init_tracking_options(tail);
-#else
-      jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
-        "Native Memory Tracking is not supported in this VM\n");
-      return JNI_ERR;
+      // The launcher did not setup nmt environment variable properly.
+//      if (!MemTracker::check_launcher_nmt_support(tail)) {
+//        warning("Native Memory Tracking did not setup properly, using wrong launcher?");
+//      }
+
+      // Verify if nmt option is valid.
+      if (MemTracker::verify_nmt_option()) {
+        // Late initialization, still in single-threaded mode.
+        if (MemTracker::tracking_level() >= NMT_summary) {
+          MemTracker::init();
+        }
+      } else {
+        vm_exit_during_initialization("Syntax error, expecting -XX:NativeMemoryTracking=[off|summary|detail]", NULL);
+      }
+    }
 #endif
-    }
 
 
 #ifndef PRODUCT