diff -r 8b2c10cee766 glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/win/WinApplication.java
--- a/glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/win/WinApplication.java	Tue Aug 09 10:06:00 2011 -0400
+++ b/glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/win/WinApplication.java	Thu Aug 18 13:30:44 2011 -0400
@@ -40,7 +40,20 @@
     private native void _terminateLoop();
 
     @Override protected void runLoop(final String args[], final Launchable launchable) {
-        final Thread toolkitThread =
+        boolean isEventThread = AccessController
+            .doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Boolean>() {
+                public Boolean run() {
+                    Boolean result = Boolean.getBoolean("javafx.embed.isEventThread");
+                    return result == null ? false : result.booleanValue();
+                    }
+                });
+        if (isEventThread) {
+            _init();
+            setEventThread(Thread.currentThread());
+            launchable.finishLaunching(args);
+            return;
+        }
+    	final Thread toolkitThread =
             AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Thread>() {
                 public Thread run() {
                     Thread th = new Thread(new Runnable() {