diff --git a/make/hotspot/symbols/symbols-unix b/make/hotspot/symbols/symbols-unix
--- a/make/hotspot/symbols/symbols-unix
+++ b/make/hotspot/symbols/symbols-unix
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 JVM_GetMethodParameters
 JVM_GetMethodTypeAnnotations
 JVM_GetNanoTimeAdjustment
+JVM_GetNativeThreadID
 JVM_GetPrimitiveArrayElement
 JVM_GetProtectionDomain
 JVM_GetSimpleBinaryName
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/include/jvm.h b/src/hotspot/share/include/jvm.h
--- a/src/hotspot/share/include/jvm.h
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/include/jvm.h
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
 JVM_SetNativeThreadName(JNIEnv *env, jobject jthread, jstring name);
 
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL
+JVM_GetNativeThreadID(JNIEnv *env, jobject jthread);
+
 /* getStackTrace() and getAllStackTraces() method */
 JNIEXPORT jobjectArray JNICALL
 JVM_DumpThreads(JNIEnv *env, jclass threadClass, jobjectArray threads);
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvm.cpp
@@ -3127,6 +3127,19 @@
   }
 JVM_END
 
+JVM_ENTRY(jlong, JVM_GetNativeThreadID(JNIEnv* env, jobject jthread))
+  JVMWrapper("JVM_GetNativeThreadID");
+  oop java_thread = JNIHandles::resolve_non_null(jthread);
+  JavaThread* thr = java_lang_Thread::thread(java_thread);
+  if (thr != NULL) {
+    OSThread *osThread = thr->osthread();
+    if (osThread != NULL) {
+      return (jlong) osThread->thread_id();
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+JVM_END
+
 // java.lang.SecurityManager ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 JVM_ENTRY(jobjectArray, JVM_GetClassContext(JNIEnv *env))
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java
@@ -2140,4 +2140,14 @@
     private native void resume0();
     private native void interrupt0();
     private native void setNativeName(String name);
+
+    /** Returns the native thread identifier of this Thread.
+     * The native thread ID is a platform dependant indentifier for the
+     * underlying native thread corresponding to the Java Thread.
+     * If there is no such ID or it is not supported on the current
+     * platform, 0L is returned instead.
+     *
+     * @return this thread's native thread ID.
+     * @since 11    */
+    public native long getNativeThreadId();    
 }
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/native/libjava/Thread.c b/src/java.base/share/native/libjava/Thread.c
--- a/src/java.base/share/native/libjava/Thread.c
+++ b/src/java.base/share/native/libjava/Thread.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     {"getThreads",        "()[" THD,   (void *)&JVM_GetAllThreads},
     {"dumpThreads",      "([" THD ")[[" STE, (void *)&JVM_DumpThreads},
     {"setNativeName",    "(" STR ")V", (void *)&JVM_SetNativeThreadName},
+    {"getNativeThreadId","()J",        (void *)&JVM_GetNativeThreadID},
 };
 
 #undef THD