--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java	Mon Jan 09 18:33:02 2017 +0000
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/Thread.java	Fri Dec 16 20:39:07 2016 +0000
@@ -342,11 +342,11 @@
 
     /**
      * Initializes a Thread with the current AccessControlContext.
-     * @see #init(ThreadGroup,Runnable,String,long,AccessControlContext)
+     * @see #init(ThreadGroup,Runnable,String,long,AccessControlContext,boolean)
      */
     private void init(ThreadGroup g, Runnable target, String name,
                       long stackSize) {
-        init(g, target, name, stackSize, null);
+        init(g, target, name, stackSize, null, true);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -359,9 +359,12 @@
      *        zero to indicate that this parameter is to be ignored.
      * @param acc the AccessControlContext to inherit, or
      *            AccessController.getContext() if null
+     * @param inheritThreadLocals if {@code true}, inherit initial values for
+     *            inheritable thread-locals from the constructing thread
      */
     private void init(ThreadGroup g, Runnable target, String name,
-                      long stackSize, AccessControlContext acc) {
+                      long stackSize, AccessControlContext acc,
+                      boolean inheritThreadLocals) {
         if (name == null) {
             throw new NullPointerException("name cannot be null");
         }
@@ -412,7 +415,7 @@
                 acc != null ? acc : AccessController.getContext();
         this.target = target;
         setPriority(priority);
-        if (parent.inheritableThreadLocals != null)
+        if (inheritThreadLocals && parent.inheritableThreadLocals != null)
             this.inheritableThreadLocals =
                 ThreadLocal.createInheritedMap(parent.inheritableThreadLocals);
         /* Stash the specified stack size in case the VM cares */
@@ -466,7 +469,7 @@
      * This is not a public constructor.
      */
     Thread(Runnable target, AccessControlContext acc) {
-        init(null, target, "Thread-" + nextThreadNum(), 0, acc);
+        init(null, target, "Thread-" + nextThreadNum(), 0, acc, false);
     }
 
     /**

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/java/lang/Thread/ITLConstructor.java	Fri Dec 16 20:39:07 2016 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @summary Basic test for Thread(ThreadGroup,Runnable,String,long,boolean)
+ */
+
+import sun.misc.SharedSecrets;
+
+import java.security.AccessControlContext;
+import java.security.AccessController;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
+
+public class ITLConstructor {
+    static InheritableThreadLocal<Integer> n = new InheritableThreadLocal<Integer>() {
+        protected Integer initialValue() {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        protected Integer childValue(Integer parentValue) {
+            return parentValue + 1;
+        }
+    };
+
+    static final int CHILD_THREAD_COUNT = 10;
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
+        test();
+    }
+
+    static void test() throws Exception {
+        // concurrent access to separate indexes is ok
+        int[] x = new int[CHILD_THREAD_COUNT];
+        Thread child = createThread(new AnotherRunnable(0, x));
+        child.start();
+        child.join(); // waits for *all* threads to complete
+
+        // Check results
+        for(int i=0; i<CHILD_THREAD_COUNT; i++) {
+            int expectedValue = 1;
+            if (x[i] != expectedValue)
+                throw (new Exception("Got x[" + i + "] = " + x[i]
+                                     + ", expected: " + expectedValue));
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class AnotherRunnable implements Runnable {
+        final int threadId;
+        final int[] x;
+        AnotherRunnable(int threadId, int[] x) {
+            this.threadId = threadId;
+            this.x = x;
+        }
+
+        public void run() {
+            int itlValue = n.get();
+
+            if (threadId < CHILD_THREAD_COUNT-1) {
+                Thread child = createThread(
+                        new AnotherRunnable(threadId+1, x));
+                child.start();
+                try {
+                    child.join();
+                } catch(InterruptedException e) {
+                    throw(new RuntimeException("Interrupted", e));
+                }
+            }
+
+            x[threadId] = itlValue+1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static Thread createThread(final Runnable r) {
+        final AccessControlContext acc = AccessController.getContext();
+        // 4290486: doPrivileged is needed to create a thread in
+        // an environment that restricts "modifyThreadGroup".
+        return AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                new PrivilegedAction<Thread>() {
+                    public Thread run() {
+                        return SharedSecrets.getJavaLangAccess()
+                                .newThreadWithAcc(r, acc);
+                    }
+                }
+        );
+    }
+}