diff --git a/runtime/oti/j9consts.h b/runtime/oti/j9consts.h
index 51e8cb7ca9f..59bb698aec0 100644
--- a/runtime/oti/j9consts.h
+++ b/runtime/oti/j9consts.h
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define J9_EXTENDED_RUNTIME2_ENABLE_VALHALLA 0x1
 #define J9_EXTENDED_RUNTIME2_COMPRESS_OBJECT_REFERENCES 0x2
 #define J9_EXTENDED_RUNTIME2_ENABLE_PREVIEW 0x4
+#define J9_EXTENDED_RUNTIME2_RAMSTATE_COLD_RUN 0x8
+#define J9_EXTENDED_RUNTIME2_RAMSTATE_WARM_RUN 0x10
 
 
 /* TODO: Define this until the JIT removes it */
diff --git a/runtime/oti/j9nonbuilder.h b/runtime/oti/j9nonbuilder.h
index c228e304f93..17c55490580 100644
--- a/runtime/oti/j9nonbuilder.h
+++ b/runtime/oti/j9nonbuilder.h
@@ -5029,6 +5029,7 @@ typedef struct J9JavaVM {
 	struct J9PortLibrary * portLibrary;
 	UDATA j2seVersion;
 	void* zipCachePool;
+	char* ramStateFilePath;
 	struct J9VMInterface vmInterface;
 	struct HarmonyVMInterface harmonyVMInterface;
 	UDATA dynamicLoadClassAllocationIncrement;
diff --git a/runtime/oti/jvminit.h b/runtime/oti/jvminit.h
index afcd8dc49bb..ee50aa486d5 100644
--- a/runtime/oti/jvminit.h
+++ b/runtime/oti/jvminit.h
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ enum INIT_STAGE {
 #define VMOPT_XFASTRESOLVE "-Xfastresolve"
 #define VMOPT_XSHARECLASSES "-Xshareclasses"
 #define VMOPT_XSHARECLASSES_COLON "-Xshareclasses:"
+#define VMOPT_XSAVERAMSTATE "-Xsaveramstate="
+#define VMOPT_XRESTORERAMSTATE "-Xrestoreramstate="
 #define VMOPT_XSERVICE_EQUALS "-Xservice="
 #define VMOPT_XISS "-Xiss"
 #define VMOPT_XSSI "-Xssi"
diff --git a/runtime/vm/JVMImage.hpp b/runtime/vm/JVMImage.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8bf56782e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/vm/JVMImage.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2019 IBM Corp. and others
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
+ * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
+ * distribution and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ * or the Apache License, Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution and
+ * is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following
+ * Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
+ * forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU
+ * General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath
+ * Exception [1] and GNU General Public License, version 2 with the
+ * OpenJDK Assembly Exception [2].
+ *
+ * [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html
+ * [2] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/assembly-exception.html
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR LicenseRef-GPL-2.0 WITH Assembly-exception
+ *******************************************************************************/
+/*
+* JVMImage.hpp
+*/
+
+#ifndef JVMIMAGE_HPP_
+#define JVMIMAGE_HPP_
+
+#include "j9_types.h"
+
+class JVMImage
+{
+public:
+	JVMImage();
+	~JVMImage();
+	void allocateImageMemory(UDATA size);
+	void subAllocateMemory(uintptr_t size);
+	void freeSubAllocatedMemory();
+
+private:
+	UDATA _memoryStart;
+	UDATA _size;
+};
+
+#endif /* JVMIMAGE_H_ */
+
diff --git a/runtime/vm/jvminit.c b/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
index 5cf500847bd..5fab1c97744 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
+++ b/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
@@ -1759,6 +1759,21 @@ IDATA VMInitStages(J9JavaVM *vm, IDATA stage, void* reserved) {
 				}
 			}
 #endif
+			{
+				IDATA restoreStateIndex = FIND_AND_CONSUME_ARG(STARTSWITH_MATCH, VMOPT_XRESTORERAMSTATE, NULL);
+				IDATA saveStateIndex = FIND_AND_CONSUME_ARG(STARTSWITH_MATCH, VMOPT_XSAVERAMSTATE, NULL);
+				char *optionValue = NULL;
+				// If both restore (warm run) and save (cold run) are specified save state takes precedence
+				if (saveStateIndex >= 0) {
+					GET_OPTION_VALUE(saveStateIndex, '=', &optionValue);
+					vm->extendedRuntimeFlags2 |= J9_EXTENDED_RUNTIME2_RAMSTATE_COLD_RUN;
+				}
+				else if (restoreStateIndex >= 0) {
+					GET_OPTION_VALUE(restoreStateIndex, '=', &optionValue);
+					vm->extendedRuntimeFlags2 |= J9_EXTENDED_RUNTIME2_RAMSTATE_WARM_RUN;
+				}
+				vm->ramStateFilePath = optionValue;
+			}
 
 			if (FIND_AND_CONSUME_ARG(EXACT_MATCH, VMOPT_XDFPBD, NULL) >= 0) {
 				vm->runtimeFlags |= J9_RUNTIME_DFPBD;