diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
index 64face5268a..9d161bc9dab 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/aix/os_aix.cpp
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ void os::pd_commit_memory_or_exit(char* addr, size_t size,
   pd_commit_memory_or_exit(addr, size, exec, mesg);
 }
 
-bool os::pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t size) {
+bool os::pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t size, bool exec) {
   assert(is_aligned_to(addr, os::vm_page_size()),
     "addr " PTR_FORMAT " not aligned to vm_page_size (" PTR_FORMAT ")",
     p2i(addr), os::vm_page_size());
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ char *os::scan_pages(char *start, char* end, page_info* page_expected, page_info
 
 // Reserves and attaches a shared memory segment.
 // Will assert if a wish address is given and could not be obtained.
-char* os::pd_reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr, size_t alignment_hint) {
+char* os::pd_reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr, size_t alignment_hint, bool executable) {
 
   // All other Unices do a mmap(MAP_FIXED) if the addr is given,
   // thereby clobbering old mappings at that place. That is probably
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
index 943133e27e5..5b049c15d04 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
@@ -1907,12 +1907,16 @@ static void warn_fail_commit_memory(char* addr, size_t size, bool exec,
 //       problem.
 bool os::pd_commit_memory(char* addr, size_t size, bool exec) {
   int prot = exec ? PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC : PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE;
-#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
   // XXX: Work-around mmap/MAP_FIXED bug temporarily on OpenBSD
   Events::log(NULL, "Protecting memory [" INTPTR_FORMAT "," INTPTR_FORMAT "] with protection modes %x", p2i(addr), p2i(addr+size), prot);
   if (::mprotect(addr, size, prot) == 0) {
     return true;
   }
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+  if (::mprotect(addr, size, prot) == 0) {
+    return true;
+  }
 #else
   uintptr_t res = (uintptr_t) ::mmap(addr, size, prot,
                                      MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
@@ -1995,11 +1999,22 @@ char *os::scan_pages(char *start, char* end, page_info* page_expected, page_info
 }
 
 
-bool os::pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t size) {
-#ifdef __OpenBSD__
+bool os::pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t size, bool exec) {
+#if defined(__OpenBSD__)
   // XXX: Work-around mmap/MAP_FIXED bug temporarily on OpenBSD
   Events::log(NULL, "Protecting memory [" INTPTR_FORMAT "," INTPTR_FORMAT "] with PROT_NONE", p2i(addr), p2i(addr+size));
   return ::mprotect(addr, size, PROT_NONE) == 0;
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+  if (exec) {
+    if (::madvise(addr, size, MADV_FREE) != 0) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return ::mprotect(addr, size, PROT_NONE) == 0;
+  } else {
+    uintptr_t res = (uintptr_t) ::mmap(addr, size, PROT_NONE,
+        MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
+    return res  != (uintptr_t) MAP_FAILED;
+  }
 #else
   uintptr_t res = (uintptr_t) ::mmap(addr, size, PROT_NONE,
                                      MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
@@ -2014,7 +2029,7 @@ bool os::pd_create_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t size) {
 // If this is a growable mapping, remove the guard pages entirely by
 // munmap()ping them.  If not, just call uncommit_memory().
 bool os::remove_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t size) {
-  return os::uncommit_memory(addr, size);
+  return os::uncommit_memory(addr, size, !ExecMem);
 }
 
 // If 'fixed' is true, anon_mmap() will attempt to reserve anonymous memory
@@ -2023,11 +2038,17 @@ bool os::remove_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t size) {
 // 'requested_addr' is only treated as a hint, the return value may or
 // may not start from the requested address. Unlike Bsd mmap(), this
 // function returns NULL to indicate failure.
-static char* anon_mmap(char* requested_addr, size_t bytes, bool fixed) {
+static char* anon_mmap(char* requested_addr, size_t bytes, bool fixed, bool executable) {
   char * addr;
   int flags;
 
   flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_NORESERVE | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  if (executable) {
+    guarantee(!fixed, "MAP_JIT (for execute) is incompatible with MAP_FIXED");
+    flags |= MAP_JIT;
+  }
+#endif
   if (fixed) {
     assert((uintptr_t)requested_addr % os::Bsd::page_size() == 0, "unaligned address");
     flags |= MAP_FIXED;
@@ -2047,8 +2068,9 @@ static int anon_munmap(char * addr, size_t size) {
 }
 
 char* os::pd_reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr,
-                            size_t alignment_hint) {
-  return anon_mmap(requested_addr, bytes, (requested_addr != NULL));
+                            size_t alignment_hint,
+                            bool executable) {
+  return anon_mmap(requested_addr, bytes, (requested_addr != NULL), executable);
 }
 
 bool os::pd_release_memory(char* addr, size_t size) {
@@ -2158,7 +2180,7 @@ char* os::pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr) {
 
   // Bsd mmap allows caller to pass an address as hint; give it a try first,
   // if kernel honors the hint then we can return immediately.
-  char * addr = anon_mmap(requested_addr, bytes, false);
+  char * addr = anon_mmap(requested_addr, bytes, false/*fixed*/, false/*executable*/);
   if (addr == requested_addr) {
     return requested_addr;
   }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
index be6dfef313a..216e39384dc 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
@@ -3456,7 +3456,7 @@ struct bitmask* os::Linux::_numa_nodes_ptr;
 struct bitmask* os::Linux::_numa_interleave_bitmask;
 struct bitmask* os::Linux::_numa_membind_bitmask;
 
-bool os::pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t size) {
+bool os::pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t size, bool exec) {
   uintptr_t res = (uintptr_t) ::mmap(addr, size, PROT_NONE,
                                      MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
   return res  != (uintptr_t) MAP_FAILED;
@@ -3641,7 +3641,7 @@ bool os::remove_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t size) {
     return ::munmap(addr, size) == 0;
   }
 
-  return os::uncommit_memory(addr, size);
+  return os::uncommit_memory(addr, size, !ExecMem);
 }
 
 // If 'fixed' is true, anon_mmap() will attempt to reserve anonymous memory
@@ -3716,7 +3716,8 @@ static int anon_munmap(char * addr, size_t size) {
 }
 
 char* os::pd_reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* requested_addr,
-                            size_t alignment_hint) {
+                            size_t alignment_hint,
+                            bool executable) {
   return anon_mmap(requested_addr, bytes, (requested_addr != NULL));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp
index e687521022e..332e99ca014 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/windows/os_windows.cpp
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@ char* os::reserve_memory_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment, int file_desc) {
   return aligned_base;
 }
 
-char* os::pd_reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr, size_t alignment_hint) {
+char* os::pd_reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr, size_t alignment_hint, bool executable) {
   assert((size_t)addr % os::vm_allocation_granularity() == 0,
          "reserve alignment");
   assert(bytes % os::vm_page_size() == 0, "reserve page size");
@@ -3308,7 +3308,7 @@ void os::pd_commit_memory_or_exit(char* addr, size_t size,
   pd_commit_memory_or_exit(addr, size, exec, mesg);
 }
 
-bool os::pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes) {
+bool os::pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes, bool exec) {
   if (bytes == 0) {
     // Don't bother the OS with noops.
     return true;
@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@ bool os::pd_create_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t size) {
 }
 
 bool os::remove_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t size) {
-  return os::uncommit_memory(addr, size);
+  return os::uncommit_memory(addr, size, !ExecMem);
 }
 
 static bool protect_pages_individually(char* addr, size_t bytes, unsigned int p, DWORD *old_status) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1PageBasedVirtualSpace.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1PageBasedVirtualSpace.cpp
index be7fa937ed2..ca86478a5e2 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1PageBasedVirtualSpace.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1PageBasedVirtualSpace.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void G1PageBasedVirtualSpace::uncommit_internal(size_t start_page, size_t end_pa
             "Given start page " SIZE_FORMAT " is larger or equal to end page " SIZE_FORMAT, start_page, end_page);
 
   char* start_addr = page_start(start_page);
-  os::uncommit_memory(start_addr, pointer_delta(bounded_end_addr(end_page), start_addr, sizeof(char)));
+  os::uncommit_memory(start_addr, pointer_delta(bounded_end_addr(end_page), start_addr, sizeof(char)), !ExecMem);
 }
 
 void G1PageBasedVirtualSpace::uncommit(size_t start_page, size_t size_in_pages) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psCardTable.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psCardTable.cpp
index 9ad29779ed7..322802a92c8 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psCardTable.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psCardTable.cpp
@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@ bool PSCardTable::resize_commit_uncommit(int changed_region,
       MemRegion(cur_committed.start(), new_start_aligned));
     if (!uncommit_region.is_empty()) {
       if (!os::uncommit_memory((char*)uncommit_region.start(),
-                               uncommit_region.byte_size())) {
+                               uncommit_region.byte_size(),
+                               !ExecMem)) {
         // If the uncommit fails, ignore it.  Let the
         // committed table resizing go even though the committed
         // table will over state the committed space.
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.cpp
index 473a1f26854..f25d295093a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/parallel/psVirtualspace.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ bool PSVirtualSpace::shrink_by(size_t bytes) {
   }
 
   char* const base_addr = committed_high_addr() - bytes;
-  bool result = special() || os::uncommit_memory(base_addr, bytes);
+  bool result = special() || os::uncommit_memory(base_addr, bytes, !ExecMem);
   if (result) {
     _committed_high_addr -= bytes;
   }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
index b2a7118e8aa..a74070c8d47 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shared/cardTable.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ void CardTable::resize_covered_region(MemRegion new_region) {
                                                 cur_committed.end()));
       if (!uncommit_region.is_empty()) {
         if (!os::uncommit_memory((char*)uncommit_region.start(),
-                                 uncommit_region.byte_size())) {
+                                 uncommit_region.byte_size(),
+                                 !ExecMem)) {
           assert(false, "Card table contraction failed");
           // The call failed so don't change the end of the
           // committed region.  This is better than taking the
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp
index 7df181fa2ca..d016ee33310 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeap.cpp
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ void ShenandoahHeap::object_iterate(ObjectClosure* cl) {
 
   assert(oop_stack.is_empty(), "should be empty");
 
-  if (!_aux_bitmap_region_special && !os::uncommit_memory((char*)_aux_bitmap_region.start(), _aux_bitmap_region.byte_size())) {
+  if (!_aux_bitmap_region_special && !os::uncommit_memory((char*)_aux_bitmap_region.start(), _aux_bitmap_region.byte_size(), !ExecMem)) {
     log_warning(gc)("Could not uncommit native memory for auxiliary marking bitmap for heap iteration");
   }
 }
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ bool ShenandoahHeap::uncommit_bitmap_slice(ShenandoahHeapRegion *r) {
   size_t slice = r->index() / _bitmap_regions_per_slice;
   size_t off = _bitmap_bytes_per_slice * slice;
   size_t len = _bitmap_bytes_per_slice;
-  if (!os::uncommit_memory((char*)_bitmap_region.start() + off, len)) {
+  if (!os::uncommit_memory((char*)_bitmap_region.start() + off, len, !ExecMem)) {
     return false;
   }
   return true;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeapRegion.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeapRegion.cpp
index d50353eb455..dd8fbd87d31 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeapRegion.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoahHeapRegion.cpp
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ void ShenandoahHeapRegion::do_commit() {
 
 void ShenandoahHeapRegion::do_uncommit() {
   ShenandoahHeap* heap = ShenandoahHeap::heap();
-  if (!heap->is_heap_region_special() && !os::uncommit_memory((char *) bottom(), RegionSizeBytes)) {
+  if (!heap->is_heap_region_special() && !os::uncommit_memory((char *) bottom(), RegionSizeBytes, !ExecMem)) {
     report_java_out_of_memory("Unable to uncommit region");
   }
   if (!heap->uncommit_bitmap_slice(this)) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/memory/virtualspace.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/memory/virtualspace.cpp
index 7f88f0dcf50..e148e7575fb 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/virtualspace.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/virtualspace.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void ReservedSpace::initialize(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool large,
         base = NULL;
       }
     } else {
-      base = os::reserve_memory(size, NULL, alignment, _fd_for_heap);
+      base = os::reserve_memory(size, NULL, alignment, _fd_for_heap, _executable);
     }
 
     if (base == NULL) return;
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ void VirtualSpace::shrink_by(size_t size) {
     assert(middle_high_boundary() <= aligned_upper_new_high &&
            aligned_upper_new_high + upper_needs <= upper_high_boundary(),
            "must not shrink beyond region");
-    if (!os::uncommit_memory(aligned_upper_new_high, upper_needs)) {
+    if (!os::uncommit_memory(aligned_upper_new_high, upper_needs, _executable)) {
       debug_only(warning("os::uncommit_memory failed"));
       return;
     } else {
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ void VirtualSpace::shrink_by(size_t size) {
     assert(lower_high_boundary() <= aligned_middle_new_high &&
            aligned_middle_new_high + middle_needs <= middle_high_boundary(),
            "must not shrink beyond region");
-    if (!os::uncommit_memory(aligned_middle_new_high, middle_needs)) {
+    if (!os::uncommit_memory(aligned_middle_new_high, middle_needs, _executable)) {
       debug_only(warning("os::uncommit_memory failed"));
       return;
     } else {
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ void VirtualSpace::shrink_by(size_t size) {
     assert(low_boundary() <= aligned_lower_new_high &&
            aligned_lower_new_high + lower_needs <= lower_high_boundary(),
            "must not shrink beyond region");
-    if (!os::uncommit_memory(aligned_lower_new_high, lower_needs)) {
+    if (!os::uncommit_memory(aligned_lower_new_high, lower_needs, _executable)) {
       debug_only(warning("os::uncommit_memory failed"));
       return;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
index 586c2b7d9cc..6a606cc6400 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/whitebox.cpp
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ WB_ENTRY(void, WB_NMTCommitMemory(JNIEnv* env, jobject o, jlong addr, jlong size
 WB_END
 
 WB_ENTRY(void, WB_NMTUncommitMemory(JNIEnv* env, jobject o, jlong addr, jlong size))
-  os::uncommit_memory((char *)(uintptr_t)addr, size);
+  os::uncommit_memory((char *)(uintptr_t)addr, size, !ExecMem);
 WB_END
 
 WB_ENTRY(void, WB_NMTReleaseMemory(JNIEnv* env, jobject o, jlong addr, jlong size))
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
index 2a3621f3712..df7be196d96 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.cpp
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ bool os::create_stack_guard_pages(char* addr, size_t bytes) {
   return os::pd_create_stack_guard_pages(addr, bytes);
 }
 
-char* os::reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr, size_t alignment_hint, int file_desc) {
+char* os::reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr, size_t alignment_hint, int file_desc, bool executable) {
   char* result = NULL;
 
   if (file_desc != -1) {
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ char* os::reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr, size_t alignment_hint, int fi
       MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve_and_commit((address)result, bytes, CALLER_PC);
     }
   } else {
-    result = pd_reserve_memory(bytes, addr, alignment_hint);
+    result = pd_reserve_memory(bytes, addr, alignment_hint, executable);
     if (result != NULL) {
       MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_reserve((address)result, bytes, CALLER_PC);
     }
@@ -1728,16 +1728,16 @@ void os::commit_memory_or_exit(char* addr, size_t size, size_t alignment_hint,
   MemTracker::record_virtual_memory_commit((address)addr, size, CALLER_PC);
 }
 
-bool os::uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes) {
+bool os::uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes, bool exec) {
   bool res;
   if (MemTracker::tracking_level() > NMT_minimal) {
     Tracker tkr(Tracker::uncommit);
-    res = pd_uncommit_memory(addr, bytes);
+    res = pd_uncommit_memory(addr, bytes, exec);
     if (res) {
       tkr.record((address)addr, bytes);
     }
   } else {
-    res = pd_uncommit_memory(addr, bytes);
+    res = pd_uncommit_memory(addr, bytes, exec);
   }
   return res;
 }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp
index 21031656aa5..7d9a91f5ffa 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/os.hpp
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ class os: AllStatic {
   }
 
   static char*  pd_reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr = 0,
-                                  size_t alignment_hint = 0);
+                                  size_t alignment_hint = 0,
+                                  bool executable = false);
   static char*  pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr);
   static char*  pd_attempt_reserve_memory_at(size_t bytes, char* addr, int file_desc);
   static bool   pd_commit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes, bool executable);
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ class os: AllStatic {
   static void   pd_commit_memory_or_exit(char* addr, size_t size,
                                          size_t alignment_hint,
                                          bool executable, const char* mesg);
-  static bool   pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
+  static bool   pd_uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes, bool exec);
   static bool   pd_release_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
 
   static char*  pd_map_memory(int fd, const char* file_name, size_t file_offset,
@@ -311,7 +312,8 @@ class os: AllStatic {
 
   static int    vm_allocation_granularity();
   static char*  reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr = 0,
-                               size_t alignment_hint = 0, int file_desc = -1);
+                               size_t alignment_hint = 0, int file_desc = -1,
+                               bool executable = false);
   static char*  reserve_memory(size_t bytes, char* addr,
                                size_t alignment_hint, MEMFLAGS flags);
   static char*  reserve_memory_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment, int file_desc = -1);
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ class os: AllStatic {
   static void   commit_memory_or_exit(char* addr, size_t size,
                                       size_t alignment_hint,
                                       bool executable, const char* mesg);
-  static bool   uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
+  static bool   uncommit_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes, bool exec);
   static bool   release_memory(char* addr, size_t bytes);
 
   // Touch memory pages that cover the memory range from start to end (exclusive)
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
index 204cd033589..5f8c9100927 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/thread.cpp
@@ -2754,7 +2754,7 @@ void JavaThread::create_stack_guard_pages() {
   } else {
     log_warning(os, thread)("Attempt to protect stack guard pages failed ("
       PTR_FORMAT "-" PTR_FORMAT ").", p2i(low_addr), p2i(low_addr + len));
-    if (os::uncommit_memory((char *) low_addr, len)) {
+    if (os::uncommit_memory((char *) low_addr, len, !ExecMem)) {
       log_warning(os, thread)("Attempt to deallocate stack guard pages failed.");
     }
     return;