diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
index 97d61fd90b7c952d6b0602606312468849222307..e31b5293572e596228fe91545f92e242ba0f18c9 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/bsd/os_bsd.cpp
@@ -2484,7 +2484,7 @@ int os::java_to_os_priority[CriticalPriority + 1] = {
 static int prio_init() {
   if (ThreadPriorityPolicy == 1) {
     if (geteuid() != 0) {
-      if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(ThreadPriorityPolicy)) {
+      if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(ThreadPriorityPolicy) && !FLAG_IS_JIMAGE_RESOURCE(ThreadPriorityPolicy)) {
         warning("-XX:ThreadPriorityPolicy=1 may require system level permission, " \
                 "e.g., being the root user. If the necessary permission is not " \
                 "possessed, changes to priority will be silently ignored.");
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
index f318c7d0527bcb44c46d256c03b8254cabe290f4..6ee57c1f80de224594132fc27d37c5d097862107 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/linux/os_linux.cpp
@@ -4334,7 +4334,7 @@ int os::java_to_os_priority[CriticalPriority + 1] = {
 static int prio_init() {
   if (ThreadPriorityPolicy == 1) {
     if (geteuid() != 0) {
-      if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(ThreadPriorityPolicy)) {
+      if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(ThreadPriorityPolicy) && !FLAG_IS_JIMAGE_RESOURCE(ThreadPriorityPolicy)) {
         warning("-XX:ThreadPriorityPolicy=1 may require system level permission, " \
                 "e.g., being the root user. If the necessary permission is not " \
                 "possessed, changes to priority will be silently ignored.");
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlag.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlag.cpp
index 79b85630f82a26f7478b64aef68e7636dd6a4e01..630c8becd97b2bc51810be1b282e8873a9798a50 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlag.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlag.cpp
@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ bool JVMFlag::is_command_line() {
   return (_flags & ORIG_COMMAND_LINE) != 0;
 }
 
+bool JVMFlag::is_jimage_resource() {
+  return (get_origin() == JIMAGE_RESOURCE);
+}
+
 void JVMFlag::set_command_line() {
   _flags = Flags(_flags | ORIG_COMMAND_LINE);
 }
@@ -989,6 +993,12 @@ bool JVMFlag::wasSetOnCmdline(const char* name, bool* value) {
   return true;
 }
 
+bool JVMFlagEx::is_jimage_resource(JVMFlags flag) {
+  assert((size_t)flag < JVMFlag::numFlags, "bad command line flag index");
+  JVMFlag* f = &JVMFlag::flags[flag];
+  return f->is_jimage_resource();
+}
+
 void JVMFlagEx::setOnCmdLine(JVMFlagsWithType flag) {
   JVMFlag* faddr = address_of_flag(flag);
   assert(faddr != NULL, "Unknown flag");
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlag.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlag.hpp
index 52151bdda7d5006ef3c845e0fed9bb95f2ffcfdb..c0854b33c01b47fb623bb5f91ebb1e01694df8c5 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlag.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/flags/jvmFlag.hpp
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ struct JVMFlag {
 
   bool is_default();
   bool is_ergonomic();
+  bool is_jimage_resource();
   bool is_command_line();
   void set_command_line();
 
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals_extension.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals_extension.hpp
index 0297b3d08dbc6260901f87674b80acf8e4c43d85..02491f6c783cf161a9a3dc7789a2d8e302a73e86 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals_extension.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/globals_extension.hpp
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #define FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(name)         (JVMFlagEx::is_default(FLAG_MEMBER(name)))
 #define FLAG_IS_ERGO(name)            (JVMFlagEx::is_ergo(FLAG_MEMBER(name)))
 #define FLAG_IS_CMDLINE(name)         (JVMFlagEx::is_cmdline(FLAG_MEMBER(name)))
+#define FLAG_IS_JIMAGE_RESOURCE(name) (JVMFlagEx::is_jimage_resource(FLAG_MEMBER(name)))
 
 #define FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(name, value) ((name) = (value))
 
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ class JVMFlagEx : JVMFlag {
   static bool is_default(JVMFlags flag);
   static bool is_ergo(JVMFlags flag);
   static bool is_cmdline(JVMFlags flag);
+  static bool is_jimage_resource(JVMFlags flag);
 
   static void setOnCmdLine(JVMFlagsWithType flag);
 };