diff -r d382dacfd73f -r 8fb89a569621 rt/emul/mini/src/main/java/java/lang/VirtualMachineError.java
--- a/rt/emul/mini/src/main/java/java/lang/VirtualMachineError.java	Tue Feb 26 16:54:16 2013 +0100
+++ b/rt/emul/mini/src/main/java/java/lang/VirtualMachineError.java	Sun Aug 10 06:21:50 2014 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 1997, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2011, 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
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
  * @author  Frank Yellin
  * @since   JDK1.0
  */
-abstract public
-class VirtualMachineError extends Error {
+abstract public class VirtualMachineError extends Error {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4161983926571568670L;
+
     /**
      * Constructs a <code>VirtualMachineError</code> with no detail message.
      */
@@ -46,9 +47,43 @@
      * Constructs a <code>VirtualMachineError</code> with the specified
      * detail message.
      *
-     * @param   s   the detail message.
+     * @param   message   the detail message.
      */
-    public VirtualMachineError(String s) {
-        super(s);
+    public VirtualMachineError(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a {@code VirtualMachineError} with the specified
+     * detail message and cause.  <p>Note that the detail message
+     * associated with {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically
+     * incorporated in this error's detail message.
+     *
+     * @param  message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
+     *         by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
+     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
+     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
+     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
+     *         unknown.)
+     * @since  1.8
+     */
+    public VirtualMachineError(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an a {@code VirtualMachineError} with the specified
+     * cause and a detail message of {@code (cause==null ? null :
+     * cause.toString())} (which typically contains the class and
+     * detail message of {@code cause}).
+     *
+     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
+     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
+     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
+     *         unknown.)
+     * @since  1.8
+     */
+    public VirtualMachineError(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
     }
 }