diff --git a/test/hotspot/gtest/runtime/test_os.cpp b/test/hotspot/gtest/runtime/test_os.cpp
index 4d3e6ba7f52ac..74f8cc6139400 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/gtest/runtime/test_os.cpp
+++ b/test/hotspot/gtest/runtime/test_os.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,16 @@ static void do_test_print_hex_dump(const_address from, const_address to, int uni
   EXPECT_STREQ(buf, expected);
 }
 
+// version with a highlighted pc location
+static void do_test_print_hex_dump_highlighted(const_address from, const_address to, int unitsize, int bytes_per_line,
+                                   const_address logical_start, const char* expected, const_address highlight) {
+  char buf[2048];
+  buf[0] = '\0';
+  stringStream ss(buf, sizeof(buf));
+  os::print_hex_dump(&ss, from, to, unitsize, /* print_ascii=*/true, bytes_per_line, logical_start, highlight);
+  EXPECT_STREQ(buf, expected);
+}
+
 TEST_VM(os, test_print_hex_dump) {
 
 #ifdef _LP64
@@ -197,6 +207,15 @@ TEST_VM(os, test_print_hex_dump) {
               ADDRESS2 ":   ff ff e0 dc 23 00 6a 64 6b 2f 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 61 6c 2f 6c 6f 61 64 65 72 2f 4e 61 74 69 76 65   " ASCII_1 "\n" \
               ADDRESS3 ":   4c 69 62 72 61 72 69 65 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00                                                   " ASCII_2 "\n"
 
+#define PAT_HL_1A "=>" ADDRESS1 ":   ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??\n" \
+              "  " ADDRESS2 ":   ff ff e0 dc 23 00 6a 64 6b 2f 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 61 6c 2f 6c 6f 61 64 65 72 2f 4e 61 74 69 76 65   " ASCII_1 "\n" \
+              "  " ADDRESS3 ":   4c 69 62 72 61 72 69 65 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00                                                   " ASCII_2 "\n"
+
+#define PAT_HL_1B "  " ADDRESS1 ":   ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??\n" \
+              "=>" ADDRESS2 ":   ff ff e0 dc 23 00 6a 64 6b 2f 69 6e 74 65 72 6e 61 6c 2f 6c 6f 61 64 65 72 2f 4e 61 74 69 76 65   " ASCII_1 "\n" \
+              "  " ADDRESS3 ":   4c 69 62 72 61 72 69 65 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00                                                   " ASCII_2 "\n"
+
+
 #ifdef VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #define PAT_2 ADDRESS1 ":   ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ????\n" \
               ADDRESS2 ":   ffff dce0 0023 646a 2f6b 6e69 6574 6e72 6c61 6c2f 616f 6564 2f72 614e 6974 6576   " ASCII_1 "\n" \
@@ -252,6 +271,11 @@ TEST_VM(os, test_print_hex_dump) {
   do_test_print_hex_dump(from + 1, to, 4, 32, logical_start, PAT_4);
   do_test_print_hex_dump(from + 1, to, 8, 32, logical_start, PAT_8);
 
+  // print with highlighted address
+  do_test_print_hex_dump_highlighted(from, to, 1, 32, logical_start, PAT_HL_1A, from+5);
+  do_test_print_hex_dump_highlighted(from, to, 1, 32, logical_start, PAT_HL_1B, from+32);
+  do_test_print_hex_dump_highlighted(from, to, 1, 32, logical_start, PAT_HL_1B, from+60);
+
   os::release_memory(two_pages, ps * 2);
 }
 #endif // not AIX