diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp
index 59ac0256448..768e37f015f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jvmci/jvmciCodeInstaller.cpp
@@ -600,6 +600,9 @@ JVMCIEnv::CodeInstallResult CodeInstaller::install(JVMCICompiler* compiler, Hand
 
   if (!compiled_code->is_a(HotSpotCompiledNmethod::klass())) {
     oop stubName = HotSpotCompiledCode::name(compiled_code_obj);
+    if (oopDesc::is_null(stubName)) {
+      JVMCI_ERROR_OK("stub should have a name");
+    }
     char* name = strdup(java_lang_String::as_utf8_string(stubName));
     cb = RuntimeStub::new_runtime_stub(name,
                                        &buffer,
diff --git a/src/jdk.aot/share/classes/jdk.tools.jaotc/src/jdk/tools/jaotc/AOTBackend.java b/src/jdk.aot/share/classes/jdk.tools.jaotc/src/jdk/tools/jaotc/AOTBackend.java
index 3c96f630fd9..d9ae8f72bea 100644
--- a/src/jdk.aot/share/classes/jdk.tools.jaotc/src/jdk/tools/jaotc/AOTBackend.java
+++ b/src/jdk.aot/share/classes/jdk.tools.jaotc/src/jdk/tools/jaotc/AOTBackend.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ final class AOTBackend {
 
     void printCompiledMethod(HotSpotResolvedJavaMethod resolvedMethod, CompilationResult compResult) {
         // This is really not installing the method.
-        InstalledCode installedCode = codeCache.addCode(resolvedMethod, HotSpotCompiledCodeBuilder.createCompiledCode(codeCache, null, null, compResult), null, null);
+        InstalledCode installedCode = codeCache.addCode(resolvedMethod, HotSpotCompiledCodeBuilder.createCompiledCode(codeCache, resolvedMethod, null, compResult), null, null);
         String disassembly = codeCache.disassemble(installedCode);
         if (disassembly != null) {
             main.printer.printlnDebug(disassembly);
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/aot/cli/jaotc/CompileClassWithDebugTest.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/aot/cli/jaotc/CompileClassWithDebugTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f24043f0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/aot/cli/jaotc/CompileClassWithDebugTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 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
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @requires vm.aot
+ * @library / /test/lib /testlibrary
+ * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ * @build compiler.aot.cli.jaotc.CompileClassWithDebugTest
+ * @run driver ClassFileInstaller compiler.aot.cli.jaotc.data.HelloWorldOne
+ * @run driver compiler.aot.cli.jaotc.CompileClassWithDebugTest
+ * @summary check that jaotc can compile a class with a --debug flag
+ */
+
+package compiler.aot.cli.jaotc;
+
+import compiler.aot.cli.jaotc.data.HelloWorldOne;
+import java.io.File;
+import jdk.test.lib.Asserts;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+
+public class CompileClassWithDebugTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        OutputAnalyzer oa = JaotcTestHelper.compileLibrary("--debug", "--class-name", JaotcTestHelper
+                .getClassAotCompilationName(HelloWorldOne.class));
+        oa.shouldHaveExitValue(0);
+        File compiledLibrary = new File(JaotcTestHelper.DEFAULT_LIB_PATH);
+        Asserts.assertTrue(compiledLibrary.exists(), "Compiled library file missing");
+        Asserts.assertGT(compiledLibrary.length(), 0L, "Unexpected compiled library size");
+        JaotcTestHelper.checkLibraryUsage(HelloWorldOne.class.getName());
+    }
+}