diff --git a/doc/testing.html b/doc/testing.html
index 37d4df604f5..0f81647ecae 100644
--- a/doc/testing.html
+++ b/doc/testing.html
@@ -426,6 +426,14 @@ GB/2</em>.</p>
 <p>Sets the argument <code>-timeoutHandlerTimeout</code> for JTReg. The
 default value is 0. This is only valid if the failure handler is
 built.</p>
+<h4 id="jtreg_test_thread_factory">JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY</h4>
+<p>Sets the <code>-testThreadFactory</code> for JTReg. It should be the
+fully qualified classname of a class which implements
+<code>java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory</code>. One such implementation
+class, named Virtual, is currently part of the JDK build in the
+<code>test/jtreg_test_thread_factory/</code> directory. This class gets
+compiled during the test image build. The implementation of the Virtual
+class creates a new virtual thread for executing each test class.</p>
 <h4 id="test_mode">TEST_MODE</h4>
 <p>The test mode (<code>agentvm</code> or <code>othervm</code>).</p>
 <p>Defaults to <code>agentvm</code>.</p>
diff --git a/doc/testing.md b/doc/testing.md
index 3de0c26c391..764fec15c8d 100644
--- a/doc/testing.md
+++ b/doc/testing.md
@@ -378,6 +378,15 @@ Defaults to 4.
 Sets the argument `-timeoutHandlerTimeout` for JTReg. The default value is 0.
 This is only valid if the failure handler is built.
 
+#### JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY
+
+Sets the `-testThreadFactory` for JTReg. It should be the fully qualified classname
+of a class which implements `java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory`.
+One such implementation class, named Virtual, is currently part of the JDK build
+in the `test/jtreg_test_thread_factory/` directory. This class gets compiled during
+the test image build. The implementation of the Virtual class creates a new virtual
+thread for executing each test class.
+
 #### TEST_MODE
 
 The test mode (`agentvm` or `othervm`).
diff --git a/make/Main.gmk b/make/Main.gmk
index 3c7c30caba7..5f647c963b0 100644
--- a/make/Main.gmk
+++ b/make/Main.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2011, 2023, 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
@@ -747,6 +747,22 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_FAILURE_HANDLER), true)
   ))
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BUILD_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY), true)
+  # Builds the test thread factory jtreg extension
+  $(eval $(call SetupTarget, build-test-test-thread-factory, \
+      MAKEFILE := test/BuildJtregTestThreadFactory, \
+      TARGET := build, \
+      DEPS := interim-langtools exploded-image, \
+  ))
+
+  # Copies the jtreg test thread factory into the test image
+  $(eval $(call SetupTarget, test-image-test-thread-factory, \
+      MAKEFILE := test/BuildJtregTestThreadFactory, \
+      TARGET := images, \
+      DEPS := build-test-test-thread-factory, \
+  ))
+endif
+
 $(eval $(call SetupTarget, build-microbenchmark, \
     MAKEFILE := test/BuildMicrobenchmark, \
     DEPS := interim-langtools exploded-image, \
@@ -1227,6 +1243,10 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_FAILURE_HANDLER), true)
   test-image: test-image-failure-handler
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BUILD_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY), true)
+  test-image: test-image-test-thread-factory
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(JMH_CORE_JAR), )
   test-image: build-microbenchmark
 endif
diff --git a/make/RunTests.gmk b/make/RunTests.gmk
index 50342077645..aba7b3a78f6 100644
--- a/make/RunTests.gmk
+++ b/make/RunTests.gmk
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ endif
 JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER_DIR := $(TEST_IMAGE_DIR)/failure_handler
 JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER := $(JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER_DIR)/jtregFailureHandler.jar
 
+JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY_DIR := $(TEST_IMAGE_DIR)/jtreg_test_thread_factory
+JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY_JAR := $(JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY_DIR)/jtregTestThreadFactory.jar
+
 JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER_TIMEOUT ?= 0
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(JTREG_FAILURE_HANDLER)), )
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ $(eval $(call SetTestOpt,REPORT,JTREG))
 
 $(eval $(call ParseKeywordVariable, JTREG, \
     SINGLE_KEYWORDS := JOBS TIMEOUT_FACTOR FAILURE_HANDLER_TIMEOUT \
-        TEST_MODE ASSERT VERBOSE RETAIN MAX_MEM RUN_PROBLEM_LISTS \
+        TEST_MODE ASSERT VERBOSE RETAIN TEST_THREAD_FACTORY MAX_MEM RUN_PROBLEM_LISTS \
         RETRY_COUNT REPEAT_COUNT MAX_OUTPUT REPORT $(CUSTOM_JTREG_SINGLE_KEYWORDS), \
     STRING_KEYWORDS := OPTIONS JAVA_OPTIONS VM_OPTIONS KEYWORDS \
         EXTRA_PROBLEM_LISTS LAUNCHER_OPTIONS \
@@ -752,6 +755,7 @@ define SetupRunJtregTestBody
 
   JTREG_VERBOSE ?= fail,error,summary
   JTREG_RETAIN ?= fail,error
+  JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY ?=
   JTREG_RUN_PROBLEM_LISTS ?= false
   JTREG_RETRY_COUNT ?= 0
   JTREG_REPEAT_COUNT ?= 0
@@ -765,6 +769,14 @@ define SetupRunJtregTestBody
     endif
   endif
 
+  ifneq ($$(JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY), )
+    $1_JTREG_BASIC_OPTIONS += -testThreadFactoryPath:$$(JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY_JAR)
+    $1_JTREG_BASIC_OPTIONS += -testThreadFactory:$$(JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY)
+    $1_JTREG_BASIC_OPTIONS += $$(addprefix $$(JTREG_PROBLEM_LIST_PREFIX), $$(wildcard \
+	$$(addprefix $$($1_TEST_ROOT)/, ProblemList-$$(JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY).txt) \
+    ))
+  endif
+
   ifneq ($$(JTREG_LAUNCHER_OPTIONS), )
     $1_JTREG_LAUNCHER_OPTIONS += $$(JTREG_LAUNCHER_OPTIONS)
   endif
diff --git a/make/autoconf/configure.ac b/make/autoconf/configure.ac
index 5d48bd9aadd..2d6cb000d43 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/make/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ HOTSPOT_SETUP_MISC
 ###############################################################################
 
 LIB_TESTS_ENABLE_DISABLE_FAILURE_HANDLER
+LIB_TESTS_ENABLE_DISABLE_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY
 
 JDKOPT_ENABLE_DISABLE_GENERATE_CLASSLIST
 JDKOPT_EXCLUDE_TRANSLATIONS
diff --git a/make/autoconf/lib-tests.m4 b/make/autoconf/lib-tests.m4
index 4d771f7e5f2..6af9045a136 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/lib-tests.m4
+++ b/make/autoconf/lib-tests.m4
@@ -301,3 +301,22 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([LIB_TESTS_ENABLE_DISABLE_FAILURE_HANDLER],
       ])
   AC_SUBST(BUILD_FAILURE_HANDLER)
 ])
+
+AC_DEFUN_ONCE([LIB_TESTS_ENABLE_DISABLE_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY],
+[
+  UTIL_ARG_ENABLE(NAME: jtreg-test-thread-factory, DEFAULT: auto,
+      RESULT: BUILD_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY,
+      DESC: [enable building of the jtreg test thread factory],
+      DEFAULT_DESC: [enabled if jtreg is present],
+      CHECKING_MSG: [if the jtreg test thread factory should be built],
+      CHECK_AVAILABLE: [
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([if the jtreg test thread factory is available])
+        if test "x$JT_HOME" != "x"; then
+          AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+        else
+          AVAILABLE=false
+          AC_MSG_RESULT([no (jtreg not present)])
+        fi
+      ])
+  AC_SUBST(BUILD_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY)
+])
diff --git a/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in b/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
index ff073c78c92..550c196ed89 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
+++ b/make/autoconf/spec.gmk.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2011, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ BUILDJDK_OUTPUTDIR=$(OUTPUTDIR)/buildjdk
 
 BUILD_FAILURE_HANDLER := @BUILD_FAILURE_HANDLER@
 
+BUILD_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY := @BUILD_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY@
+
 ENABLE_GENERATE_CLASSLIST := @ENABLE_GENERATE_CLASSLIST@
 
 EXCLUDE_TRANSLATIONS := @EXCLUDE_TRANSLATIONS@
diff --git a/make/test/BuildJtregTestThreadFactory.gmk b/make/test/BuildJtregTestThreadFactory.gmk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b096ae303ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make/test/BuildJtregTestThreadFactory.gmk
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022, 2023, 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.  Oracle designates this
+# particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+# by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+default: build
+
+include $(SPEC)
+include MakeBase.gmk
+include JavaCompilation.gmk
+
+TARGETS :=
+
+################################################################################
+
+TTF_BASEDIR := $(TOPDIR)/test/jtreg_test_thread_factory
+TTF_SUPPORT := $(SUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR)/test/jtreg_test_thread_factory
+TTF_JAR := $(TTF_SUPPORT)/jtregTestThreadFactory.jar
+
+$(eval $(call SetupJavaCompilation, BUILD_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY, \
+    TARGET_RELEASE := $(TARGET_RELEASE_NEWJDK_UPGRADED), \
+    SRC := $(TTF_BASEDIR)/src/share/classes, \
+    BIN := $(TTF_SUPPORT)/classes, \
+    JAR := $(TTF_JAR), \
+))
+
+TARGETS += $(BUILD_JTREG_TEST_THREAD_FACTORY)
+
+################################################################################
+# Targets for building test-image.
+################################################################################
+
+# Copy to hotspot jtreg test image
+$(eval $(call SetupCopyFiles, COPY_TTF, \
+    SRC := $(TTF_SUPPORT), \
+    DEST := $(TEST_IMAGE_DIR)/jtreg_test_thread_factory, \
+    FILES := $(TTF_JAR), \
+))
+
+IMAGES_TARGETS += $(COPY_TTF)
+
+build: $(TARGETS)
+images: $(IMAGES_TARGETS)
+
+.PHONY: all images
diff --git a/test/jtreg_test_thread_factory/src/share/classes/Virtual.java b/test/jtreg_test_thread_factory/src/share/classes/Virtual.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80b0b59fa1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jtreg_test_thread_factory/src/share/classes/Virtual.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, 2023, 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.
+ */
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
+
+public class Virtual implements ThreadFactory {
+
+    static {
+        // This property is used by ProcessTools and some tests
+        try {
+            System.setProperty("main.wrapper", "Virtual");
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            // might be thrown by security manager
+        }
+    }
+
+    static final ThreadFactory VIRTUAL_TF = Thread.ofVirtual().factory();
+
+    @Override
+    public Thread newThread(Runnable task) {
+        return VIRTUAL_TF.newThread(task);
+    }
+}