diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
index 18b46c988e3..eab949297b3 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/thread.cpp
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ Thread::~Thread() {
   // Reclaim the objectmonitors from the omFreeList of the moribund thread.
   ObjectSynchronizer::omFlush (this) ;
 
+  EVENT_THREAD_DESTRUCT(this);
+
   // stack_base can be NULL if the thread is never started or exited before
   // record_stack_base_and_size called. Although, we would like to ensure
   // that all started threads do call record_stack_base_and_size(), there is
diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceMacros.hpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceMacros.hpp
index 1a6dd644935..4776e13507e 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceMacros.hpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/trace/traceMacros.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define SHARE_VM_TRACE_TRACE_MACRO_HPP
 
 #define EVENT_THREAD_EXIT(thread)
+#define EVENT_THREAD_DESTRUCT(thread)
 
 #define TRACE_INIT_ID(k)
 #define TRACE_DATA TraceThreadData