diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp
index 2bcc1ddc221..3b9cf59b954 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/utilities/vmError.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ static const char* env_list[] = {
   "JAVA_HOME", "JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS", "_JAVA_OPTIONS", "CLASSPATH",
   "PATH", "USERNAME",
 
+  "XDG_CACHE_HOME", "XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "FC_LANG", "FONTCONFIG_USE_MMAP",
+
   // Env variables that are defined on Linux/BSD
   "LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "LD_PRELOAD", "SHELL", "DISPLAY",
   "HOSTTYPE", "OSTYPE", "ARCH", "MACHTYPE",