diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.cpp
index 615e892cd0b..efb282ce3f2 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.cpp
@@ -2841,6 +2841,10 @@ VM_Version::VM_Features VM_Version::CpuidInfo::feature_flags() const {
   // clflush_size is size in quadwords (8 bytes).
   guarantee(_cpuid_info.std_cpuid1_ebx.bits.clflush_size == ICache::line_size/8, "clflush size is not supported");
 
+  // sse and sse2 are guaranteed to be present
+  vm_features.set_feature(CPU_SSE);
+  vm_features.set_feature(CPU_SSE2);
+
   if (std_cpuid1_edx.bits.cmpxchg8 != 0)
     vm_features.set_feature(CPU_CX8);
   if (std_cpuid1_edx.bits.cmov != 0)
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.hpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.hpp
index 895987b56ce..2fb1af71a10 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/x86/vm_version_x86.hpp
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ protected:
     decl(HT,                ht                )  \
     decl(3DNOW_PREFETCH,    3dnowpref         )  /* Processor supports 3dnow prefetch and prefetchw instructions */ \
                                                  /* may not necessarily support other 3dnow instructions */ \
+    decl(SSE,               sse               )  \
+    decl(SSE2,              sse2              )  \
     decl(SSE3,              sse3              ) /* SSE3 comes from cpuid 1 (ECX) */ \
     decl(SSSE3,             ssse3             ) \
     decl(SSE4A,             sse4a             ) \
diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/sa/ClhsdbLongConstant.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/sa/ClhsdbLongConstant.java
index 051dd397db1..e0fed251f73 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/sa/ClhsdbLongConstant.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/sa/ClhsdbLongConstant.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class ClhsdbLongConstant {
             // Expected value obtained from the CPU_SHA definition in vm_version_x86.hpp
             checkLongValue("VM_Version::CPU_SHA ",
                            longConstantOutput,
-                           31L);
+                           33L);
         }
     }