diff --git a/.hgtags-top-repo b/.hgtags-top-repo
index a38b35c9730..24b0f4f9c2e 100644
--- a/.hgtags-top-repo
+++ b/.hgtags-top-repo
@@ -180,3 +180,4 @@ b85b44cced2406792cfb9baab1377ff03e7001d8 jdk8-b55
 76844579fa4b30929731115b237e477181a82394 jdk8-b56
 522dfac8ca4d07c0b74025d4ac3b6e5feefbb829 jdk8-b57
 9367024804874faf8e958adeb333682bab1c0c47 jdk8-b58
+dae9821589ccd2611bdf7084269b98e819091770 jdk8-b59
diff --git a/make/Defs-internal.gmk b/make/Defs-internal.gmk
index 6afea7062a6..6f40f763bc9 100644
--- a/make/Defs-internal.gmk
+++ b/make/Defs-internal.gmk
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS = \
     PREVIOUS_MINOR_VERSION=$(PREVIOUS_MINOR_VERSION) \
     PREVIOUS_MICRO_VERSION=$(PREVIOUS_MICRO_VERSION)
 
+ifdef OPENJDK
+  COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += OPENJDK=$(OPENJDK)
+endif
+
 ifdef ARCH_DATA_MODEL
   COMMON_BUILD_ARGUMENTS += ARCH_DATA_MODEL=$(ARCH_DATA_MODEL)
 endif