diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/NMT/CheckForProperDetailStackTrace.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/NMT/CheckForProperDetailStackTrace.java
index 049d7070266..398d6b523ad 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/NMT/CheckForProperDetailStackTrace.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/NMT/CheckForProperDetailStackTrace.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  * @library /test/lib
  * @modules java.base/jdk.internal.misc
  *          java.management
+ * @requires vm.debug
  * @compile ../modules/CompilerUtils.java
  * @run driver CheckForProperDetailStackTrace
  */