diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/management/jmxremote/startstop/JMXStartStopTest.java b/jdk/test/sun/management/jmxremote/startstop/JMXStartStopTest.java
index ca988cdea47..6348de21ef7 100644
--- a/jdk/test/sun/management/jmxremote/startstop/JMXStartStopTest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/management/jmxremote/startstop/JMXStartStopTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import sun.management.AgentConfigurationError;
  * @run main/othervm/timeout=600 -XX:+UsePerfData JMXStartStopTest
  * @summary Makes sure that enabling/disabling the management agent through JCMD
  *          achieves the desired results
- * @key randomness
+ * @key randomness intermittent
  */
 public class JMXStartStopTest {
     private static final String TEST_APP_NAME = "TestApp";
diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/tools/jstatd/TestJstatdServer.java b/jdk/test/sun/tools/jstatd/TestJstatdServer.java
index 4622ea64a59..565f799765d 100644
--- a/jdk/test/sun/tools/jstatd/TestJstatdServer.java
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/tools/jstatd/TestJstatdServer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /*
  * @test
  * @bug 4990825
+ * @key intermittent
  * @library /lib/testlibrary
  * @modules java.management
  * @build jdk.testlibrary.* JstatdTest JstatGCUtilParser