diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/PrintClasses.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/PrintClasses.java
index e2b0b4ba9f6..098dd3a3979 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/PrintClasses.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/runtime/CommandLine/PrintClasses.java
@@ -59,5 +59,9 @@ public class PrintClasses {
 
     // Test for previous bug in misc flags printing
     output.shouldNotContain("##name");
+
+    pb.command(new PidJcmdExecutor().getCommandLine("VM.classes", "-location"));
+    output = new OutputAnalyzer(pb.start());
+    output.stdoutContains(".*(file:/|jar:).*");
   }
 }