--- a/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotVMConfig.java	Sun Jun 19 16:08:40 2016 +0200
+++ b/jvmci/jdk.vm.ci.hotspot/src/jdk/vm/ci/hotspot/HotSpotVMConfig.java	Tue Jun 21 09:48:02 2016 +0200
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
  */
 package jdk.vm.ci.hotspot;
 
+import static jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.UnsafeAccess.UNSAFE;
+
+import sun.misc.Unsafe;
+
 /**
  * Used to access native configuration details.
  */
@@ -224,6 +228,21 @@
     final int vmSymbolsFirstSID = getConstant("vmSymbols::FIRST_SID", Integer.class);
     final int vmSymbolsSIDLimit = getConstant("vmSymbols::SID_LIMIT", Integer.class);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the symbol in the {@code vmSymbols} table at position {@code index} as a
+     * {@link String}.
+     *
+     * @param index position in the symbol table
+     * @return the symbol at position id
+     */
+    String symbolAt(int index) {
+        HotSpotJVMCIRuntime runtime = HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.runtime();
+        assert vmSymbolsFirstSID <= index && index < vmSymbolsSIDLimit : "index " + index + " is out of bounds";
+        assert symbolPointerSize == Unsafe.ADDRESS_SIZE : "the following address read is broken";
+        int offset = index * symbolPointerSize;
+        return runtime.getCompilerToVM().getSymbol(UNSAFE.getAddress(vmSymbolsSymbols + offset));
+    }
+
     final int klassHasFinalizerFlag = getConstant("JVM_ACC_HAS_FINALIZER", Integer.class);
 
     // Modifier.SYNTHETIC is not so we get it via vmStructs.