diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/launching/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/launching/environments/ExecutionEnvironmentAnalyzer.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/launching/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/launching/environments/ExecutionEnvironmentAnalyzer.java
index f815314..b1ff6d7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/launching/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/launching/environments/ExecutionEnvironmentAnalyzer.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/launching/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/launching/environments/ExecutionEnvironmentAnalyzer.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
-
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.launching.EEVMInstall;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.launching.EEVMType;
-
 import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IVMInstall;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IVMInstall2;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IVMInstall3;
@@ -38,6 +36,7 @@
 public class ExecutionEnvironmentAnalyzer implements IExecutionEnvironmentAnalyzerDelegate {
 	
 	// XXX: Note that this string is not yet standardized by OSGi, see http://wiki.osgi.org/wiki/Execution_Environment
+	private static final String JavaSE_1_9 = "JavaSE-1.9"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private static final String JavaSE_1_8 = "JavaSE-1.8"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
 	private static final String JavaSE_1_7 = "JavaSE-1.7"; //$NON-NLS-1$
@@ -76,6 +75,7 @@
 		mappings.put(JavaSE_1_6, new String[] {J2SE_1_5});
 		mappings.put(JavaSE_1_7, new String[] {JavaSE_1_6});
 		mappings.put(JavaSE_1_8, new String[] { JavaSE_1_7 });
+		mappings.put(JavaSE_1_9, new String[] { JavaSE_1_8 });
 	}
 	@Override
 	public CompatibleEnvironment[] analyze(IVMInstall vm, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException {
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@
 					types = getTypes(CDC_FOUNDATION_1_1);
 				}
 			} else {
-				if (javaVersion.startsWith("1.8")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+				if (javaVersion.startsWith("1.9")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+					types = getTypes(JavaSE_1_9);
+				} else if (javaVersion.startsWith("1.8")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
 					types = getTypes(JavaSE_1_8);
 				} else if (javaVersion.startsWith("1.7")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
 					types = getTypes(JavaSE_1_7);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/plugin.properties b/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/plugin.properties
index 5d024d7..e673e84 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/plugin.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/plugin.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ###############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 2000, 2014 IBM Corporation and others.
+# Copyright (c) 2000, 2015 IBM Corporation and others.
 # All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 # are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 # which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 environment.description.9 = Java Platform, Standard Edition 6.0
 environment.description.11 = Java Platform, Standard Edition 7.0
 environment.description.12 = Java Platform, Standard Edition 8.0
+environment.description.13 = Java Platform, Standard Edition 9.0
 
 classpathVariableInitializer.deprecated = Use the JRE System Library instead
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/plugin.xml b/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/plugin.xml
index 81d9bb0..59a4bc5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/plugin.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.launching/plugin.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <?eclipse version="3.0"?>
 <!--
-     Copyright (c) 2005, 2014 IBM Corporation and others.
+     Copyright (c) 2005, 2015 IBM Corporation and others.
      All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
      are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
      which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@
             description="%environment.description.12"
             id="JavaSE-1.8"
             ruleParticipant="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.launching.environments.DefaultAccessRuleParticipant">
+      </environment>
+      <environment
+            description="%environment.description.13"
+            id="JavaSE-1.9"
+            ruleParticipant="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.launching.environments.DefaultAccessRuleParticipant">
       </environment>            
       <analyzer
             class="org.eclipse.jdt.internal.launching.environments.ExecutionEnvironmentAnalyzer"