diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verificationType.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verificationType.cpp
index aedb620aabe..25b2418229a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verificationType.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verificationType.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ bool VerificationType::resolve_and_check_assignability(InstanceKlass* current_kl
       target_klass == vmClasses::Serializable_klass();
   } else if (from_is_object) {
     Klass* from_klass;
+#if HOTSPOT_TARGET_CLASSLIB == 8
+    if (current_klass->name() == from_name) {
+#else
     if (current_klass->is_hidden() && current_klass->name() == from_name) {
+#endif
       from_klass = current_klass;
     } else {
       from_klass = SystemDictionary::resolve_or_fail(
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.cpp
index 0f1468f0309..9253b65c593 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/verifier.cpp
@@ -132,8 +132,15 @@ bool Verifier::relax_access_for(oop loader) {
 // or pass true for redefinition of any class.
 static bool is_eligible_for_verification(InstanceKlass* klass, bool should_verify_class) {
   Symbol* name = klass->name();
+#if HOTSPOT_TARGET_CLASSLIB == 8
+  Klass* refl_magic_klass = vmClasses::reflect_MagicAccessorImpl_klass();
 
+  bool is_reflect = refl_magic_klass != nullptr && klass->is_subtype_of(refl_magic_klass);
+
+  return (should_verify_class && (!is_reflect) &&
+#else
   return (should_verify_class &&
+#endif
     // Can not verify the bytecodes for shared classes because they have
     // already been rewritten to contain constant pool cache indices,
     // which the verifier can't understand.
@@ -2911,8 +2918,20 @@ void ClassVerifier::verify_invoke_instructions(
                                // and we loaded the class. For any other "true" returns (e.g. same class
                                // or Object) we either can't get here (same class already excluded above)
                                // or we know it is not an interface (i.e. Object).
+#if HOTSPOT_TARGET_CLASSLIB == 8
+    bool subtype = false;
+    if (!current_class()->is_hidden()) {
+      subtype = ref_class_type.is_reference_assignable_from(current_type(), this, false,
+                                                               &is_interface, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+    } else {
+      VerificationType host_klass_type =
+                        VerificationType::reference_type(current_class()->nest_host(THREAD)->name());
+      subtype = ref_class_type.is_assignable_from(host_klass_type, this, false, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+    }
+#else
     bool subtype = ref_class_type.is_reference_assignable_from(current_type(), this, false,
                                                                &is_interface, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+#endif
     if (!subtype) {  // Totally unrelated class
       verify_error(ErrorContext::bad_code(bci),
                    "Bad invokespecial instruction: "
@@ -2950,7 +2969,28 @@ void ClassVerifier::verify_invoke_instructions(
     } else {   // other methods
       // Ensures that target class is assignable to method class.
       if (opcode == Bytecodes::_invokespecial) {
+#if HOTSPOT_TARGET_CLASSLIB == 8
+        if (!current_class()->is_hidden()) {
+          current_frame->pop_stack(current_type(), CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+        } else {
+          // anonymous class invokespecial calls: check if the
+          // objectref is a subtype of the host_klass of the current class
+          // to allow an anonymous class to reference methods in the host_klass
+          VerificationType top = current_frame->pop_stack(CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+          VerificationType hosttype =
+            VerificationType::reference_type(current_class()->nest_host(THREAD)->name());
+          bool subtype = hosttype.is_assignable_from(top, this, false, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+          if (!subtype) {
+            verify_error( ErrorContext::bad_type(current_frame->offset(),
+              current_frame->stack_top_ctx(),
+              TypeOrigin::implicit(top)),
+              "Bad type on operand stack");
+            return;
+          }
+        }
+#else
         current_frame->pop_stack(current_type(), CHECK_VERIFY(this));
+#endif
       } else if (opcode == Bytecodes::_invokevirtual) {
         VerificationType stack_object_type =
           current_frame->pop_stack(ref_class_type, CHECK_VERIFY(this));
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmClassMacros.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmClassMacros.hpp
index 5e7f045cd2e..8fa5831173a 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmClassMacros.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmClassMacros.hpp
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
   do_klass(reflect_ConstantPool_klass,                  reflect_ConstantPool                                  ) \
   do_klass(reflect_CallerSensitive_klass,               reflect_CallerSensitive                               ) \
   do_klass(reflect_DirectConstructorHandleAccessor_NativeAccessor_klass, reflect_DirectConstructorHandleAccessor_NativeAccessor) \
+  do_klass(reflect_MagicAccessorImpl_klass,              reflect_MagicAccessorImpl                            ) \
                                                                                                                 \
   /* support for dynamic typing */                                                                              \
   do_klass(DirectMethodHandle_klass,                    java_lang_invoke_DirectMethodHandle                   ) \
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp
index 7774572a202..b30988c4568 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/classfile/vmSymbols.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class SerializeClosure;
   template(reflect_MethodAccessorImpl,                "sun/reflect/MethodAccessorImpl")           \
   template(reflect_CallerSensitive,                   "sun/reflect/CallerSensitive")              \
   template(reflect_CallerSensitive_signature,         "Lsun/reflect/CallerSensitive;")            \
+  template(reflect_MagicAccessorImpl,                 "sun/reflect/MagicAccessorImpl")            \
   template(vmloader_name,                             "vmloader")                                 \
   template(java_security_PrivilegedActionException,   "java/security/PrivilegedActionException")  \
   template(exception_void_signature,                  "(Ljava/lang/Exception;)V")                 \
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp
index 6085456a90c..f9e0f051135 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/interpreter/linkResolver.cpp
@@ -1216,7 +1216,18 @@ Method* LinkResolver::linktime_resolve_special_method(const LinkInfo& link_info,
   Klass* current_klass = link_info.current_klass();
   if (current_klass != nullptr && resolved_klass->is_interface()) {
     InstanceKlass* klass_to_check = InstanceKlass::cast(current_klass);
+#if HOTSPOT_TARGET_CLASSLIB == 8
+    if (klass_to_check->is_hidden()) {
+      klass_to_check = klass_to_check->nest_host(THREAD);
+    }
+    // Disable verification for the dynamically-generated reflection bytecodes.
+    bool is_reflect = klass_to_check->is_subclass_of(
+                        vmClasses::reflect_MagicAccessorImpl_klass());
+    if (!is_reflect &&
+        !klass_to_check->is_same_or_direct_interface(resolved_klass)) {
+#else
     if (!klass_to_check->is_same_or_direct_interface(resolved_klass)) {
+#endif
       ResourceMark rm(THREAD);
       stringStream ss;
       ss.print("Interface method reference: '");