diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashNaNTest.java b/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashNaNTest.java
index 01e32dd6c11..ae4166ceab2 100644
--- a/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashNaNTest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashNaNTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  * @test
  * @bug 8149338
  * @summary Verifies that Marlin supports NaN coordinates and no JVM crash happens !
- * @run main CrashNaNTest
+ * @run main/othervm -Dsun.java2d.renderer=sun.java2d.marlin.MarlinRenderingEngine CrashNaNTest
  */
 public class CrashNaNTest {
 
diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashPaintTest.java b/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashPaintTest.java
index cf710bc83a5..63bbfefa611 100644
--- a/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashPaintTest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashPaintTest.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
  * @bug 8148886
  * @summary Verifies that Marlin supports reentrant operations (ThreadLocal)
  * like in custom Paint or custom Composite
- * @run main CrashPaintTest
+ * @run main/othervm -Dsun.java2d.renderer=sun.java2d.marlin.MarlinRenderingEngine CrashPaintTest
  */
 public class CrashPaintTest {
 
diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashTest.java b/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashTest.java
index b5283fdf332..587ddc27938 100644
--- a/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashTest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/CrashTest.java
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
 /**
  * @test
  * @summary Simple crash rendering test using huge GeneralPaths with the Marlin renderer
- * @run main/othervm -mx512m CrashTest
+ * @run main/othervm -Dsun.java2d.renderer=sun.java2d.marlin.MarlinRenderingEngine -mx512m CrashTest
  * @ignore tests that take a long time and consumes 5Gb memory
- * @run main/othervm -ms4g -mx4g CrashTest -slow
+ * @run main/othervm -Dsun.java2d.renderer=sun.java2d.marlin.MarlinRenderingEngine -ms4g -mx4g CrashTest -slow
 */
 public class CrashTest {
 
diff --git a/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/TextClipErrorTest.java b/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/TextClipErrorTest.java
index c6d42ceb305..d9766cf5233 100644
--- a/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/TextClipErrorTest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/sun/java2d/marlin/TextClipErrorTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  * @test @bug 8144718
  * @summary Check the Stroker.drawBezApproxForArc() bug (stoke with round
  * joins): if cosext2 > 0.5, it generates curves with NaN coordinates
- * @run main TextClipErrorTest
+ * @run main/othervm -Dsun.java2d.renderer=sun.java2d.marlin.MarlinRenderingEngine TextClipErrorTest
  */
 public class TextClipErrorTest {