diff a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiManageCapabilities.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiManageCapabilities.cpp
--- a/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiManageCapabilities.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/prims/jvmtiManageCapabilities.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@
 
   // all capabilities ever acquired
 jvmtiCapabilities JvmtiManageCapabilities::acquired_capabilities;
 
 int JvmtiManageCapabilities::_can_support_virtual_threads_count = 0;
+int JvmtiManageCapabilities::_can_support_value_objects_count = 0;
 
 Mutex* JvmtiManageCapabilities::_capabilities_lock = nullptr;
 
 void JvmtiManageCapabilities::initialize() {
   _capabilities_lock = new Mutex(Mutex::nosafepoint, "Capabilities_lock");
@@ -101,10 +102,11 @@
   jc.can_tag_objects = 1;
   jc.can_generate_object_free_events = 1;
   jc.can_generate_resource_exhaustion_heap_events = 1;
   jc.can_generate_resource_exhaustion_threads_events = 1;
   jc.can_support_virtual_threads = 1;
+  jc.can_support_value_objects = 1;
   return jc;
 }
 
 jvmtiCapabilities JvmtiManageCapabilities::init_onload_capabilities() {
   jvmtiCapabilities jc;
@@ -275,10 +277,13 @@
   exclude(&onload_solo_remaining_capabilities, desired, &onload_solo_remaining_capabilities);
 
   if (desired->can_support_virtual_threads != 0 && current->can_support_virtual_threads == 0) {
     _can_support_virtual_threads_count++;
   }
+  if (desired->can_support_value_objects != 0 && current->can_support_value_objects == 0) {
+    _can_support_value_objects_count++;
+  }
 
   // return the result
   either(current, desired, result);
 
   update();
@@ -307,10 +312,15 @@
   if (to_trash.can_support_virtual_threads != 0) {
     assert(current->can_support_virtual_threads != 0, "sanity check");
     assert(_can_support_virtual_threads_count > 0, "sanity check");
     _can_support_virtual_threads_count--;
   }
+  if (to_trash.can_support_value_objects != 0) {
+    assert(current->can_support_value_objects != 0, "sanity check");
+    assert(_can_support_value_objects_count > 0, "sanity check");
+    _can_support_value_objects_count--;
+  }
 
   update();
 
   // return the result
   exclude(current, unwanted, result);
@@ -391,10 +401,11 @@
                                         avail.can_generate_frame_pop_events);
   JvmtiExport::set_can_post_frame_pop(avail.can_generate_frame_pop_events);
   JvmtiExport::set_can_pop_frame(avail.can_pop_frame);
   JvmtiExport::set_can_force_early_return(avail.can_force_early_return);
   JvmtiExport::set_can_support_virtual_threads(_can_support_virtual_threads_count != 0);
+  JvmtiExport::set_can_support_value_objects(_can_support_value_objects_count != 0);
   JvmtiExport::set_should_clean_up_heap_objects(avail.can_generate_breakpoint_events);
   JvmtiExport::set_can_get_owned_monitor_info(avail.can_get_owned_monitor_info ||
                                               avail.can_get_owned_monitor_stack_depth_info);
 }
 
@@ -486,8 +497,10 @@
     log_trace(jvmti)("can_generate_early_vmstart");
   if (cap->can_generate_early_class_hook_events)
     log_trace(jvmti)("can_generate_early_class_hook_events");
   if (cap->can_support_virtual_threads)
     log_trace(jvmti)("can_support_virtual_threads");
+  if (cap->can_support_value_objects)
+    log_trace(jvmti)("can_support_value_objects");
 }
 
 #endif