diff --git a/src/share/classes/com/sun/javatest/regtest/exec/MainAction.java b/src/share/classes/com/sun/javatest/regtest/exec/MainAction.java
index 722a1f04..5623c581 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/javatest/regtest/exec/MainAction.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/javatest/regtest/exec/MainAction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 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
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ void init(Map<String,String> opts, List<String> args, String reason,
             othervmOverrideReasons.add("test or library uses bootclasspath");
         }
 
+        boolean seenEnableNativeAccess = false;
         boolean seenEnablePreview = false;
         // separate the arguments into the options to java, the
         // classname and the parameters to the named class
@@ -195,6 +196,9 @@ void init(Map<String,String> opts, List<String> args, String reason,
             String arg = args.get(i);
             if (testClassName == null) {
                 if (arg.startsWith("-")) {
+                    if (arg.startsWith("--enable-native-access")) {
+                        seenEnableNativeAccess = true;
+                    }
                     if (arg.equals("--enable-preview")) {
                         seenEnablePreview = true;
                     }
@@ -231,6 +235,14 @@ void init(Map<String,String> opts, List<String> args, String reason,
                 throw new ParseException(PARSE_SECURE_OTHERVM);
         }
 
+        if (nativeCode && !seenEnableNativeAccess) {
+            // TODO Only add argument on Test JDK 17 or higher
+            testJavaArgs.add("--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED");
+            if (!othervm) {
+                othervmOverrideReasons.add("/native test requires --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED");
+            }
+        }
+
         if (!script.disablePreview()) { // test with explicit `@enablePreview false` take precedence
             boolean needsEnablePreview = script.enablePreview();
             if (needsEnablePreview && !seenEnablePreview) {
diff --git a/test/nativepath/NativeAccessEnabled.java b/test/nativepath/NativeAccessEnabled.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd5ebc6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nativepath/NativeAccessEnabled.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 7904172
+ * @requires jdk.version.major >= 22
+ * @run main/native NativeAccessEnabled
+ */
+
+public class NativeAccessEnabled {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        var module = NativeAccessEnabled.class.getClassLoader().getUnnamedModule();
+        if (!module.isNativeAccessEnabled()) // Module#isNativeAccessEnabled requires Java 22+
+            throw new Error("ALL-UNNAMED modules should have native access enabled");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/nativepath/TestNativePath.gmk b/test/nativepath/TestNativePath.gmk
index 6da78a05..c8062e45 100644
--- a/test/nativepath/TestNativePath.gmk
+++ b/test/nativepath/TestNativePath.gmk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2014, 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
@@ -150,3 +150,27 @@ testnativepath: \
     $(BUILDTESTDIR)/TestNativePath.agentvm.ok \
     $(BUILDTESTDIR)/TestNativePath.othervm.ok \
     $(BUILDTESTDIR)/TestRelativeNativePath.ok
+
+ifdef JDK25HOME
+
+# verify that --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED is added
+# for a test with the /native argument
+$(BUILDTESTDIR)/TestNativeAccessEnabled.ok: \
+                $(JTREG_IMAGEDIR)/lib/javatest.jar \
+		$(JTREG_IMAGEDIR)/lib/jtreg.jar \
+		$(JTREG_IMAGEDIR)/bin/jtreg
+
+	cd $(BUILDTESTDIR); $(JTREG_IMAGEDIR)/bin/jtreg $(JTREG_OPTS) \
+		-jdk:$(JDK25HOME) \
+		-nativepath:$(NATIVEPATH) \
+		-w:$(@:%.ok=%nativeaccessenabled)/work \
+		-r:$(@:%.ok=%nativeaccessenabled)/report \
+		-verbose:fail \
+		$(ABS_TESTDIR)/nativepath/NativeAccessEnabled.java
+
+	echo "$@ test passed at `date`" > $@
+
+TESTS.jtreg += $(BUILDTESTDIR)/TestNativeAccessEnabled.ok
+testnativepath += $(BUILDTESTDIR)/TestNativeAccessEnabled.ok
+
+endif