diff --git a/runtime/j9vm/j7vmi.c b/runtime/j9vm/j7vmi.c
index 8c3a09732f9..2a9a69045ba 100644
--- a/runtime/j9vm/j7vmi.c
+++ b/runtime/j9vm/j7vmi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ JVM_FillInStackTrace(JNIEnv* env, jobject throwable)
 			flags |= J9_STACKWALK_HIDE_EXCEPTION_FRAMES;
 			walkState->restartException = unwrappedThrowable;
 		}
+		/* If -XX:+ShowHiddenFrames option has not been set, skip hidden method frames */
+		if (J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(javaVM->runtimeFlags, J9_RUNTIME_SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES)) {
+			flags |= J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_HIDDEN_FRAMES;
+		}
 		walkState->skipCount = 1; /* skip the INL frame -- TODO revisit this */
 #if JAVA_SPEC_VERSION >= 15
 		{
diff --git a/runtime/jcl/common/getstacktrace.c b/runtime/jcl/common/getstacktrace.c
index 24350dfdf72..4bba5b9d6b9 100644
--- a/runtime/jcl/common/getstacktrace.c
+++ b/runtime/jcl/common/getstacktrace.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2017 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ getStackTraceForThread(J9VMThread *currentThread, J9VMThread *targetThread, UDAT
 	/* walk stack and cache PCs */
 	walkState.walkThread = targetThread;
 	walkState.flags = J9_STACKWALK_CACHE_PCS | J9_STACKWALK_WALK_TRANSLATE_PC | J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_INLINES | J9_STACKWALK_INCLUDE_NATIVES | J9_STACKWALK_VISIBLE_ONLY;
+	/* If -XX:+ShowHiddenFrames option has not been set, skip hidden method frames */
+	if (J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(vm->runtimeFlags, J9_RUNTIME_SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES)) {
+		walkState.flags |= J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_HIDDEN_FRAMES;
+	}
 	walkState.skipCount = skipCount;
 	rc = vm->walkStackFrames(currentThread, &walkState);
 
diff --git a/runtime/jcl/common/java_lang_StackWalker.cpp b/runtime/jcl/common/java_lang_StackWalker.cpp
index b92bc94ddde..dc4f5eda9e8 100644
--- a/runtime/jcl/common/java_lang_StackWalker.cpp
+++ b/runtime/jcl/common/java_lang_StackWalker.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ stackFrameFilter(J9VMThread * currentThread, J9StackWalkState * walkState)
 	) {
 		/* skip reflection/MethodHandleInvoke frames */
 		result = J9_STACKWALK_KEEP_ITERATING;
-	} else if (J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET((UDATA) (walkState->userData1), SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES) && VM_VMHelpers::isHiddenMethod(walkState->method)
-	) {
-			result = J9_STACKWALK_KEEP_ITERATING;
 	} else {
 		result = J9_STACKWALK_STOP_ITERATING;
 	}
@@ -93,6 +90,12 @@ Java_java_lang_StackWalker_walkWrapperImpl(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint flags
 	walkState->walkThread = vmThread;
 	walkState->flags = J9_STACKWALK_ITERATE_FRAMES | J9_STACKWALK_WALK_TRANSLATE_PC
 			|  J9_STACKWALK_INCLUDE_NATIVES | J9_STACKWALK_VISIBLE_ONLY;
+	/* If -XX:+ShowHiddenFrames and StackWalker.SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES option has not been set, skip hidden method frames */
+	if (J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(vm->runtimeFlags, J9_RUNTIME_SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES)
+	&& J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET((UDATA)flags, SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES)
+	) {
+		walkState->flags |= J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_HIDDEN_FRAMES;
+	}
 	walkState->frameWalkFunction = stackFrameFilter;
 	const char * walkerMethodChars = env->GetStringUTFChars(stackWalkerMethod, NULL);
 	if (NULL == walkerMethodChars) { /* native out of memory exception pending */
diff --git a/runtime/oti/j9consts.h b/runtime/oti/j9consts.h
index 5e4c5bfb679..d6ad386a200 100644
--- a/runtime/oti/j9consts.h
+++ b/runtime/oti/j9consts.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define J9_RUNTIME_EXIT_STARTED 0x800000
 #define J9_RUNTIME_UNUSED_0x1000000 0x1000000
 #define J9_RUNTIME_NO_PRIORITIES 0x2000000
-#define J9_RUNTIME_UNUSED_0x4000000 0x4000000
+#define J9_RUNTIME_SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES 0x4000000
 #define J9_RUNTIME_DISABLE_VM_SHUTDOWN 0x8000000
 #define J9_RUNTIME_ALWAYS_SPLIT_BYTECODES 0x10000000
 #define J9_RUNTIME_OMIT_STACK_TRACES 0x20000000
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define J9_STACKWALK_CACHE_CPS 0x200
 #define J9_STACKWALK_CACHE_METHODS 0x400
 #define J9_STACKWALK_CACHE_MASK 0x700
+#define J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_HIDDEN_FRAMES 0x800
 #define J9_STACKWALK_INCLUDE_ARRAYLET_LEAVES 0x10000
 #define J9_STACKWALK_LINEAR 0x20000
 #define J9_STACKWALK_VISIBLE_ONLY 0x40000
diff --git a/runtime/oti/jvminit.h b/runtime/oti/jvminit.h
index f42f6f0abe3..a410515e09c 100644
--- a/runtime/oti/jvminit.h
+++ b/runtime/oti/jvminit.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ enum INIT_STAGE {
 #define VMOPT_X142BOOSTGCTHRPRIO "-X142BoostGCThrPrio"
 #define VMOPT_XREALTIME "-Xrealtime"
 #define VMOPT_XNORTSJ "-Xnortsj"
+#define VMOPT_XXNOSHOWHIDDENFRAMES "-XX:-ShowHiddenFrames"
+#define VMOPT_XXSHOWHIDDENFRAMES "-XX:+ShowHiddenFrames"
 #define VMOPT_XXNOSTACKTRACEINTHROWABLE "-XX:-StackTraceInThrowable"
 #define VMOPT_XXSTACKTRACEINTHROWABLE "-XX:+StackTraceInThrowable"
 #define VMOPT_XXNOPAGEALIGNDIRECTMEMORY "-XX:-PageAlignDirectMemory"
diff --git a/runtime/vm/BytecodeInterpreter.hpp b/runtime/vm/BytecodeInterpreter.hpp
index 45fab4a427f..310ea60c3c9 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/BytecodeInterpreter.hpp
+++ b/runtime/vm/BytecodeInterpreter.hpp
@@ -3025,6 +3025,10 @@ class INTERPRETER_CLASS
 					walkFlags |= J9_STACKWALK_HIDE_EXCEPTION_FRAMES;
 					walkState->restartException = receiver;
 				}
+				/* If -XX:+ShowHiddenFrames option has not been set, skip hidden method frames */
+				if (J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(_vm->runtimeFlags, J9_RUNTIME_SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES)) {
+					walkFlags |= J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_HIDDEN_FRAMES;
+				}
 				walkState->flags = walkFlags;
 				walkState->skipCount = 1;	/* skip the INL frame */
 #if JAVA_SPEC_VERSION >= 15
diff --git a/runtime/vm/FastJNI_java_lang_Throwable.cpp b/runtime/vm/FastJNI_java_lang_Throwable.cpp
index a6c113112cb..97f9034da0f 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/FastJNI_java_lang_Throwable.cpp
+++ b/runtime/vm/FastJNI_java_lang_Throwable.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2020 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Fast_java_lang_Throwable_fillInStackTrace(J9VMThread *currentThread, j9object_t
 				walkFlags |= J9_STACKWALK_HIDE_EXCEPTION_FRAMES;
 				walkState->restartException = receiver;
 			}
+			/* If -XX:+ShowHiddenFrames option has not been set, skip hidden method frames */
+			if (J9_ARE_NO_BITS_SET(vm->runtimeFlags, J9_RUNTIME_SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES)) {
+				walkFlags |= J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_HIDDEN_FRAMES;
+			}
 			walkState->flags = walkFlags;
 			walkState->skipCount = 1;	/* skip the INL frame */
 #if JAVA_SPEC_VERSION >= 15
diff --git a/runtime/vm/jvminit.c b/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
index c0c8da081f9..0299500da81 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
+++ b/runtime/vm/jvminit.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -3787,6 +3787,14 @@ processVMArgsFromFirstToLast(J9JavaVM * vm)
 	}
 #endif /* JAVA_SPEC_VERSION >= 18 */
 
+	{
+		IDATA showHiddenFrames = FIND_AND_CONSUME_ARG(EXACT_MATCH, VMOPT_XXSHOWHIDDENFRAMES, NULL);
+		IDATA noshowHiddenFrames = FIND_AND_CONSUME_ARG(EXACT_MATCH, VMOPT_XXNOSHOWHIDDENFRAMES, NULL);
+		if (showHiddenFrames > noshowHiddenFrames) {
+			vm->runtimeFlags |= J9_RUNTIME_SHOW_HIDDEN_FRAMES;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return JNI_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/vm/swalk.c b/runtime/vm/swalk.c
index e597115eb65..b854f54a8a0 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/swalk.c
+++ b/runtime/vm/swalk.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ UDATA  walkStackFrames(J9VMThread *currentThread, J9StackWalkState *walkState)
 	if (walkState->flags & J9_STACKWALK_START_AT_JIT_FRAME) swPrintf(walkState, 2, "\tSTART_AT_JIT_FRAME\n");
 	if (walkState->flags & J9_STACKWALK_CACHE_CPS) swPrintf(walkState, 2, "\tCACHE_CPS\n");
 	if (walkState->flags & J9_STACKWALK_CACHE_PCS) swPrintf(walkState, 2, "\tCACHE_PCS\n");
+	if (walkState->flags & J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_HIDDEN_FRAMES) swPrintf(walkState, 2, "\tSKIP_HIDDEN_FRAME\n");
 	if (walkState->flags & J9_STACKWALK_COUNT_SPECIFIED) swPrintf(walkState, 2, "\tCOUNT_SPECIFIED\n");
 	if (walkState->flags & J9_STACKWALK_INCLUDE_ARRAYLET_LEAVES) swPrintf(walkState, 2, "\tINCLUDE_ARRAYLET_LEAVES\n");
 	if (walkState->flags & J9_STACKWALK_INCLUDE_NATIVES) swPrintf(walkState, 2, "\tINCLUDE_NATIVES\n");
@@ -423,6 +424,15 @@ UDATA walkFrame(J9StackWalkState * walkState)
 		}
 #endif
 
+		/* Process hidden method frames */
+		if (J9_ARE_ALL_BITS_SET(walkState->flags, J9_STACKWALK_SKIP_HIDDEN_FRAMES)
+		&& (NULL != walkState->method)
+		&& (J9ROMCLASS_IS_ANON_OR_HIDDEN(J9_CLASS_FROM_METHOD(walkState->method)->romClass)
+			|| J9_ARE_ANY_BITS_SET(J9_ROM_METHOD_FROM_RAM_METHOD(walkState->method)->modifiers, J9AccMethodFrameIteratorSkip)
+		)) {
+			return J9_STACKWALK_KEEP_ITERATING;
+		}
+
 		if (walkState->skipCount) {
 			--walkState->skipCount;
 			return J9_STACKWALK_KEEP_ITERATING;