diff --git a/Phosphor/src/main/java/edu/columbia/cs/psl/phosphor/Phosphor.java b/Phosphor/src/main/java/edu/columbia/cs/psl/phosphor/Phosphor.java
index 8d13e0a04..38c034e6a 100644
--- a/Phosphor/src/main/java/edu/columbia/cs/psl/phosphor/Phosphor.java
+++ b/Phosphor/src/main/java/edu/columbia/cs/psl/phosphor/Phosphor.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public static void initialize(String agentArgs, InstrumentationAdaptor instrumen
         Phosphor.instrumentation = instrumentation;
         instrumentation.addTransformer(new ClassSupertypeReadingTransformer());
         RUNTIME_INST = true;
-        if (agentArgs != null) {
+        if (agentArgs != null || Configuration.IS_JAVA_8) {
             PhosphorOption.configure(true, parseOptions(agentArgs));
         }
         if (System.getProperty("phosphorCacheDirectory") != null) {
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index fef0f7c5e..46b9f620a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         <data.flow.skip>false</data.flow.skip>
         <phosphor.jar>${edu.gmu.swe.phosphor:Phosphor:jar}</phosphor.jar>
         <phosphor.driver.jar>${edu.gmu.swe.phosphor:phosphor-driver:jar}</phosphor.driver.jar>
+        <isJava8>false</isJava8>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
@@ -107,6 +108,15 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>java8</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>1.8</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <isJava8>true</isJava8>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>dacapo</id>
             <build>
@@ -138,6 +148,7 @@
                                         <argument>${phosphor.jar}</argument>
                                         <argument>${phosphor.driver.jar}</argument>
                                         <argument>${data.flow.java}/bin/java</argument>
+                                        <argument>${isJava8}</argument>
                                     </arguments>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
diff --git a/integration-tests/runDacapo.sh b/integration-tests/runDacapo.sh
index d34aa76e6..9e2e030a3 100755
--- a/integration-tests/runDacapo.sh
+++ b/integration-tests/runDacapo.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ readonly BUILD_DIR=$1
 readonly PHOSPHOR_JAR=$2
 readonly DRIVER_JAR=$3
 readonly INST_JVM=$4
+readonly IS_JAVA_8=$5
 readonly DACAPO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/dacapo
 readonly INST_DACAPO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/dacapo-inst
 readonly BENCHMARKS=(avrora fop h2 jython luindex pmd sunflow xalan)
@@ -23,9 +24,14 @@ if [ ! -d "$DACAPO_DIR" ]; then
 fi
 cd "$BUILD_DIR"
 
+phosphor_args=""
+if [ "$IS_JAVA_8" == "true" ]; then
+  phosphor_args="-java8"
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d "$INST_DACAPO_DIR" ]; then
   echo "Creating data flow instrumented dacapo"
-  java -Xmx8g -jar "$DRIVER_JAR" -q -forceUnboxAcmpEq -withEnumsByValue "$DACAPO_DIR" "$INST_DACAPO_DIR"
+  java -Xmx8g -jar "$DRIVER_JAR" -q -forceUnboxAcmpEq -withEnumsByValue $phosphor_args "$DACAPO_DIR" "$INST_DACAPO_DIR"
 else
   echo "Not regenerating data flow instrumented dacapo"
 fi