http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/295
Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/59o6wt/its_official_java_9_will_support_aheadoftime/
Note that this will initially only be limited to 64-bit JVM running on 64-bit Linux and only the java.base module will be fully supported. Regardless this is a great development for Java!