diff --git a/src/jdk.jconsole/share/classes/sun/tools/jconsole/ProxyClient.java b/src/jdk.jconsole/share/classes/sun/tools/jconsole/ProxyClient.java
index ec2290421a4bd..0ff2d0e366588 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jconsole/share/classes/sun/tools/jconsole/ProxyClient.java
+++ b/src/jdk.jconsole/share/classes/sun/tools/jconsole/ProxyClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2025, 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
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import static java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.*;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 import java.lang.reflect.*;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.rmi.*;
 import java.rmi.registry.*;
 import java.rmi.server.*;
@@ -133,7 +134,24 @@ private ProxyClient(String url,
         this.advancedUrl = url;
         this.connectionName = getConnectionName(url, userName);
         this.displayName = connectionName;
-        setParameters(new JMXServiceURL(url), userName, password);
+        JMXServiceURL jmxServiceURL = new JMXServiceURL(url);
+        setParameters(jmxServiceURL, userName, password);
+        if ("rmi".equals(jmxServiceURL.getProtocol())) {
+            String path = jmxServiceURL.getURLPath();
+            if (path.startsWith("/jndi/")) {
+                int end = path.indexOf(';');
+                if (end < 0) end = path.length();
+                String registryURIStr = path.substring(6, end);
+                URI registryURI = URI.create(registryURIStr);
+                if ("rmi".equals(registryURI.getScheme())
+                        && "/jmxrmi".equals(registryURI.getPath())) {
+                    this.registryHostName = registryURI.getHost();
+                    this.registryPort = registryURI.getPort();
+                    this.vmConnector = true;
+                    checkSslConfig();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private ProxyClient(LocalVirtualMachine lvm) throws IOException {