diff --git a/runtime/gc_vlhgc/MemorySubSpaceTarok.cpp b/runtime/gc_vlhgc/MemorySubSpaceTarok.cpp
index 11dbebd6113..e0f03b6fdef 100644
--- a/runtime/gc_vlhgc/MemorySubSpaceTarok.cpp
+++ b/runtime/gc_vlhgc/MemorySubSpaceTarok.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 /*******************************************************************************
- * 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
@@ -1636,3 +1636,18 @@ MM_MemorySubSpaceTarok::adjustExpansionWithinFreeLimits(MM_EnvironmentBase *env,
 	}
 	return result;
 }
+
+uintptr_t
+MM_MemorySubSpaceTarok::releaseFreeMemoryPages(MM_EnvironmentBase* env, uintptr_t memoryType)
+{
+	GC_MemorySubSpaceRegionIterator regionIterator(this);
+	MM_HeapRegionDescriptorVLHGC *region = NULL;
+	uintptr_t releasedPages = 0;
+
+	while (NULL != (region = (MM_HeapRegionDescriptorVLHGC*)regionIterator.nextRegion())) {
+		if (NULL != region->getMemoryPool()) {
+			releasedPages += region->getMemoryPool()->releaseFreeMemoryPages(env);
+		}
+	}
+	return releasedPages;
+}
diff --git a/runtime/gc_vlhgc/MemorySubSpaceTarok.hpp b/runtime/gc_vlhgc/MemorySubSpaceTarok.hpp
index aa410841e9f..78527c768e7 100644
--- a/runtime/gc_vlhgc/MemorySubSpaceTarok.hpp
+++ b/runtime/gc_vlhgc/MemorySubSpaceTarok.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 /*******************************************************************************
- * 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
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ class MM_MemorySubSpaceTarok : public MM_MemorySubSpace
 	 */
 	bool consumeFromTaxationThreshold(MM_EnvironmentBase *env, uintptr_t bytesToConsume);
 
+	virtual uintptr_t releaseFreeMemoryPages(MM_EnvironmentBase* env, uintptr_t memoryType);
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a MemorySubSpaceGeneric object
 	 */
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/criu/playlist.xml b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/criu/playlist.xml
index 274d4817f3b..d3bfadf0377 100644
--- a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/criu/playlist.xml
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/criu/playlist.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
 			<variation>-Xjit -XX:+CRIURestoreNonPortableMode</variation>
 			<variation>-Xint -XX:+CRIURestoreNonPortableMode</variation>
 			<variation>-Xjit:count=0 -XX:+CRIURestoreNonPortableMode</variation>
+			<variation>-Xgcpolicy:balanced</variation>
+			<variation>-Xgcpolicy:optthruput</variation>
+			<variation>-Xgcpolicy:metronome</variation>
 		</variations>
 		<command>
 			TR_Options=$(Q)exclude={org/openj9/criu/TimeChangeTest.nanoTimeInt()J},dontInline={org/openj9/criu/TimeChangeTest.nanoTimeInt()J|org/openj9/criu/TimeChangeTest.nanoTimeJit()J},{org/openj9/criu/TimeChangeTest.nanoTimeJit()J}(count=1)$(Q) \