Cannot start embedded host controller in non-modular classloading environment

$ unzip -q jboss-eap-7.0.0.DR9.zip 
$ cd jboss-eap-7.0/bin/client/
$ pwd
/home/hudson/users-tmp/pkremens/jboss-eap-7.0/bin/client

$ java -jar jboss-cli-client.jar 
WARN: can't find jboss-cli.xml. Using default configuration values.
You are disconnected at the moment. Type 'connect' to connect to the server or 'help' for the list of supported commands.

[disconnected /] embed-server --jboss-home=/home/hudson/users-tmp/pkremens/jboss-eap-7.0
Warning! The CLI is running in a non-modular environment and cannot load commands from management extensions.
[standalone@embedded /] stop-embedded-server 

[disconnected /] embed-host-controller --jboss-home=/home/hudson/users-tmp/pkremens/jboss-eap-7.0
Failed to handle 'embed-host-controller --jboss-home=/home/hudson/users-tmp/pkremens/jboss-eap-7.0': java.lang.NullPointerException