diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/interp.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/interp.c
index 0061ed326151b6..f0cac7e5174bd5 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/interp.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/interp.c
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ get_context (void)
 		context = g_new0 (ThreadContext, 1);
 		context->stack_start = (guchar*)mono_valloc_aligned (INTERP_STACK_SIZE, MINT_STACK_ALIGNMENT, MONO_MMAP_READ | MONO_MMAP_WRITE, MONO_MEM_ACCOUNT_INTERP_STACK);
 		// A bit for every pointer sized slot in the stack. FIXME don't allocate whole bit array
-		context->no_ref_slots = (guchar*)mono_valloc (NULL, INTERP_STACK_SIZE / (8 * sizeof (gpointer)), MONO_MMAP_READ | MONO_MMAP_WRITE, MONO_MEM_ACCOUNT_INTERP_STACK);
+		if (mono_interp_opt & INTERP_OPT_PRECISE_GC)
+			context->no_ref_slots = (guchar*)mono_valloc (NULL, INTERP_STACK_SIZE / (8 * sizeof (gpointer)), MONO_MMAP_READ | MONO_MMAP_WRITE, MONO_MEM_ACCOUNT_INTERP_STACK);
 		context->stack_end = context->stack_start + INTERP_STACK_SIZE - INTERP_REDZONE_SIZE;
 		context->stack_real_end = context->stack_start + INTERP_STACK_SIZE;
 		/* We reserve a stack slot at the top of the interp stack to make temp objects visible to GC */
@@ -8013,6 +8014,8 @@ interp_parse_options (const char *options)
 #endif
 			else if (strncmp (arg, "ssa", 3) == 0)
 				opt = INTERP_OPT_SSA;
+			else if (strncmp (arg, "precise", 7) == 0)
+				opt = INTERP_OPT_PRECISE_GC;
 			else if (strncmp (arg, "all", 3) == 0)
 				opt = ~INTERP_OPT_NONE;
 
@@ -8556,13 +8559,15 @@ interp_mark_stack (gpointer thread_data, GcScanFunc func, gpointer gc_data, gboo
 	if (!context || !context->stack_start)
 		return;
 
-	MonoLMF **lmf_addr = (MonoLMF**)info->tls [TLS_KEY_LMF_ADDR];
-	if (lmf_addr)
-		interp_mark_no_ref_slots (context, *lmf_addr);
+	if (mono_interp_opt & INTERP_OPT_PRECISE_GC) {
+		MonoLMF **lmf_addr = (MonoLMF**)info->tls [TLS_KEY_LMF_ADDR];
+		if (lmf_addr)
+			interp_mark_no_ref_slots (context, *lmf_addr);
+	}
 
 	int slot_index = 0;
 	for (gpointer *p = (gpointer*)context->stack_start; p < (gpointer*)context->stack_pointer; p++) {
-		if (context->no_ref_slots [slot_index / 8] & (1 << (slot_index % 8)))
+		if (context->no_ref_slots && (context->no_ref_slots [slot_index / 8] & (1 << (slot_index % 8))))
 			;// This slot is marked as no ref, we don't scan it
 		else
 			func (p, gc_data);
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/interp.h b/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/interp.h
index 742e93bf06e59a..a09111c490bec4 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/interp.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/interp.h
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ enum {
 	INTERP_OPT_JITERPRETER = 64,
 #endif
 	INTERP_OPT_SSA = 128,
-	INTERP_OPT_DEFAULT = INTERP_OPT_INLINE | INTERP_OPT_CPROP | INTERP_OPT_SUPER_INSTRUCTIONS | INTERP_OPT_BBLOCKS | INTERP_OPT_TIERING | INTERP_OPT_SIMD | INTERP_OPT_SSA
+	INTERP_OPT_PRECISE_GC = 256,
+	INTERP_OPT_DEFAULT = INTERP_OPT_INLINE | INTERP_OPT_CPROP | INTERP_OPT_SUPER_INSTRUCTIONS | INTERP_OPT_BBLOCKS | INTERP_OPT_TIERING | INTERP_OPT_SIMD | INTERP_OPT_SSA | INTERP_OPT_PRECISE_GC
 #if HOST_BROWSER
 		| INTERP_OPT_JITERPRETER
 #endif
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/transform.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/transform.c
index 86f00bfdea0f80..1bc0d6d20ef901 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/transform.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/interp/transform.c
@@ -8549,6 +8549,9 @@ interp_mark_ref_slots_for_vt (TransformData *td, int base_offset, MonoClass *kla
 void
 interp_mark_ref_slots_for_var (TransformData *td, int var)
 {
+	if (!(mono_interp_opt & INTERP_OPT_PRECISE_GC))
+		return;
+
 	g_assert (td->vars [var].offset != -1);
 
 	gsize max_index = (td->vars [var].offset + td->vars [var].size) / sizeof (gpointer);