diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-init.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-init.c
index 2f834a8e78b84d..90fcd9d028c6df 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-init.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-init.c
@@ -1749,8 +1749,6 @@ mono_class_setup_count_virtual_methods (MonoClass *klass)
 	return vcount;
 }
 
-#ifdef COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP
-
 /*
  * Compressed interface bitmap design.
  *
@@ -1840,7 +1838,7 @@ mono_compress_bitmap (uint8_t *dest, const uint8_t *bitmap, int size)
  * FALSE otherwise.
  */
 int
-mono_class_interface_match (const uint8_t *bitmap, int id)
+mono_class_interface_match_compressed (const uint8_t *bitmap, int id)
 {
 	while (TRUE) {
 		id -= bitmap [0] * 8;
@@ -1853,7 +1851,6 @@ mono_class_interface_match (const uint8_t *bitmap, int id)
 		id -= 8;
 	}
 }
-#endif
 
 static char*
 concat_two_strings_with_zero (MonoImage *image, const char *s1, const char *s2)
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-internals.h b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-internals.h
index 4f0b60c29d2f97..5dc713c375894d 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-internals.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-internals.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "mono/utils/mono-error-internals.h"
 #include "mono/utils/mono-memory-model.h"
 #include "mono/utils/mono-compiler.h"
+#include "mono/utils/options.h"
 
 #define MONO_CLASS_IS_ARRAY(c) (m_class_get_rank (c))
 
@@ -287,8 +288,6 @@ union _MonoClassSizes {
 		int generic_param_token; /* for generic param types, both var and mvar */
 };
 
-#define COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP 1
-
 #ifdef ENABLE_CHECKED_BUILD_PRIVATE_TYPES
 #define MONO_CLASS_DEF_PRIVATE 1
 #endif
@@ -317,14 +316,12 @@ union _MonoClassSizes {
 #undef MONO_CLASS_GETTER
 #undef MONO_CLASS_OFFSET
 
-#ifdef COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP
 int mono_compress_bitmap (uint8_t *dest, const uint8_t *bitmap, int size);
-int mono_class_interface_match (const uint8_t *bitmap, int id);
-#else
+int mono_class_interface_match_compressed (const uint8_t *bitmap, int id);
+
 #define mono_class_interface_match(bmap,uiid) ((bmap) [(uiid) >> 3] & (1 << ((uiid)&7)))
-#endif
 
-#define MONO_CLASS_IMPLEMENTS_INTERFACE(k,uiid) (((uiid) <= m_class_get_max_interface_id (k)) && mono_class_interface_match (m_class_get_interface_bitmap (k), (uiid)))
+#define MONO_CLASS_IMPLEMENTS_INTERFACE(k,uiid) (((uiid) <= m_class_get_max_interface_id (k)) && (mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap ? mono_class_interface_match_compressed (m_class_get_interface_bitmap (k), (uiid)) : mono_class_interface_match (m_class_get_interface_bitmap (k), (uiid))))
 
 #define MONO_VTABLE_AVAILABLE_GC_BITS 4
 
@@ -374,7 +371,7 @@ struct MonoVTable {
 
 #define MONO_SIZEOF_VTABLE (sizeof (MonoVTable) - MONO_ZERO_LEN_ARRAY * SIZEOF_VOID_P)
 
-#define MONO_VTABLE_IMPLEMENTS_INTERFACE(vt,uiid) (((uiid) <= (vt)->max_interface_id) && mono_class_interface_match ((vt)->interface_bitmap, (uiid)))
+#define MONO_VTABLE_IMPLEMENTS_INTERFACE(vt,uiid) (((uiid) <= (vt)->max_interface_id) && (mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap ? mono_class_interface_match_compressed ((vt)->interface_bitmap, (uiid)) : mono_class_interface_match ((vt)->interface_bitmap, (uiid))))
 
 /*
  * Generic instantiation data type encoding.
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-setup-vtable.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-setup-vtable.c
index 2d0a245e033be0..144abac0e508fd 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-setup-vtable.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/class-setup-vtable.c
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ print_implemented_interfaces (MonoClass *klass)
 			printf ("(%d,F)", i);
 	printf ("\n");
 	printf ("Dump interface flags:");
-#ifdef COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP
-	{
+	if (mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap) {
 		const uint8_t* p = klass->interface_bitmap;
 		guint32 i = klass->max_interface_id;
 		while (i > 0) {
@@ -65,11 +64,10 @@ print_implemented_interfaces (MonoClass *klass)
 			i -= p [0] * 8;
 			i -= 8;
 		}
+	} else {
+		for (guint32 i = 0; i < ((((klass->max_interface_id + 1) >> 3)) + (((klass->max_interface_id + 1) & 7) ? 1 : 0)); i++)
+			printf (" %02X", klass->interface_bitmap [i]);
 	}
-#else
-	for (guint32 i = 0; i < ((((klass->max_interface_id + 1) >> 3)) + (((klass->max_interface_id + 1) & 7)? 1 :0)); i++)
-		printf (" %02X", klass->interface_bitmap [i]);
-#endif
 	printf ("\n");
 	while (klass != NULL) {
 		printf ("[LEVEL %d] Implemented interfaces by class %s:\n", ancestor_level, klass->name);
@@ -331,11 +329,12 @@ mono_class_setup_interface_offsets_internal (MonoClass *klass, int cur_slot, int
 			klass->interface_offsets_packed = (guint16 *)mono_class_alloc (klass, sizeof (guint16) * interface_offsets_count);
 		}
 		bsize = (sizeof (guint8) * ((max_iid + 1) >> 3)) + (((max_iid + 1) & 7)? 1 :0);
-#ifdef COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP
-		bitmap = g_malloc0 (bsize);
-#else
-		bitmap = (uint8_t *)mono_class_alloc0 (klass, bsize);
-#endif
+
+		if (mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap)
+			bitmap = g_malloc0 (bsize);
+		else
+			bitmap = (uint8_t *)mono_class_alloc0 (klass, bsize);
+
 		for (int i = 0; i < interface_offsets_count; i++) {
 			guint32 id = interfaces_full [i]->interface_id;
 			bitmap [id >> 3] |= (1 << (id & 7));
@@ -345,16 +344,16 @@ mono_class_setup_interface_offsets_internal (MonoClass *klass, int cur_slot, int
 			}
 		}
 		if (!klass->interface_bitmap) {
-#ifdef COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP
-			int len = mono_compress_bitmap (NULL, bitmap, bsize);
-			uint8_t *compressed_bitmap = mono_class_alloc0 (klass, len);
-			mono_compress_bitmap (compressed_bitmap, bitmap, bsize);
-			g_free (bitmap);
+			if (mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap) {
+				int len = mono_compress_bitmap (NULL, bitmap, bsize);
+				uint8_t *compressed_bitmap = mono_class_alloc0 (klass, len);
+				mono_compress_bitmap (compressed_bitmap, bitmap, bsize);
+				g_free (bitmap);
 
-			klass->interface_bitmap = compressed_bitmap;
-#else
-			klass->interface_bitmap = bitmap;
-#endif
+				klass->interface_bitmap = compressed_bitmap;
+			} else {
+				klass->interface_bitmap = bitmap;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 end:
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/jit-icall-reg.h b/src/mono/mono/metadata/jit-icall-reg.h
index 8c849752f42a90..c58a320f89ab5b 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/jit-icall-reg.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/jit-icall-reg.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_break) \
 MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_byvalarray_to_byte_array) \
 MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_chkstk_win64) \
 MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_ckfinite) \
-MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_class_interface_match) \
+MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_class_interface_match_compressed) \
 MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_class_static_field_address) \
 MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_compile_method_icall) \
 MONO_JIT_ICALL (mono_context_get_icall) \
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/marshal.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/marshal.c
index de74c6075888e5..633a5575ac9b3c 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/marshal.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/marshal.c
@@ -4860,11 +4860,8 @@ get_virtual_stelemref_kind (MonoClass *element_class)
 
 	/* Compressed interface bitmaps require code that is quite complex, so don't optimize for it. */
 	if (MONO_CLASS_IS_INTERFACE_INTERNAL (element_class) && !mono_class_has_variant_generic_params (element_class))
-#ifdef COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP
-		return STELEMREF_COMPLEX;
-#else
-		return STELEMREF_INTERFACE;
-#endif
+		return mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap ? STELEMREF_COMPLEX : STELEMREF_INTERFACE;
+
 	/*Arrays are sealed but are covariant on their element type, We can't use any of the fast paths.*/
 	if (m_class_get_rank (element_class) || mono_class_has_variant_generic_params (element_class))
 		return STELEMREF_COMPLEX;
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/metadata.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/metadata.c
index bff5593536341f..d43ae9867f496b 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/metadata.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/metadata.c
@@ -1975,6 +1975,15 @@ mono_metadata_init (void)
 		g_hash_table_insert (type_cache, (gpointer) &builtin_types [i], (gpointer) &builtin_types [i]);
 
 	mono_metadata_update_init ();
+
+	char *compressed_bmap = g_getenv ("MONO_COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP");
+	if (compressed_bmap) {
+		if (compressed_bmap [0] == '1')
+			mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap = TRUE;
+		else if (compressed_bmap [0] == '0')
+			mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap = FALSE;
+		g_free (compressed_bmap);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
index 425d7d36796875..590250f63e3fcc 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-compiler.c
@@ -15107,6 +15107,9 @@ aot_assembly (MonoAssembly *ass, guint32 jit_opts, MonoAotOptions *aot_options)
 		acfg->is_full_aot = TRUE;
 	}
 
+	if (mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap)
+		acfg->flags = (MonoAotFileFlags)(acfg->flags | MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP);
+
 	if (mini_safepoints_enabled ())
 		acfg->flags = (MonoAotFileFlags)(acfg->flags | MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_SAFEPOINTS);
 
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-runtime.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-runtime.c
index 8764db1ab32a4a..4fee51a0ec0f98 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-runtime.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-runtime.c
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ check_usable (MonoAssembly *assembly, MonoAotFileInfo *info, guint8 *blob, char
 	char *build_info;
 	char *msg = NULL;
 	gboolean usable = TRUE;
-	gboolean full_aot, interp, safepoints;
+	gboolean full_aot, interp, safepoints, compressed_interface_bmap;
 	guint32 excluded_cpu_optimizations;
 
 	if (strcmp (assembly->image->guid, (const char*)info->assembly_guid)) {
@@ -1713,6 +1713,13 @@ check_usable (MonoAssembly *assembly, MonoAotFileInfo *info, guint8 *blob, char
 	}
 #endif
 
+	compressed_interface_bmap = info->flags & MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP;
+	if ((mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap && !compressed_interface_bmap) ||
+			(!mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap && compressed_interface_bmap)) {
+		msg = g_strdup ("mismatch with compressed interface bitmap feature");
+		usable = FALSE;
+	}
+
 	*out_msg = msg;
 	return usable;
 }
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-runtime.h b/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-runtime.h
index 13690e31904d4a..706cde519ecf62 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-runtime.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/aot-runtime.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "mini.h"
 
 /* Version number of the AOT file format */
-#define MONO_AOT_FILE_VERSION 186
+#define MONO_AOT_FILE_VERSION 187
 
 #define MONO_AOT_TRAMP_PAGE_SIZE 16384
 
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ typedef enum {
 	MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_SEPARATE_DATA = 64,
 	MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_EAGER_LOAD = 128,
 	MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_INTERP = 256,
-	MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_CODE_EXEC_ONLY = 512
+	MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_CODE_EXEC_ONLY = 512,
+	MONO_AOT_FILE_FLAG_COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP = 1024
 } MonoAotFileFlags;
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-runtime.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-runtime.c
index 468534bc16ba41..7cf63847ff61b9 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-runtime.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-runtime.c
@@ -5080,9 +5080,9 @@ register_icalls (void)
 #endif
 	register_icall (mono_ckfinite, mono_icall_sig_double_double, FALSE);
 
-#ifdef COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP
-	register_icall (mono_class_interface_match, mono_icall_sig_uint32_ptr_int32, TRUE);
-#endif
+	// opt is initialized because mono_metadata_init is ran before this
+	if (mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap)
+		register_icall (mono_class_interface_match_compressed, mono_icall_sig_uint32_ptr_int32, TRUE);
 
 	/* other jit icalls */
 	register_icall (ves_icall_mono_delegate_ctor, mono_icall_sig_void_object_object_ptr, FALSE);
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/type-checking.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/type-checking.c
index 41b0f2c0054e5a..9921df2ef4328e 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/type-checking.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/type-checking.c
@@ -134,40 +134,41 @@ static void
 mini_emit_interface_bitmap_check (MonoCompile *cfg, int intf_bit_reg, int base_reg, intptr_t offset, MonoClass *klass)
 {
 	int ibitmap_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
-#ifdef COMPRESSED_INTERFACE_BITMAP
-	MonoInst *args [2];
-	MonoInst *res, *ins;
-	NEW_LOAD_MEMBASE (cfg, ins, OP_LOAD_MEMBASE, ibitmap_reg, base_reg, (target_mgreg_t)offset);
-	MONO_ADD_INS (cfg->cbb, ins);
-	args [0] = ins;
-	args [1] = mini_emit_runtime_constant (cfg, MONO_PATCH_INFO_IID, klass);
-	res = mono_emit_jit_icall (cfg, mono_class_interface_match, args);
-	MONO_EMIT_NEW_UNALU (cfg, OP_MOVE, intf_bit_reg, res->dreg);
-#else
-	int ibitmap_byte_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
-
-	MONO_EMIT_NEW_LOAD_MEMBASE (cfg, ibitmap_reg, base_reg, GINTPTR_TO_TMREG (offset));
 
-	if (cfg->compile_aot) {
-		int iid_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
-		int shifted_iid_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
-		int ibitmap_byte_address_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
-		int masked_iid_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
-		int iid_one_bit_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
-		int iid_bit_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_AOTCONST (cfg, iid_reg, klass, MONO_PATCH_INFO_IID);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU_IMM (cfg, OP_SHR_IMM, shifted_iid_reg, iid_reg, 3);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU (cfg, OP_PADD, ibitmap_byte_address_reg, ibitmap_reg, shifted_iid_reg);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_LOAD_MEMBASE_OP (cfg, OP_LOADU1_MEMBASE, ibitmap_byte_reg, ibitmap_byte_address_reg, 0);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU_IMM (cfg, OP_IAND_IMM, masked_iid_reg, iid_reg, 7);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_ICONST (cfg, iid_one_bit_reg, 1);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU (cfg, OP_ISHL, iid_bit_reg, iid_one_bit_reg, masked_iid_reg);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU (cfg, OP_IAND, intf_bit_reg, ibitmap_byte_reg, iid_bit_reg);
+	if (mono_opt_compressed_interface_bitmap) {
+		MonoInst *args [2];
+		MonoInst *res, *ins;
+		NEW_LOAD_MEMBASE (cfg, ins, OP_LOAD_MEMBASE, ibitmap_reg, base_reg, (target_mgreg_t)offset);
+		MONO_ADD_INS (cfg->cbb, ins);
+		args [0] = ins;
+		args [1] = mini_emit_runtime_constant (cfg, MONO_PATCH_INFO_IID, klass);
+		res = mono_emit_jit_icall (cfg, mono_class_interface_match_compressed, args);
+		MONO_EMIT_NEW_UNALU (cfg, OP_MOVE, intf_bit_reg, res->dreg);
 	} else {
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_LOAD_MEMBASE_OP (cfg, OP_LOADI1_MEMBASE, ibitmap_byte_reg, ibitmap_reg, m_class_get_interface_id (klass) >> 3);
-		MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU_IMM (cfg, OP_AND_IMM, intf_bit_reg, ibitmap_byte_reg, ((target_mgreg_t)1) << (m_class_get_interface_id (klass) & 7));
+		int ibitmap_byte_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
+
+		MONO_EMIT_NEW_LOAD_MEMBASE (cfg, ibitmap_reg, base_reg, GINTPTR_TO_TMREG (offset));
+
+		if (cfg->compile_aot) {
+			int iid_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
+			int shifted_iid_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
+			int ibitmap_byte_address_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
+			int masked_iid_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
+			int iid_one_bit_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
+			int iid_bit_reg = alloc_preg (cfg);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_AOTCONST (cfg, iid_reg, klass, MONO_PATCH_INFO_IID);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU_IMM (cfg, OP_SHR_IMM, shifted_iid_reg, iid_reg, 3);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU (cfg, OP_PADD, ibitmap_byte_address_reg, ibitmap_reg, shifted_iid_reg);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_LOAD_MEMBASE_OP (cfg, OP_LOADU1_MEMBASE, ibitmap_byte_reg, ibitmap_byte_address_reg, 0);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU_IMM (cfg, OP_IAND_IMM, masked_iid_reg, iid_reg, 7);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_ICONST (cfg, iid_one_bit_reg, 1);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU (cfg, OP_ISHL, iid_bit_reg, iid_one_bit_reg, masked_iid_reg);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU (cfg, OP_IAND, intf_bit_reg, ibitmap_byte_reg, iid_bit_reg);
+		} else {
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_LOAD_MEMBASE_OP (cfg, OP_LOADI1_MEMBASE, ibitmap_byte_reg, ibitmap_reg, m_class_get_interface_id (klass) >> 3);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_BIALU_IMM (cfg, OP_AND_IMM, intf_bit_reg, ibitmap_byte_reg, ((target_mgreg_t)1) << (m_class_get_interface_id (klass) & 7));
+	    }
 	}
-#endif
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/options-def.h b/src/mono/mono/utils/options-def.h
index 2397b3dd4ede3a..5f865543d175d2 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/options-def.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/options-def.h
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ DEFINE_BOOL_READONLY(experimental_gshared_mrgctx, "experimental-gshared-mrgctx",
 DEFINE_BOOL(experimental_gshared_mrgctx, "experimental-gshared-mrgctx", FALSE, "Use a mrgctx for all gshared methods")
 #endif
 
+DEFINE_BOOL(compressed_interface_bitmap, "compressed-interface-bitmap", FALSE, "Use compressed bitmap for storing implemented interfaces in vtables and classes")
+
 #if defined(TARGET_WASI)
 DEFINE_BOOL_READONLY(llvm_emulate_unwind, "emulate-unwind", TRUE, "")
 #else