diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BinaryOptions.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BinaryOptions.kt
index ceee203ab64..b916d71daae 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BinaryOptions.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/BinaryOptions.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ object BinaryOptions : BinaryOptionRegistry() {
     val appStateTracking by option<AppStateTracking>()
 
     val sanitizer by option<SanitizerKind>()
+
+    val mimallocUseDefaultOptions by booleanOption()
 }
 
 open class BinaryOption<T : Any>(
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfig.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfig.kt
index 25d86ba8ab3..e9d56ce0687 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfig.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/KonanConfig.kt
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ class KonanConfig(val project: Project, val configuration: CompilerConfiguration
         configuration.get(BinaryOptions.appStateTracking) ?: AppStateTracking.DISABLED
     }
 
+    val mimallocUseDefaultOptions by lazy {
+        configuration.get(BinaryOptions.mimallocUseDefaultOptions) ?: false
+    }
+
     init {
         if (!platformManager.isEnabled(target)) {
             error("Target ${target.visibleName} is not available on the ${HostManager.hostName} host")
diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
index 3f14c41cc0c..05f7b4e469b 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
@@ -2792,6 +2792,7 @@ internal class CodeGeneratorVisitor(val context: Context, val lifetimes: Map<IrE
             overrideRuntimeGlobal("Kotlin_printToAndroidLogcat", Int32(if (programType.consolePrintsToLogcat) 1 else 0))
         }
         overrideRuntimeGlobal("Kotlin_appStateTracking", Int32(context.config.appStateTracking.value))
+        overrideRuntimeGlobal("Kotlin_mimallocUseDefaultOptions", Int32(if (context.config.mimallocUseDefaultOptions) 1 else 0))
     }
 
     //-------------------------------------------------------------------------//
@@ -2998,4 +2999,4 @@ internal fun Context.generateRuntimeConstantsModule() : LLVMModuleRef {
     setRuntimeConstGlobal("Kotlin_gcSchedulerType", Int32(config.gcSchedulerType.value))
 
     return llvmModule
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/CompilerConstants.cpp b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/CompilerConstants.cpp
index c4d894e51b8..e60bf53699e 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/CompilerConstants.cpp
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/CompilerConstants.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ RUNTIME_WEAK int32_t Kotlin_printToAndroidLogcat = 1;
 #endif
 // Keep it 0 even when the compiler defaults to 1: if the overriding mechanism breaks, keeping it disabled is safer.
 RUNTIME_WEAK int32_t Kotlin_appStateTracking = 0;
+RUNTIME_WEAK int32_t Kotlin_mimallocUseDefaultOptions = 1;
 
 ALWAYS_INLINE compiler::DestroyRuntimeMode compiler::destroyRuntimeMode() noexcept {
     return static_cast<compiler::DestroyRuntimeMode>(Kotlin_destroyRuntimeMode);
@@ -58,3 +59,7 @@ ALWAYS_INLINE int compiler::getSourceInfo(void* addr, SourceInfo *result, int re
         return Kotlin_getSourceInfo_Function(addr, result, result_size);
     }
 }
+
+ALWAYS_INLINE bool compiler::mimallocUseDefaultOptions() noexcept {
+    return Kotlin_mimallocUseDefaultOptions != 0;
+}
diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/CompilerConstants.hpp b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/CompilerConstants.hpp
index ca4a3739e4d..15cf8ff084e 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/CompilerConstants.hpp
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/cpp/CompilerConstants.hpp
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ DestroyRuntimeMode destroyRuntimeMode() noexcept;
 bool suspendFunctionsFromAnyThreadFromObjCEnabled() noexcept;
 AppStateTracking appStateTracking() noexcept;
 int getSourceInfo(void* addr, SourceInfo *result, int result_size) noexcept;
+bool mimallocUseDefaultOptions() noexcept;
 
 #ifdef KONAN_ANDROID
 bool printToAndroidLogcat() noexcept;
diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/opt_alloc/cpp/ObjectAlloc.cpp b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/opt_alloc/cpp/ObjectAlloc.cpp
index 020dafad9af..c27cbb2f584 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/opt_alloc/cpp/ObjectAlloc.cpp
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/opt_alloc/cpp/ObjectAlloc.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,24 @@
 
 #include "ObjectAlloc.hpp"
 
+#include <mutex>
+
 #include "../../mimalloc/c/include/mimalloc.h"
 #include "Alignment.hpp"
+#include "CompilerConstants.hpp"
 
 using namespace kotlin;
 
+namespace {
+
+std::once_flag initOptions;
+
+}
+
 void kotlin::initObjectPool() noexcept {
+    if (!compiler::mimallocUseDefaultOptions()) {
+        std::call_once(initOptions, [] { mi_option_enable(mi_option_reset_decommits); });
+    }
     mi_thread_init();
 }