diff --git a/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/extensions/SerializationLoweringExtension.kt b/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/extensions/SerializationLoweringExtension.kt
index 7ebbef71a32..12209967758 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/extensions/SerializationLoweringExtension.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/extensions/SerializationLoweringExtension.kt
@@ -129,8 +129,15 @@ private class SerializerClassPreLowering(
 }
 
 open class SerializationLoweringExtension @JvmOverloads constructor(
-    val metadataPlugin: SerializationDescriptorSerializerPlugin? = null
+    private val metadataPlugin: SerializationDescriptorSerializerPlugin? = null
 ) : IrGenerationExtension {
+
+    private var disableIntrinsics = false
+
+    constructor(metadataPlugin: SerializationDescriptorSerializerPlugin, disableIntrinsics: Boolean) : this(metadataPlugin) {
+        this.disableIntrinsics = disableIntrinsics
+    }
+
     override fun generate(
         moduleFragment: IrModuleFragment,
         pluginContext: IrPluginContext
@@ -142,7 +149,7 @@ open class SerializationLoweringExtension @JvmOverloads constructor(
     }
 
     override fun getPlatformIntrinsicExtension(): IrIntrinsicExtension? {
-        return object : JvmIrIntrinsicExtension {
+        return if (disableIntrinsics) null else object : JvmIrIntrinsicExtension {
             override fun getIntrinsic(symbol: IrFunctionSymbol): IntrinsicMethod? =
                 SerializationJvmIrIntrinsicSupport.intrinsicForMethod(symbol.owner)
 
diff --git a/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.cli/resources/META-INF/services/org.jetbrains.kotlin.compiler.plugin.CommandLineProcessor b/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.cli/resources/META-INF/services/org.jetbrains.kotlin.compiler.plugin.CommandLineProcessor
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..784f5bfb368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.cli/resources/META-INF/services/org.jetbrains.kotlin.compiler.plugin.CommandLineProcessor
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.extensions.SerializationPluginOptions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/extensions/SerializationComponentRegistrar.kt b/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/extensions/SerializationComponentRegistrar.kt
index 8fe1a63e820..73a481f3d03 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/extensions/SerializationComponentRegistrar.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlinx-serialization/kotlinx-serialization.cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/serialization/compiler/extensions/SerializationComponentRegistrar.kt
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.extensions
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.extensions.IrGenerationExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.extensions.ExpressionCodegenExtension
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compiler.plugin.CompilerPluginRegistrar
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.compiler.plugin.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfigurationKey
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.container.StorageComponentContainer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.container.useInstance
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
@@ -21,17 +22,44 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.extensions.SyntheticResolveExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.DescriptorSerializerPlugin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.js.JsSerializerProtocol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.diagnostic.SerializationPluginDeclarationChecker
+import org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization.compiler.extensions.SerializationConfigurationKeys.DISABLE_INTRINSIC
+
+object SerializationConfigurationKeys {
+    val DISABLE_INTRINSIC: CompilerConfigurationKey<Boolean> =
+        CompilerConfigurationKey.create("Disable replacement of serializer<T>() call with direct serializer retrieval.")
+}
+
+class SerializationPluginOptions : CommandLineProcessor {
+    companion object {
+        val DISABLE_INTRINSIC_OPTION = CliOption(
+            "disableIntrinsic", "true/false",
+            "Disable replacement of serializer<T>() call with direct serializer retrieval. Use if you experience errors during inlining.",
+            required = false, allowMultipleOccurrences = false
+        )
+    }
+
+    override val pluginId = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization"
+    override val pluginOptions = listOf(DISABLE_INTRINSIC_OPTION)
+
+    override fun processOption(option: AbstractCliOption, value: String, configuration: CompilerConfiguration) = when (option) {
+        DISABLE_INTRINSIC_OPTION -> configuration.put(DISABLE_INTRINSIC, value == "true")
+        else -> throw CliOptionProcessingException("Unknown option: ${option.optionName}")
+    }
+}
+
 
 class SerializationComponentRegistrar : CompilerPluginRegistrar() {
     override fun ExtensionStorage.registerExtensions(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) {
-        Companion.registerExtensions(this)
+        Companion.registerExtensions(this, loadDisableIntrinsic(configuration))
     }
 
+    private fun loadDisableIntrinsic(configuration: CompilerConfiguration) = configuration.get(DISABLE_INTRINSIC) ?: false
+
     override val supportsK2: Boolean
         get() = false
 
     companion object {
-        fun registerExtensions(extensionStorage: ExtensionStorage) = with(extensionStorage) {
+        fun registerExtensions(extensionStorage: ExtensionStorage, disableIntrinsics: Boolean = false) = with(extensionStorage) {
             // This method is never called in the IDE, therefore this extension is not available there.
             // Since IDE does not perform any serialization of descriptors, metadata written to the 'serializationDescriptorSerializer'
             // is never deleted, effectively causing memory leaks.
@@ -44,7 +72,7 @@ class SerializationComponentRegistrar : CompilerPluginRegistrar() {
 
             ExpressionCodegenExtension.registerExtension(SerializationCodegenExtension(serializationDescriptorSerializer))
             JsSyntheticTranslateExtension.registerExtension(SerializationJsExtension(serializationDescriptorSerializer))
-            IrGenerationExtension.registerExtension(SerializationLoweringExtension(serializationDescriptorSerializer))
+            IrGenerationExtension.registerExtension(SerializationLoweringExtension(serializationDescriptorSerializer, disableIntrinsics))
 
             StorageComponentContainerContributor.registerExtension(SerializationPluginComponentContainerContributor())
         }