diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d2c285266..d4d74163d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -576,6 +576,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make jscheck
 
+  parserless:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: build
+        run: |
+          make QJS_DISABLE_PARSER=ON QJS_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
+      - name: test
+        run: |
+          ./build/hello
+          ./build/hello_module
+
+
   meson:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     name: meson on ${{ matrix.platform }} (${{ matrix.mode.name }} ${{ matrix.flavor }}, ${{ matrix.features.name }})
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 748660bbe..88e98bb0c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ xoption(QJS_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" OFF)
 xoption(QJS_BUILD_CLI_STATIC "Build a static qjs executable" OFF)
 xoption(QJS_BUILD_CLI_WITH_MIMALLOC "Build the qjs executable with mimalloc" OFF)
 xoption(QJS_BUILD_CLI_WITH_STATIC_MIMALLOC "Build the qjs executable with mimalloc (statically linked)" OFF)
+xoption(QJS_DISABLE_PARSER "Disable JS source code parser" OFF)
 xoption(QJS_ENABLE_ASAN "Enable AddressSanitizer (ASan)" OFF)
 xoption(QJS_ENABLE_MSAN "Enable MemorySanitizer (MSan)" OFF)
 xoption(QJS_ENABLE_TSAN "Enable ThreadSanitizer (TSan)" OFF)
diff --git a/quickjs.c b/quickjs.c
index 70dd5aff0..12e46294b 100644
--- a/quickjs.c
+++ b/quickjs.c
@@ -3455,6 +3455,8 @@ const char *JS_AtomToCString(JSContext *ctx, JSAtom atom)
     return cstr;
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 /* return a string atom containing name concatenated with str1 */
 /* `str1` may be pure ASCII or UTF-8 encoded */
 // TODO(chqrlie): use string concatenation instead of UTF-8 conversion
@@ -3497,6 +3499,8 @@ static JSAtom js_atom_concat_num(JSContext *ctx, JSAtom name, uint32_t n)
     return js_atom_concat_str(ctx, name, buf);
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static inline bool JS_IsEmptyString(JSValueConst v)
 {
     return JS_VALUE_GET_TAG(v) == JS_TAG_STRING && JS_VALUE_GET_STRING(v)->len == 0;
@@ -20372,8 +20376,6 @@ static const JSOpCode opcode_info[OP_COUNT + (OP_TEMP_END - OP_TEMP_START)] = {
     opcode_info[(op) >= OP_TEMP_START ? \
                 (op) + (OP_TEMP_END - OP_TEMP_START) : (op)]
 
-static __exception int next_token(JSParseState *s);
-
 static void free_token(JSParseState *s, JSToken *token)
 {
     switch(token->val) {
@@ -20480,6 +20482,10 @@ int JS_PRINTF_FORMAT_ATTR(2, 3) js_parse_error(JSParseState *s, JS_PRINTF_FORMAT
     return -1;
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
+static __exception int next_token(JSParseState *s);
+
 static int js_parse_expect(JSParseState *s, int tok)
 {
     char buf[ATOM_GET_STR_BUF_SIZE];
@@ -20824,6 +20830,8 @@ static __exception int js_parse_regexp(JSParseState *s)
     return -1;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static __exception int ident_realloc(JSContext *ctx, char **pbuf, size_t *psize,
                                      char *static_buf)
 {
@@ -20851,6 +20859,8 @@ static __exception int ident_realloc(JSContext *ctx, char **pbuf, size_t *psize,
     return 0;
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 /* convert a TOK_IDENT to a keyword when needed */
 static void update_token_ident(JSParseState *s)
 {
@@ -21425,6 +21435,8 @@ static __exception int next_token(JSParseState *s)
     return -1;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static int json_parse_error(JSParseState *s, const uint8_t *curp, const char *msg)
 {
     const uint8_t *p, *line_start;
@@ -21725,6 +21737,8 @@ static __exception int json_next_token(JSParseState *s)
     return -1;
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 /* only used for ':' and '=>', 'let' or 'function' look-ahead. *pp is
    only set if TOK_IMPORT is returned */
 /* XXX: handle all unicode cases */
@@ -27641,6 +27655,8 @@ static __exception int js_parse_statement_or_decl(JSParseState *s,
     return -1;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 /* 'name' is freed */
 static JSModuleDef *js_new_module_def(JSContext *ctx, JSAtom name)
 {
@@ -27726,6 +27742,8 @@ static void js_free_module_def(JSContext *ctx, JSModuleDef *m)
     js_free(ctx, m);
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static int add_req_module_entry(JSContext *ctx, JSModuleDef *m,
                                 JSAtom module_name)
 {
@@ -27750,6 +27768,8 @@ static int add_req_module_entry(JSContext *ctx, JSModuleDef *m,
     return i;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static JSExportEntry *find_export_entry(JSContext *ctx, const JSModuleDef *m,
                                         JSAtom export_name)
 {
@@ -27794,6 +27814,8 @@ static JSExportEntry *add_export_entry2(JSContext *ctx,
     return me;
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static JSExportEntry *add_export_entry(JSParseState *s, JSModuleDef *m,
                                        JSAtom local_name, JSAtom export_name,
                                        JSExportTypeEnum export_type)
@@ -27817,6 +27839,8 @@ static int add_star_export_entry(JSContext *ctx, JSModuleDef *m,
     return 0;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 /* create a C module */
 /* `name_str` may be pure ASCII or UTF-8 encoded */
 JSModuleDef *JS_NewCModule(JSContext *ctx, const char *name_str,
@@ -29465,6 +29489,8 @@ static JSValue js_evaluate_module(JSContext *ctx, JSModuleDef *m)
     return js_dup(m->promise);
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static __exception JSAtom js_parse_from_clause(JSParseState *s)
 {
     JSAtom module_name;
@@ -29904,6 +29930,8 @@ static JSFunctionDef *js_new_function_def(JSContext *ctx,
     return fd;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static void free_bytecode_atoms(JSRuntime *rt,
                                 const uint8_t *bc_buf, int bc_len,
                                 bool use_short_opcodes)
@@ -29937,6 +29965,8 @@ static void free_bytecode_atoms(JSRuntime *rt,
     }
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static void js_free_function_def(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionDef *fd)
 {
     int i;
@@ -29999,6 +30029,8 @@ static void js_free_function_def(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionDef *fd)
     js_free(ctx, fd);
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 #ifdef ENABLE_DUMPS // JS_DUMP_BYTECODE_*
 static const char *skip_lines(const char *p, int n) {
     while (p && n-- > 0 && *p) {
@@ -30455,6 +30487,8 @@ static __maybe_unused void js_dump_function_bytecode(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionB
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static int add_closure_var(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionDef *s,
                            bool is_local, bool is_arg,
                            int var_idx, JSAtom var_name,
@@ -33762,8 +33796,10 @@ static JSValue js_create_function(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionDef *fd)
        are used to compile the eval and they must be ordered by scope,
        so it is necessary to create the closure variables before any
        other variable lookup is done. */
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
     if (fd->has_eval_call)
         add_eval_variables(ctx, fd);
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
 
     /* add the module global variables in the closure */
     if (fd->module) {
@@ -33922,6 +33958,8 @@ static JSValue js_create_function(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionDef *fd)
     return JS_EXCEPTION;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static void free_function_bytecode(JSRuntime *rt, JSFunctionBytecode *b)
 {
     int i;
@@ -33956,6 +33994,8 @@ static void free_function_bytecode(JSRuntime *rt, JSFunctionBytecode *b)
     }
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static __exception int js_parse_directives(JSParseState *s)
 {
     char str[20];
@@ -34767,6 +34807,8 @@ static __exception int js_parse_program(JSParseState *s)
     return 0;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 static void js_parse_init(JSContext *ctx, JSParseState *s,
                           const char *input, size_t input_len,
                           const char *filename, int line)
@@ -34822,6 +34864,8 @@ JSValue JS_EvalFunction(JSContext *ctx, JSValue fun_obj)
     return JS_EvalFunctionInternal(ctx, fun_obj, ctx->global_obj, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 /* 'input' must be zero terminated i.e. input[input_len] = '\0'. */
 /* `export_name` and `input` may be pure ASCII or UTF-8 encoded */
 static JSValue __JS_EvalInternal(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_obj,
@@ -34938,6 +34982,8 @@ static JSValue __JS_EvalInternal(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_obj,
     return JS_EXCEPTION;
 }
 
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
+
 /* the indirection is needed to make 'eval' optional */
 static JSValue JS_EvalInternal(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_obj,
                                const char *input, size_t input_len,
@@ -52859,7 +52905,9 @@ void JS_AddIntrinsicDate(JSContext *ctx)
 
 void JS_AddIntrinsicEval(JSContext *ctx)
 {
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
     ctx->eval_internal = __JS_EvalInternal;
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
 }
 
 /* BigInt */
@@ -57526,6 +57574,7 @@ static void _JS_AddIntrinsicCallSite(JSContext *ctx)
 
 bool JS_DetectModule(const char *input, size_t input_len)
 {
+#ifndef QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
     JSRuntime *rt;
     JSContext *ctx;
     JSValue val;
@@ -57554,6 +57603,9 @@ bool JS_DetectModule(const char *input, size_t input_len)
     JS_FreeContext(ctx);
     JS_FreeRuntime(rt);
     return is_module;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif // QJS_DISABLE_PARSER
 }
 
 uintptr_t js_std_cmd(int cmd, ...) {
diff --git a/quickjs.h b/quickjs.h
index b2cae31ac..e39947312 100644
--- a/quickjs.h
+++ b/quickjs.h
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ JS_EXTERN JSValue JS_CallConstructor2(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst func_obj,
  * wholly infallible: non-strict classic scripts may _parse_ okay as a module
  * but not _execute_ as one (different runtime semantics.) Use with caution.
  * |input| can be either ASCII or UTF-8 encoded source code.
+ * Returns false if QuickJS was built with -DQJS_DISABLE_PARSER.
  */
 JS_EXTERN bool JS_DetectModule(const char *input, size_t input_len);
 /* 'input' must be zero terminated i.e. input[input_len] = '\0'. */