diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/inline.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/inline.rs
index 56b6fa68e1841..14bbf123a2cb0 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/inline.rs
@@ -39,15 +39,19 @@ struct CallSite<'tcx> {
 
 impl<'tcx> MirPass<'tcx> for Inline {
     fn run_pass(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, source: MirSource<'tcx>, body: &mut BodyAndCache<'tcx>) {
-        if tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.mir_opt_level >= 2 {
-            Inliner { tcx, source }.run_pass(body);
+        let mir_opt_level = tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.mir_opt_level;
+        if mir_opt_level == 0 {
+            return;
         }
+
+        Inliner { tcx, source, use_simple_heuristic: mir_opt_level == 1 }.run_pass(body);
     }
 }
 
 struct Inliner<'tcx> {
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
     source: MirSource<'tcx>,
+    use_simple_heuristic: bool,
 }
 
 impl Inliner<'tcx> {
@@ -251,6 +255,19 @@ impl Inliner<'tcx> {
             }
         }
 
+        if self.use_simple_heuristic {
+            use rustc::mir::StatementKind::*;
+
+            return callee_body.basic_blocks().len() == 1
+                && callee_body.basic_blocks()[BasicBlock::from_u32(0)]
+                    .statements
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|stmt| !matches!(stmt.kind, StorageLive(_) | StorageDead(_)))
+                    .take(5)
+                    .count()
+                    <= 4;
+        }
+
         let mut threshold = if hinted { HINT_THRESHOLD } else { DEFAULT_THRESHOLD };
 
         // Significantly lower the threshold for inlining cold functions