diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 81d54a14b7af51..e146f67f639ca3 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -489,6 +489,12 @@
     default=None,
     help='[Experimental] Enable V8 pointer compression (limits max heap to 4GB and breaks ABI compatibility)')
 
+parser.add_argument('--disable-shared-readonly-heap',
+    action='store_true',
+    dest='disable_shared_ro_heap',
+    default=None,
+    help='Disable the shared read-only heap feature in V8')
+
 parser.add_argument('--v8-options',
     action='store',
     dest='v8_options',
@@ -1524,7 +1530,7 @@ def configure_v8(o):
   o['variables']['v8_use_siphash'] = 0 if options.without_siphash else 1
   o['variables']['v8_enable_pointer_compression'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_31bit_smis_on_64bit_arch'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
-  o['variables']['v8_enable_shared_ro_heap'] = 0 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 1
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_shared_ro_heap'] = 0 if options.enable_pointer_compression or options.disable_shared_ro_heap else 1
   o['variables']['v8_trace_maps'] = 1 if options.trace_maps else 0
   o['variables']['node_use_v8_platform'] = b(not options.without_v8_platform)
   o['variables']['node_use_bundled_v8'] = b(not options.without_bundled_v8)
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index 97945332be64cf..31691448850a62 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ set link_module=
 set no_cctest=
 set cctest=
 set openssl_no_asm=
+set no_shared_roheap=
 set doc=
 set extra_msbuild_args=
 set exit_code=0
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ if /i "%1"=="link-module"   set "link_module= --link-module=%2%link_module%"&got
 if /i "%1"=="no-cctest"     set no_cctest=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="cctest"        set cctest=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="openssl-no-asm"   set openssl_no_asm=1&goto arg-ok
+if /i "%1"=="no-shared-roheap" set no_shared_roheap=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="doc"           set doc=1&goto arg-ok
 if /i "%1"=="binlog"        set extra_msbuild_args=/binaryLogger:%config%\node.binlog&goto arg-ok
 
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ if defined config_flags     set configure_flags=%configure_flags% %config_flags%
 if defined target_arch      set configure_flags=%configure_flags% --dest-cpu=%target_arch%
 if defined debug_nghttp2    set configure_flags=%configure_flags% --debug-nghttp2
 if defined openssl_no_asm   set configure_flags=%configure_flags% --openssl-no-asm
+if defined no_shared_roheap set configure_flags=%configure_flags% --disable-shared-readonly-heap
 if defined DEBUG_HELPER     set configure_flags=%configure_flags% --verbose
 if "%target_arch%"=="x86" if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="AMD64" set configure_flags=%configure_flags% --no-cross-compiling