diff --git a/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_option.h b/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_option.h
index 4399cec3078a75f530a49a59b082e67ed1e77417..174a592eb690bd813f3465e8701939229d443171 100644
--- a/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_option.h
+++ b/src/mapleall/maple_me/include/me_option.h
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ class MeOption : public MapleDriverOptionBase {
   static uint32 sinkLimit;
   static uint32 sinkPULimit;
   static uint32 vecLoopLimit;
+  static uint32 ivoptsLimit;
   static bool loopVec;
   static bool seqVec;
   static uint8 rematLevel;
diff --git a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_ivopts.cpp b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_ivopts.cpp
index 8310b9003ee6fddd85e5a2d5c05da84056c5a91e..d448eb39ab170ffa25662443418817f4ae0dae73 100644
--- a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_ivopts.cpp
+++ b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_ivopts.cpp
@@ -2362,6 +2362,9 @@ void IVOptimizer::Run() {
     CR *itCR = nullptr;
     TripCountType type = sa.ComputeTripCount(func, tripCount, conditionCRNode, itCR);
     data->iterNum = type == kConstCR ? tripCount : kDefaultEstimatedLoopIterNum;
+    if ((loops->GetMeLoops().size() - i) > MeOption::ivoptsLimit) {
+      break;
+    }
     ApplyOptimize();
   }
   useInfo->InvalidUseInfo();
diff --git a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_option.cpp b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_option.cpp
index 6f2003c0c78d6de38e734e8f534ec7410f70b456..56fefb5f53bfd1658435d87250657a8ebc104c0b 100644
--- a/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_option.cpp
+++ b/src/mapleall/maple_me/src/me_option.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ uint32 MeOption::rename2pregLimit = UINT32_MAX;
 uint32 MeOption::propLimit = UINT32_MAX;
 uint32 MeOption::copyPropLimit = UINT32_MAX;
 uint32 MeOption::vecLoopLimit = UINT32_MAX;
+uint32 MeOption::ivoptsLimit = UINT32_MAX;
 uint32 MeOption::profileBBHotRate = 10;
 uint32 MeOption::profileBBColdRate = 99;
 bool MeOption::noDelegateRC = false;
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ enum OptionIndex {
   kRematLevel,
   kLayoutWithPredict,
   kvecLoops,
+  kIvoptsLimit,
 };
 
 const Descriptor kUsage[] = {
@@ -1228,7 +1230,17 @@ const Descriptor kUsage[] = {
     kBuildTypeExperimental,
     kArgCheckPolicyRequired,
     "  --veclooplimit             \tApply vectorize loops only up to NUM \n"
-    "                              \t--copyproplimit=NUM\n",
+    "                              \t--veclooplimit=NUM\n",
+    "me",
+    {} },
+  { kIvoptsLimit,
+    0,
+    "",
+    "ivoptslimit",
+    kBuildTypeExperimental,
+    kArgCheckPolicyRequired,
+    "  --ivoptslimit              \tApply ivopts only up to NUM loops \n"
+    "                              \t--ivoptslimit=NUM\n",
     "me",
     {} },
 #if MIR_JAVA
@@ -1720,6 +1732,9 @@ bool MeOption::SolveOptions(const std::deque<mapleOption::Option> &opts, bool is
       case kvecLoops:
         vecLoopLimit = std::stoul(opt.Args(), nullptr);
         break;
+      case kIvoptsLimit:
+        ivoptsLimit = std::stoul(opt.Args(), nullptr);
+        break;
 #if MIR_JAVA
       case kMeAcquireFunc:
         acquireFuncName = opt.Args();