diff --git a/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/base_mode.ts b/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/base_mode.ts
index 0117bdc06b3a32b303592f64bc6539c3f918c377..43c25cd27ef9f241ec18cb37ce1479ef3a659235 100644
--- a/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/base_mode.ts
+++ b/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/base_mode.ts
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ export abstract class BaseMode {
       moduleInfo.arktsConfigFile,
       '--output',
       intermediateFilePath,
-      '--simultaneous'
+      '--simultaneous',
+      '--opt-try-catch-func=false'
     ];
     ensurePathExists(intermediateFilePath);
     if (this.isDebug) {
diff --git a/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/compile_worker.ts b/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/compile_worker.ts
index a93ea46d22758f39b71e9b32b72c235bf816ae3a..252c963381710f3316df70bdc8d7cdd0e64af075 100644
--- a/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/compile_worker.ts
+++ b/ets2panda/driver/build_system/src/build/compile_worker.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ process.on('message', (message: {
         '_', '--extension', 'ets',
         '--arktsconfig', fileInfo.arktsConfigFile,
         '--output', fileInfo.abcFilePath,
+        '--opt-try-catch-func=false'
       ];
       if (isDebug) {
         ets2pandaCmd.push('--debug-info');
diff --git a/ets2panda/util/generateBin.cpp b/ets2panda/util/generateBin.cpp
index 134b2c9511a761a51fa5f546e98cd90d932f6c1a..46fa686579245f1313cac4bc5e24fdae83e0a2c2 100644
--- a/ets2panda/util/generateBin.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/util/generateBin.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static int OptimizeBytecode(ark::pandasm::Program *prog, const util::Options &op
         }
 
         ark::bytecodeopt::g_options.SetOptLevel(options.GetOptLevel());
+        ark::bytecodeopt::g_options.SetSkipMethodsWithEh(!options.IsOptTryCatchFunc());
         // Set default value instead of maximum set in ark::bytecodeopt::SetCompilerOptions()
         ark::compiler::CompilerLogger::Init({"all"});
         ark::compiler::g_options.SetCompilerMaxBytecodeSize(ark::compiler::g_options.GetCompilerMaxBytecodeSize());
diff --git a/ets2panda/util/options.yaml b/ets2panda/util/options.yaml
index 0e3f72acae799aa579df78765a481c7cb3c340b5..32274e6c7df8df7990fd5a21478e989b568695a8 100644
--- a/ets2panda/util/options.yaml
+++ b/ets2panda/util/options.yaml
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ options:
   description: Compiler optimization level
   range: 0-2
 
+- name: opt-try-catch-func
+  type: bool
+  default: true
+  description: Enable optimizations for functions with try-catch blocks
+
 - name: ets-module
   type: bool
   default: false