diff --git a/Compiler/include/Luau/Compiler.h b/Compiler/include/Luau/Compiler.h
index f8d67158..f2b72377 100644
--- a/Compiler/include/Luau/Compiler.h
+++ b/Compiler/include/Luau/Compiler.h
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ struct CompileOptions
     // global builtin to construct vectors; disabled by default
     const char* vectorLib = nullptr;
     const char* vectorCtor = nullptr;
+
+    // array of globals that are mutable; disables the import optimization for
+    // fields accessed through them. use NULL to end the array
+    const char** mutableGlobalNames;
 };
 
 class CompileError : public std::exception
diff --git a/Compiler/src/Compiler.cpp b/Compiler/src/Compiler.cpp
index 75632c30..44084671 100644
--- a/Compiler/src/Compiler.cpp
+++ b/Compiler/src/Compiler.cpp
@@ -3703,7 +3703,7 @@ void compileOrThrow(BytecodeBuilder& bytecode, AstStatBlock* root, const AstName
 
     Compiler compiler(bytecode, options);
 
-    // since access to some global objects may result in values that change over time, we block table imports
+    // since access to some global objects may result in values that change over time, we block imports from non-readonly tables
     for (const char* global : kSpecialGlobals)
     {
         AstName name = names.get(global);
@@ -3712,6 +3712,15 @@ void compileOrThrow(BytecodeBuilder& bytecode, AstStatBlock* root, const AstName
             compiler.globals[name].special = true;
     }
 
+    if (options.mutableGlobalNames)
+        for (const char** ptr = options.mutableGlobalNames; ptr; ptr += sizeof(const char*))
+        {
+            AstName name = names.get(*ptr);
+
+            if (name.value)
+                compiler.globals[name].special = true;
+        }
+
     // this visitor traverses the AST to analyze mutability of locals/globals, filling Local::written and Global::written
     Compiler::AssignmentVisitor assignmentVisitor(&compiler);
     root->visit(&assignmentVisitor);