diff --git a/Ast/src/Lexer.cpp b/Ast/src/Lexer.cpp
index a7b75815..90c3577f 100644
--- a/Ast/src/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/Ast/src/Lexer.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
+LUAU_FASTFLAG(LuauInterpolatedStringBaseSupport)
+
 namespace Luau
 {
 
@@ -808,7 +810,13 @@ Lexeme Lexer::readNext()
         return readQuotedString();
 
     case '`':
-        return readInterpolatedStringBegin();
+        if (FFlag::LuauInterpolatedStringBaseSupport)
+            return readInterpolatedStringBegin();
+        else
+        {
+            consume();
+            return Lexeme(Location(start, 1), '`');
+        }
 
     case '.':
         consume();
diff --git a/Ast/src/Parser.cpp b/Ast/src/Parser.cpp
index 3b548442..bb5982f8 100644
--- a/Ast/src/Parser.cpp
+++ b/Ast/src/Parser.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ LUAU_DYNAMIC_FASTFLAGVARIABLE(LuaReportParseIntegerIssues, false)
 
 LUAU_FASTFLAGVARIABLE(LuauAlwaysCaptureHotComments, false)
 
+LUAU_FASTFLAGVARIABLE(LuauInterpolatedStringBaseSupport, true)
+
 bool lua_telemetry_parsed_out_of_range_bin_integer = false;
 bool lua_telemetry_parsed_out_of_range_hex_integer = false;
 bool lua_telemetry_parsed_double_prefix_hex_integer = false;
@@ -2199,7 +2201,7 @@ AstExpr* Parser::parseSimpleExpr()
     {
         return parseString();
     }
-    else if (lexer.current().type == Lexeme::InterpStringBegin)
+    else if (FFlag::LuauInterpolatedStringBaseSupport && lexer.current().type == Lexeme::InterpStringBegin)
     {
         return parseInterpString();
     }
diff --git a/Compiler/src/Compiler.cpp b/Compiler/src/Compiler.cpp
index cacd3266..5d22f3e9 100644
--- a/Compiler/src/Compiler.cpp
+++ b/Compiler/src/Compiler.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ LUAU_FASTFLAGVARIABLE(LuauCompileFoldBuiltins, false)
 LUAU_FASTFLAGVARIABLE(LuauCompileBetterMultret, false)
 LUAU_FASTFLAGVARIABLE(LuauCompileFreeReassign, false)
 
+LUAU_FASTFLAG(LuauInterpolatedStringBaseSupport)
+
 namespace Luau
 {
 
@@ -2018,7 +2020,7 @@ struct Compiler
         {
             compileExprIfElse(expr, target, targetTemp);
         }
-        else if (AstExprInterpString* interpString = node->as<AstExprInterpString>())
+        else if (AstExprInterpString* interpString = node->as<AstExprInterpString>(); FFlag::LuauInterpolatedStringBaseSupport && interpString)
         {
             compileExprInterpString(interpString, target, targetTemp);
         }