diff --git a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmAsm.cpp b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmAsm.cpp
index 0a8a906af3..6c8ed26180 100644
--- a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmAsm.cpp
+++ b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmAsm.cpp
@@ -116,12 +116,14 @@ void Jit::GenerateFixedCode()
 	MOVI2R(R11, (u32)Memory::base);
 	MOVI2R(R10, (u32)mips_);
 	MOVI2R(R9, (u32)GetBasePtr());
-
+	RestoreDowncount();
 	MovFromPC(R0);
 	outerLoopPCInR0 = GetCodePtr();
 	MovToPC(R0);
 	outerLoop = GetCodePtr();
+		SaveDowncount();
 		QuickCallFunction(R0, (void *)&CoreTiming::Advance);
+		RestoreDowncount();
 		FixupBranch skipToRealDispatch = B(); //skip the sync and compare first time
 
 		dispatcherCheckCoreState = GetCodePtr();
@@ -174,7 +176,9 @@ void Jit::GenerateFixedCode()
 			SetCC(CC_AL);
 
 			//Ok, no block, let's jit
+			SaveDowncount();
 			QuickCallFunction(R2, (void *)&JitAt);
+			RestoreDowncount();
 
 			B(dispatcherNoCheck); // no point in special casing this
 
@@ -187,8 +191,8 @@ void Jit::GenerateFixedCode()
 		B_CC(CC_EQ, outerLoop);
 
 	SetJumpTarget(badCoreState);
-
 	breakpointBailout = GetCodePtr();
+	SaveDowncount();
 
 	ADD(_SP, _SP, 4);
 
diff --git a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmCompBranch.cpp b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmCompBranch.cpp
index 0b2bf2b553..65146598aa 100644
--- a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmCompBranch.cpp
+++ b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmCompBranch.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ void Jit::Comp_Syscall(u32 op)
 	js.downcountAmount = -offset;
 
 	MOVI2R(R0, op);
+	SaveDowncount();
 	QuickCallFunction(R1, (void *)&CallSyscall);
+	RestoreDowncount();
 
 	WriteSyscallExit();
 	js.compiling = false;
diff --git a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmJit.cpp b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmJit.cpp
index 693372b956..7a842f8f2b 100644
--- a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmJit.cpp
+++ b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmJit.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void DisassembleArm(const u8 *data, int size) {
 namespace MIPSComp
 {
 
-Jit::Jit(MIPSState *mips) : blocks(mips, this), gpr(mips), fpr(mips), mips_(mips)
+Jit::Jit(MIPSState *mips) : blocks(mips, this), gpr(mips, &jo), fpr(mips), mips_(mips)
 { 
 	blocks.Init();
 	gpr.SetEmitter(this);
@@ -286,10 +286,12 @@ void Jit::Comp_Generic(u32 op)
 	MIPSInterpretFunc func = MIPSGetInterpretFunc(op);
 	if (func)
 	{
+		SaveDowncount();
 		MOVI2R(R0, js.compilerPC);
 		MovToPC(R0);
 		MOVI2R(R0, op);
 		QuickCallFunction(R1, (void *)func);
+		RestoreDowncount();
 	}
 
 	// Might have eaten prefixes, hard to tell...
@@ -305,21 +307,45 @@ void Jit::MovToPC(ARMReg r) {
 	STR(r, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, pc));
 }
 
+void Jit::SaveDowncount() {
+	if (jo.downcountInRegister)
+		STR(R7, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, downcount));
+}
+
+void Jit::RestoreDowncount() {
+	if (jo.downcountInRegister)
+		LDR(R7, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, downcount));
+}
+
 void Jit::WriteDownCount(int offset)
 {
-	int theDowncount = js.downcountAmount + offset;
-	LDR(R1, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, downcount));
-	Operand2 op2;
-	if (TryMakeOperand2(theDowncount, op2)) // We can enlarge this if we used rotations
-	{
-		SUBS(R1, R1, op2);
-		STR(R1, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, downcount));
+	if (jo.downcountInRegister) {
+		int theDowncount = js.downcountAmount + offset;
+		Operand2 op2;
+		if (TryMakeOperand2(theDowncount, op2)) // We can enlarge this if we used rotations
+		{
+			SUBS(R7, R7, op2);
+		} else {
+			// Should be fine to use R2 here, flushed the regcache anyway.
+			// If js.downcountAmount can be expressed as an Imm8, we don't need this anyway.
+			MOVI2R(R2, theDowncount);
+			SUBS(R7, R7, R2);
+		}
 	} else {
-		// Should be fine to use R2 here, flushed the regcache anyway.
-		// If js.downcountAmount can be expressed as an Imm8, we don't need this anyway.
-		MOVI2R(R2, theDowncount);
-		SUBS(R1, R1, R2);
-		STR(R1, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, downcount));
+		int theDowncount = js.downcountAmount + offset;
+		LDR(R1, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, downcount));
+		Operand2 op2;
+		if (TryMakeOperand2(theDowncount, op2)) // We can enlarge this if we used rotations
+		{
+			SUBS(R1, R1, op2);
+			STR(R1, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, downcount));
+		} else {
+			// Should be fine to use R2 here, flushed the regcache anyway.
+			// If js.downcountAmount can be expressed as an Imm8, we don't need this anyway.
+			MOVI2R(R2, theDowncount);
+			SUBS(R1, R1, R2);
+			STR(R1, CTXREG, offsetof(MIPSState, downcount));
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmJit.h b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmJit.h
index 2bd36823a6..8a61acf1db 100644
--- a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmJit.h
+++ b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmJit.h
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ struct ArmJitOptions
 	ArmJitOptions()
 	{
 		enableBlocklink = true;
+		downcountInRegister = true;
 	}
 
 	bool enableBlocklink;
+	bool downcountInRegister;
 };
 
 struct ArmJitState
@@ -230,6 +232,9 @@ private:
 	void MovFromPC(ARMReg r);
 	void MovToPC(ARMReg r);
 
+	void SaveDowncount();
+	void RestoreDowncount();
+
 	void WriteExit(u32 destination, int exit_num);
 	void WriteExitDestInR(ARMReg Reg);
 	void WriteSyscallExit();
diff --git a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmRegCache.cpp b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmRegCache.cpp
index a153137254..00795433f9 100644
--- a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmRegCache.cpp
+++ b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmRegCache.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "ArmRegCache.h"
 #include "ArmEmitter.h"
+#include "ArmJit.h"
 
 #if defined(MAEMO)
 #include "stddef.h"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 
 using namespace ArmGen;
 
-ArmRegCache::ArmRegCache(MIPSState *mips) : mips_(mips) {
+ArmRegCache::ArmRegCache(MIPSState *mips, MIPSComp::ArmJitOptions *options) : mips_(mips), options_(options) {
 }
 
 void ArmRegCache::Init(ARMXEmitter *emitter) {
@@ -44,18 +45,26 @@ void ArmRegCache::Start(MIPSAnalyst::AnalysisResults &stats) {
 	}
 }
 
-static const ARMReg *GetMIPSAllocationOrder(int &count) {
+const ARMReg *ArmRegCache::GetMIPSAllocationOrder(int &count) {
 	// Note that R0 is reserved as scratch for now.
 	// R1 could be used as it's only used for scratch outside "regalloc space" now.
 	// R12 is also potentially usable.
 	// R4-R7 are registers we could use for static allocation or downcount.
 	// R8 is used to preserve flags in nasty branches.
 	// R9 and upwards are reserved for jit basics.
-	static const ARMReg allocationOrder[] = {
-		R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R12,
-	};
-	count = sizeof(allocationOrder) / sizeof(const int);
-	return allocationOrder;
+	if (options_->downcountInRegister) {
+		static const ARMReg allocationOrder[] = {
+			R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R12,
+		};
+		count = sizeof(allocationOrder) / sizeof(const int);
+		return allocationOrder;
+	} else {
+		static const ARMReg allocationOrder2[] = {
+			R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R12,
+		};
+		count = sizeof(allocationOrder2) / sizeof(const int);
+		return allocationOrder2;
+	}
 }
 
 // TODO: Somewhat smarter spilling - currently simply spills the first available, should do
diff --git a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmRegCache.h b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmRegCache.h
index 3cbe27f4da..1138df726a 100644
--- a/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmRegCache.h
+++ b/Core/MIPS/ARM/ArmRegCache.h
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ enum {
 	MAP_NOINIT = 2,
 };
 
+namespace MIPSComp {
+	struct ArmJitOptions;
+}
+
 class ArmRegCache
 {
 public:
-	ArmRegCache(MIPSState *mips);
+	ArmRegCache(MIPSState *mips, MIPSComp::ArmJitOptions *options);
 	~ArmRegCache() {}
 
 	void Init(ARMXEmitter *emitter);
@@ -107,7 +111,10 @@ public:
 	int GetMipsRegOffset(MIPSReg r);
 
 private:
+	const ARMReg *GetMIPSAllocationOrder(int &count);
+		
 	MIPSState *mips_;
+	MIPSComp::ArmJitOptions *options_;
 	ARMXEmitter *emit;
 	u32 compilerPC_;