diff --git a/Assets/dll/ares64.wbx.zst b/Assets/dll/ares64.wbx.zst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cb630ee7f..0000000000
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diff --git a/Assets/dll/ares64_interpreter.wbx.zst b/Assets/dll/ares64_interpreter.wbx.zst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58a0466245
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diff --git a/Assets/dll/ares64_recompiler.wbx.zst b/Assets/dll/ares64_recompiler.wbx.zst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a6195fd32
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diff --git a/waterbox/ares64/ares/ares/n64/accuracy.hpp b/waterbox/ares64/ares/ares/n64/accuracy.hpp
index 007ecd4641..9f1e700d14 100644
--- a/waterbox/ares64/ares/ares/n64/accuracy.hpp
+++ b/waterbox/ares64/ares/ares/n64/accuracy.hpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ struct Accuracy {
   static constexpr bool Reference = 0;
 
   struct CPU {
-    static constexpr bool Interpreter = 0 | Reference | !recompiler::generic::supported;
+    static constexpr bool Interpreter = 0 | Reference | !recompiler::generic::supported | WANT_CPU_INTERPRETER;
     static constexpr bool Recompiler = !Interpreter;
 
     //exceptions when the CPU accesses unaligned memory addresses
diff --git a/waterbox/ares64/Makefile b/waterbox/ares64/common.mak
similarity index 87%
rename from waterbox/ares64/Makefile
rename to waterbox/ares64/common.mak
index 19696ec6a1..8ca5a63e37 100644
--- a/waterbox/ares64/Makefile
+++ b/waterbox/ares64/common.mak
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ CXXFLAGS := -std=gnu++17 -march=x86-64-v2 \
 	-Wno-mismatched-tags -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-overloaded-virtual \
 	-Wno-unused-private-field -Wno-sometimes-uninitialized \
 	-fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv \
-	-DSLJIT_HAVE_CONFIG_PRE=1 -DSLJIT_HAVE_CONFIG_POST=1
+	-DSLJIT_HAVE_CONFIG_PRE=1 -DSLJIT_HAVE_CONFIG_POST=1 \
+	-DWANT_CPU_INTERPRETER=$(WANT_CPU_INTERPRETER)
 
-TARGET = ares64.wbx
+ifneq (0,$(WANT_CPU_INTERPRETER))
+TARGET = ares64_interpreter.wbx
+else
+TARGET = ares64_recompiler.wbx
+endif
 
 SRCS_NALL = \
 	$(NALL_PATH)/nall.cpp
@@ -57,6 +62,4 @@ SRCS_SLJIT = \
 	$(SLJIT_PATH)/sljitLir.c \
 	$(THIRDPARTY_PATH)/sljitAllocator.cpp
 
-SRCS = $(SRCS_NALL) $(SRCS_PROCESSORS) $(SRCS_ARES) $(SRCS_N64) $(SRCS_ANGRYLION) $(SRCS_SLJIT) BizInterface.cpp
-
-include ../common.mak
+SRCS = $(SRCS_NALL) $(SRCS_PROCESSORS) $(SRCS_ARES) $(SRCS_N64) $(SRCS_ANGRYLION) $(SRCS_SLJIT) $(ROOT_DIR)/BizInterface.cpp
diff --git a/waterbox/ares64/interpreter.mak b/waterbox/ares64/interpreter.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d07b041c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waterbox/ares64/interpreter.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+WANT_CPU_INTERPRETER := 1
+include common.mak
+OUT_DIR := $(realpath .)/obj/interpreter
+include ../common.mak
diff --git a/waterbox/ares64/make-both.sh b/waterbox/ares64/make-both.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5a2c7e6b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waterbox/ares64/make-both.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+make -f interpreter.mak $1 -j
+make -f recompiler.mak $1 -j
diff --git a/waterbox/ares64/recompiler.mak b/waterbox/ares64/recompiler.mak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a93898d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waterbox/ares64/recompiler.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+WANT_CPU_INTERPRETER := 0
+include common.mak
+OUT_DIR := $(realpath .)/obj/recompiler
+include ../common.mak
diff --git a/waterbox/make-all-cores.sh b/waterbox/make-all-cores.sh
index 22f9e77120..ac94da3e21 100755
--- a/waterbox/make-all-cores.sh
+++ b/waterbox/make-all-cores.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 
 cd emulibc && make -f Makefile $1 -j && cd -
 cd libco && make -f Makefile $1 -j && cd -
-cd ares64 && make -f Makefile $1 -j && cd -
+cd ares64 && ./make-both.sh $1 && cd -
 cd bsnescore && make -f Makefile $1 -j && cd -
 cd gpgx && make -f Makefile $1 -j && cd -
 cd libsnes && make -f Makefile $1 -j && cd -