diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/ConfigManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/ConfigManager.cpp
index 09cce2a142..485c1ab259 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ void SConfig::SaveSettings()
 	// Core
 	ini.Set("Core", "HLE_BS2",			m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bHLE_BS2);
 	ini.Set("Core", "CPUCore",			m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.iCPUCore);
+	ini.Set("Core", "Fastmem",			m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bFastmem);
 	ini.Set("Core", "CPUThread",		m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bCPUThread);
 	ini.Set("Core", "DSPThread",		m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bDSPThread);
 	ini.Set("Core", "DSPHLE",			m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bDSPHLE);
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ void SConfig::LoadSettings()
 #else
 		ini.Get("Core", "CPUCore",		&m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.iCPUCore,		1);
 #endif
+		ini.Get("Core", "Fastmem",		&m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bFastmem,		true);
 		ini.Get("Core", "DSPThread",	&m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bDSPThread,	false);
 		ini.Get("Core", "DSPHLE",		&m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bDSPHLE,		true);
 		ini.Get("Core", "CPUThread",	&m_LocalCoreStartupParameter.bCPUThread,	true);
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/Core.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/Core.cpp
index c1dc79f7ef..0d8752195f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/Core.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/Core.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ void CpuThread()
 	}
 
 	#if defined(_M_X64) || _M_ARM
+	if (_CoreParameter.bFastmem)
 		EMM::InstallExceptionHandler(); // Let's run under memory watch
 	#endif
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreParameter.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreParameter.cpp
index 45a2822d8d..e05816cb64 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreParameter.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreParameter.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void SCoreStartupParameter::LoadDefaults()
 	bRunCompareServer = false;
 	bDSPHLE = true;
 	bDSPThread = true;
+	bFastmem = true;
 	bEnableFPRF = false;
 	bMMU = false;
 	bDCBZOFF = false;
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreParameter.h b/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreParameter.h
index 2384a7908c..9652b84618 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreParameter.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreParameter.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct SCoreStartupParameter
 	bool bJITILTimeProfiling;
 	bool bJITILOutputIR;
 
+	bool bFastmem;
 	bool bEnableFPRF;
 
 	bool bCPUThread;
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/PowerPC/JitCommon/Jit_Util.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/PowerPC/JitCommon/Jit_Util.cpp
index 63dfa3ecbe..18c8044385 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/PowerPC/JitCommon/Jit_Util.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/PowerPC/JitCommon/Jit_Util.cpp
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ void EmuCodeBlock::SafeLoadToEAX(const Gen::OpArg & opAddress, int accessSize, s
 {
 #if defined(_M_X64)
 #ifdef ENABLE_MEM_CHECK
-	if (!Core::g_CoreStartupParameter.bMMU && !Core::g_CoreStartupParameter.bEnableDebugging)
+	if (!Core::g_CoreStartupParameter.bMMU && !Core::g_CoreStartupParameter.bEnableDebugging && Core::g_CoreStartupParameter.bFastmem)
 #else
-	if (!Core::g_CoreStartupParameter.bMMU)
+	if (!Core::g_CoreStartupParameter.bMMU && Core::g_CoreStartupParameter.bFastmem)
 #endif
 	{
 		UnsafeLoadToEAX(opAddress, accessSize, offset, signExtend);