diff --git a/compiler/control/OMROptions.cpp b/compiler/control/OMROptions.cpp
index 55d52b82a10..68d018999e7 100644
--- a/compiler/control/OMROptions.cpp
+++ b/compiler/control/OMROptions.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ TR::OptionTable OMR::Options::_jitOptions[] = {
    {"disableAOTStaticField",               "O\tdisable AOT static field inlining",                      SET_OPTION_BIT(TR_DisableAOTStaticField), "F"},
    {"disableAOTValidationOpts",           "O\tdisable AOT optimizations with validations",                      SET_OPTION_BIT(TR_DisableAOTCheckCastInlining | TR_DisableAOTInstanceOfInlining | TR_DisableAOTInstanceFieldResolution | TR_DisableAOTStaticField), "F"},
    {"disableAOTWarmRunThroughputImprovement", "O\tdisable change iprofiler entry choosing heuristic to improve aot warm run throughput",                      SET_OPTION_BIT(TR_DisableAOTWarmRunThroughputImprovement), "F"},
+   {"disableArrayCopyByteArrayInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS", "O\tdisable array copy optimizations enhancement for 8 bit primitive array", SET_OPTION_BIT(TR_Disable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS), "F"},
+   {"disableArrayCopyCharArrayInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS", "O\tdisable array copy optimizations enhancement for 16 bit primitive array", SET_OPTION_BIT(TR_Disable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS), "F"},
    {"disableArrayCopyOpts",               "O\tdisable array copy optimizations",                SET_OPTION_BIT(TR_DisableArrayCopyOpts), "F"},
    {"disableArraySetOpts",                "O\tdisable array set optimizations",                 SET_OPTION_BIT(TR_DisableArraySetOpts), "F"},
    {"disableArraySetStoreElimination",     "O\tdisable arrayset store elimination",                SET_OPTION_BIT(TR_DisableArraysetStoreElimination), "F"},
diff --git a/compiler/control/OMROptions.hpp b/compiler/control/OMROptions.hpp
index 530a55979f8..2c17207cfff 100644
--- a/compiler/control/OMROptions.hpp
+++ b/compiler/control/OMROptions.hpp
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ enum TR_CompilationOptions
    TR_DisableCHOpts                       = 0x00040000 + 7,
    TR_ForceLoadAOT                        = 0x00080000 + 7,
    TR_TraceRelocatableDataCG              = 0x00100000 + 7,
-   // Available                           = 0x00200000 + 7,
+   TR_Disable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS = 0x00200000 + 7,
    TR_TraceRelocatableDataDetailsCG       = 0x00400000 + 7,
-   // Available                           = 0x00800000 + 7,
+   TR_Disable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS = 0x00800000 + 7,
    TR_TurnOffSelectiveNoOptServerIfNoStartupHint = 0x01000000 + 7,
    TR_TraceDominators                     = 0x02000000 + 7,
    TR_EnableHCR                           = 0x04000000 + 7, // enable hot code replacement
diff --git a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
index a805fea4982..f7c00575363 100644
--- a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
@@ -2259,9 +2259,11 @@ static void arrayCopy8BitPrimitiveInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS(TR::Node* node,
 static void arrayCopyDefault(TR::Node* node, uint8_t elementSize, TR::Register* dstReg, TR::Register* srcReg, TR::Register* sizeReg, TR::CodeGenerator* cg)
    {
    static bool disable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS = (feGetEnv("TR_Disable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS") != NULL);
+   bool disableEnhancement = disable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS ||
+                             cg->comp()->getOption(TR_Disable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS);
 
    bool enable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS = ((elementSize == 1) &&
-                                                                     !disable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS &&
+                                                                     !disableEnhancement &&
                                                                      cg->comp()->target().cpu.supportsAVX() &&
                                                                      cg->comp()->target().is64Bit()) ? true : false;
    if (enable8BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS)
@@ -2731,8 +2733,10 @@ TR::Register *OMR::X86::TreeEvaluator::arraycopyEvaluator(TR::Node *node, TR::Co
       else if (elementSize == 2 && !useREPMOVSW)
          {
          static bool disable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS = feGetEnv("TR_Disable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS") != NULL;
+         bool disableEnhancement = disable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS
+                                   || cg->comp()->getOption(TR_Disable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS);
 
-         bool enable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS = (!disable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS &&
+         bool enable16BitPrimitiveArrayCopyInlineSmallSizeWithoutREPMOVS = (!disableEnhancement &&
                                                                             cg->comp()->target().cpu.supportsAVX() &&
                                                                             cg->comp()->target().is64Bit()) ? true : false;