diff --git a/src/jit.rs b/src/jit.rs
index cfd5e658..245ea262 100644
--- a/src/jit.rs
+++ b/src/jit.rs
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ impl JitCompiler {
             if self.config.enable_instruction_tracing {
                 X86Instruction::load_immediate(OperandSize::S64, R11, self.pc as i64).emit(self)?;
                 emit_call(self, TARGET_PC_TRACE)?;
+                X86Instruction::load_immediate(OperandSize::S64, R11, 0).emit(self)?;
             }
 
             let dst = REGISTER_MAP[insn.dst as usize];
@@ -1267,7 +1268,11 @@ impl JitCompiler {
                         emit_jcc(self, 0x85, TARGET_PC_RUST_EXCEPTION)?;
                     } else if let Some(target_pc) = executable.lookup_bpf_function(insn.imm as u32) {
                         emit_bpf_call(self, Value::Constant64(target_pc as i64, false))?;
+                    } else if self.config.disable_unresolved_symbols_at_runtime {
+                        X86Instruction::load_immediate(OperandSize::S64, R11, self.pc as i64).emit(self)?;
+                        emit_jmp(self, TARGET_PC_CALL_UNSUPPORTED_INSTRUCTION)?;
                     } else {
+                        emit_validate_instruction_count(self, true, Some(self.pc))?;
                         // executable.report_unresolved_symbol(self.pc)?;
                         // Workaround for unresolved symbols in ELF: Report error at runtime instead of compiletime
                         emit_rust_call(self, Value::Constant64(Executable::<E, I>::report_unresolved_symbol as *const u8 as i64, false), &[
@@ -1276,7 +1281,6 @@ impl JitCompiler {
                             Argument { index: 0, value: Value::RegisterIndirect(RBP, slot_on_environment_stack(self, EnvironmentStackSlot::OptRetValPtr), false) },
                         ], None, true)?;
                         X86Instruction::load_immediate(OperandSize::S64, R11, self.pc as i64).emit(self)?;
-                        emit_validate_instruction_count(self, false, None)?;
                         emit_jmp(self, TARGET_PC_RUST_EXCEPTION)?;
                     }
                 },
diff --git a/src/vm.rs b/src/vm.rs
index 2edfd6d5..f04aa978 100644
--- a/src/vm.rs
+++ b/src/vm.rs
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub enable_instruction_tracing: bool,
     /// Enable dynamic string allocation for labels
     pub enable_symbol_and_section_labels: bool,
+    /// Disable reporting of unresolved symbols at runtime
+    pub disable_unresolved_symbols_at_runtime: bool,
     /// Reject ELF files containing issues that the verifier did not catch before (up to v0.2.21)
     pub reject_broken_elfs: bool,
     /// Ratio of random no-ops per instruction in JIT (0.0 = OFF)
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             enable_instruction_meter: true,
             enable_instruction_tracing: false,
             enable_symbol_and_section_labels: false,
+            disable_unresolved_symbols_at_runtime: true,
             reject_broken_elfs: false,
             noop_instruction_ratio: 1.0 / 256.0,
             sanitize_user_provided_values: true,
@@ -966,6 +969,8 @@ impl<'a, E: UserDefinedError, I: InstructionMeter> EbpfVm<'a, E, I> {
                             next_pc,
                         )?;
                         next_pc = self.check_pc(pc, target_pc)?;
+                    } else if self.executable.get_config().disable_unresolved_symbols_at_runtime {
+                        return Err(EbpfError::UnsupportedInstruction(pc + ebpf::ELF_INSN_DUMP_OFFSET));
                     } else {
                         self.executable.report_unresolved_symbol(pc)?;
                     }
diff --git a/tests/ubpf_execution.rs b/tests/ubpf_execution.rs
index a3fbc507..bb9020b3 100644
--- a/tests/ubpf_execution.rs
+++ b/tests/ubpf_execution.rs
@@ -3027,8 +3027,8 @@ fn test_non_terminate_early() {
         {
             |_vm, res: Result| {
                 matches!(res.unwrap_err(),
-                    EbpfError::ElfError(ElfError::UnresolvedSymbol(a, b, c))
-                    if a == "Unknown" && b == 35 && c == 48
+                    EbpfError::UnsupportedInstruction(pc)
+                    if pc == 35
                 )
             }
         },
@@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ fn test_err_call_unresolved() {
         [],
         (),
         {
-            |_vm, res: Result| matches!(res.unwrap_err(), EbpfError::ElfError(ElfError::UnresolvedSymbol(symbol, pc, offset)) if symbol == "Unknown" && pc == 34 && offset == 40)
+            |_vm, res: Result| matches!(res.unwrap_err(), EbpfError::UnsupportedInstruction(pc) if pc == 34)
         },
         6
     );