diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 47a1192bc..ff32fd886 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 vendorpull https://github.com/sourcemeta/vendorpull dea311b5bfb53b6926a4140267959ae334d3ecf4
-core https://github.com/sourcemeta/core 89c1394849a488667f03ec5ee1844326570f486d
+core https://github.com/sourcemeta/core 78c8548ce280f2bf88a1f21eb509046ac54f1532
 jsonschema-test-suite https://github.com/json-schema-org/JSON-Schema-Test-Suite 4ba013d58e747ecaf48c8bb7cf248cb0d564afbc
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile.cc b/src/compiler/compile.cc
index 2ed0e71c9..245ec8f38 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile.cc
+++ b/src/compiler/compile.cc
@@ -103,20 +103,11 @@ namespace sourcemeta::blaze {
 auto compile(const sourcemeta::core::JSON &schema,
              const sourcemeta::core::SchemaWalker &walker,
              const sourcemeta::core::SchemaResolver &resolver,
-             const Compiler &compiler, const Mode mode,
+             const Compiler &compiler,
+             const sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame &frame, const Mode mode,
              const std::optional<std::string> &default_dialect) -> Template {
   assert(is_schema(schema));
 
-  // Make sure the input schema is bundled, otherwise we won't be able to
-  // resolve remote references here
-  const sourcemeta::core::JSON result{
-      sourcemeta::core::bundle(schema, walker, resolver, default_dialect)};
-
-  // Perform framing to resolve references later on
-  sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame frame{
-      sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame::Mode::References};
-  frame.analyse(result, walker, resolver, default_dialect);
-
   const std::string base{sourcemeta::core::URI{
       sourcemeta::core::identify(
           schema, resolver,
@@ -144,7 +135,7 @@ auto compile(const sourcemeta::core::JSON &schema,
 
   SchemaContext schema_context{
       sourcemeta::core::empty_pointer,
-      result,
+      schema,
       vocabularies(schema, resolver, root_frame_entry.dialect),
       sourcemeta::core::URI{root_frame_entry.base}.canonicalize().recompose(),
       {},
@@ -207,10 +198,10 @@ auto compile(const sourcemeta::core::JSON &schema,
   }
 
   auto unevaluated{
-      sourcemeta::core::unevaluated(result, frame, walker, resolver)};
+      sourcemeta::core::unevaluated(schema, frame, walker, resolver)};
 
-  const Context context{result,
-                        std::move(frame),
+  const Context context{schema,
+                        frame,
                         std::move(resources),
                         walker,
                         resolver,
@@ -275,6 +266,27 @@ auto compile(const sourcemeta::core::JSON &schema,
   }
 }
 
+auto compile(const sourcemeta::core::JSON &schema,
+             const sourcemeta::core::SchemaWalker &walker,
+             const sourcemeta::core::SchemaResolver &resolver,
+             const Compiler &compiler, const Mode mode,
+             const std::optional<std::string> &default_dialect) -> Template {
+  assert(is_schema(schema));
+
+  // Make sure the input schema is bundled, otherwise we won't be able to
+  // resolve remote references here
+  const sourcemeta::core::JSON result{
+      sourcemeta::core::bundle(schema, walker, resolver, default_dialect)};
+
+  // Perform framing to resolve references later on
+  sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame frame{
+      sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame::Mode::References};
+  frame.analyse(result, walker, resolver, default_dialect);
+
+  return compile(result, walker, resolver, compiler, frame, mode,
+                 default_dialect);
+}
+
 auto compile(const Context &context, const SchemaContext &schema_context,
              const DynamicContext &dynamic_context,
              const sourcemeta::core::Pointer &schema_suffix,
diff --git a/src/compiler/include/sourcemeta/blaze/compiler.h b/src/compiler/include/sourcemeta/blaze/compiler.h
index 368408b2e..433397285 100644
--- a/src/compiler/include/sourcemeta/blaze/compiler.h
+++ b/src/compiler/include/sourcemeta/blaze/compiler.h
@@ -148,6 +148,24 @@ compile(const sourcemeta::core::JSON &schema,
         const std::optional<std::string> &default_dialect = std::nullopt)
     -> Template;
 
+/// @ingroup compiler
+///
+/// This function compiles an input JSON Schema into a template that can be
+/// later evaluated, but given an existing schema frame. The schema frame must
+/// contain reference information for the given schema and the input schema must
+/// be bundled. If those pre-conditions are not met, you will hit undefined
+/// behavior.
+///
+/// Don't use this function unless you know what you are doing.
+auto SOURCEMETA_BLAZE_COMPILER_EXPORT
+compile(const sourcemeta::core::JSON &schema,
+        const sourcemeta::core::SchemaWalker &walker,
+        const sourcemeta::core::SchemaResolver &resolver,
+        const Compiler &compiler, const sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame &frame,
+        const Mode mode = Mode::FastValidation,
+        const std::optional<std::string> &default_dialect = std::nullopt)
+    -> Template;
+
 /// @ingroup compiler
 ///
 /// This function compiles a single subschema into a compiler template as
diff --git a/test/evaluator/evaluator_test.cc b/test/evaluator/evaluator_test.cc
index 1c15d62c1..934d28bf8 100644
--- a/test/evaluator/evaluator_test.cc
+++ b/test/evaluator/evaluator_test.cc
@@ -126,6 +126,51 @@ TEST(Evaluator, cross_2012_12_ref_2019_09_without_id) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(evaluator.validate(compiled_schema, instance));
 }
 
+TEST(Evaluator, explicit_frame) {
+  const sourcemeta::core::JSON schema{sourcemeta::core::parse_json(R"JSON({
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+    "allOf": [ { "$ref": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema" } ]
+  })JSON")};
+
+  const sourcemeta::core::JSON result{
+      sourcemeta::core::bundle(schema, sourcemeta::core::schema_official_walker,
+                               sourcemeta::core::schema_official_resolver)};
+  sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame frame{
+      sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame::Mode::References};
+  frame.analyse(result, sourcemeta::core::schema_official_walker,
+                sourcemeta::core::schema_official_resolver);
+
+  const auto compiled_schema{sourcemeta::blaze::compile(
+      result, sourcemeta::core::schema_official_walker,
+      sourcemeta::core::schema_official_resolver,
+      sourcemeta::blaze::default_schema_compiler, frame)};
+
+  sourcemeta::blaze::Evaluator evaluator;
+  const sourcemeta::core::JSON instance{true};
+  EXPECT_TRUE(evaluator.validate(compiled_schema, instance));
+}
+
+TEST(Evaluator, explicit_frame_locations_only) {
+  const sourcemeta::core::JSON schema{sourcemeta::core::parse_json(R"JSON({
+    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+    "allOf": [ { "$ref": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema" } ]
+  })JSON")};
+
+  const sourcemeta::core::JSON result{
+      sourcemeta::core::bundle(schema, sourcemeta::core::schema_official_walker,
+                               sourcemeta::core::schema_official_resolver)};
+  sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame frame{
+      sourcemeta::core::SchemaFrame::Mode::Locations};
+  frame.analyse(result, sourcemeta::core::schema_official_walker,
+                sourcemeta::core::schema_official_resolver);
+
+  EXPECT_THROW(sourcemeta::blaze::compile(
+                   result, sourcemeta::core::schema_official_walker,
+                   sourcemeta::core::schema_official_resolver,
+                   sourcemeta::blaze::default_schema_compiler, frame),
+               sourcemeta::core::SchemaReferenceError);
+}
+
 TEST(Evaluator, is_annotation) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(sourcemeta::blaze::is_annotation(
       sourcemeta::blaze::InstructionIndex::AnnotationBasenameToParent));
diff --git a/vendor/core/src/core/jsonschema/include/sourcemeta/core/jsonschema_frame.h b/vendor/core/src/core/jsonschema/include/sourcemeta/core/jsonschema_frame.h
index 1a78270f1..ffde19ccb 100644
--- a/vendor/core/src/core/jsonschema/include/sourcemeta/core/jsonschema_frame.h
+++ b/vendor/core/src/core/jsonschema/include/sourcemeta/core/jsonschema_frame.h
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ class SOURCEMETA_CORE_JSONSCHEMA_EXPORT SchemaFrame {
 
   SchemaFrame(const Mode mode) : mode_{mode} {}
 
+  // Query the current mode that the schema frame was configured with
+  auto mode() const noexcept -> Mode { return this->mode_; }
+
   /// A single entry in a JSON Schema reference map
   struct ReferencesEntry {
     std::string destination;