diff --git a/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.lto.o b/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.lto.o
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.lto.o.d b/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.lto.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4025fc9e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.lto.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.lto.o: cutils.c cutils.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.o b/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.o
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.o.d b/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24b82be0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.obj-rt/cutils.bytecode.o: cutils.c cutils.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.lto.o b/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.lto.o
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.lto.o.d b/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.lto.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18ab15d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.lto.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.lto.o: dtoa.c cutils.h dtoa.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.o b/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd111a5be
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.o.d b/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e83861d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.obj-rt/dtoa.bytecode.o: dtoa.c cutils.h dtoa.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.lto.o b/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.lto.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..912c8bd0d
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.lto.o.d b/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.lto.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27ad3a9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.lto.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.lto.o: libregexp.c cutils.h libregexp.h \
+ libunicode.h libregexp-opcode.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.o b/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10644468d
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.o.d b/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3b4368c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.obj-rt/libregexp.bytecode.o: libregexp.c cutils.h libregexp.h \
+ libunicode.h libregexp-opcode.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.lto.o b/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.lto.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb8f4bdba
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.lto.o.d b/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.lto.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5c5103dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.lto.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.lto.o: libunicode.c cutils.h libunicode.h \
+ libunicode-table.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.o b/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc5fa8dec
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.o.d b/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..031404da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.obj-rt/libunicode.bytecode.o: libunicode.c cutils.h libunicode.h \
+ libunicode-table.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.lto.o b/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.lto.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eee3193af
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.lto.o.d b/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.lto.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6851cf8d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.lto.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.lto.o: quickjs-libc.c cutils.h list.h \
+ quickjs-libc.h quickjs.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.o b/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc731dc63
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.o.d b/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..806b45960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.obj-rt/quickjs-libc.bytecode.o: quickjs-libc.c cutils.h list.h \
+ quickjs-libc.h quickjs.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.lto.o b/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.lto.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17bc78287
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.lto.o.d b/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.lto.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a5d905e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.lto.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.lto.o: quickjs.c cutils.h list.h quickjs.h \
+ libregexp.h libunicode.h dtoa.h quickjs-atom.h quickjs-opcode.h
diff --git a/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.o b/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e1c19580
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diff --git a/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.o.d b/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.o.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..067b8b89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.o.d
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.obj-rt/quickjs.bytecode.o: quickjs.c cutils.h list.h quickjs.h \
+ libregexp.h libunicode.h dtoa.h quickjs-atom.h quickjs-opcode.h
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 95885e374..c47a90b4a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ all: $(OBJDIR) $(OBJDIR)/quickjs.check.o $(OBJDIR)/qjs.check.o $(PROGS)
 
 QJS_LIB_OBJS=$(OBJDIR)/quickjs.o $(OBJDIR)/dtoa.o $(OBJDIR)/libregexp.o $(OBJDIR)/libunicode.o $(OBJDIR)/cutils.o $(OBJDIR)/quickjs-libc.o
 
+OBJDIR_RT=.obj-rt
+QJS_BYTECODE_OBJS=$(patsubst $(OBJDIR)/%.o, $(OBJDIR_RT)/%.bytecode.o, $(QJS_LIB_OBJS))
+QJS_BYTECODE_LTO_OBJS=$(patsubst $(OBJDIR)/%.o, $(OBJDIR_RT)/%.bytecode.lto.o, $(QJS_LIB_OBJS))
+
 QJS_OBJS=$(OBJDIR)/qjs.o $(OBJDIR)/repl.o $(QJS_LIB_OBJS)
 
 HOST_LIBS=-lm -ldl -lpthread
@@ -257,6 +261,9 @@ LIBS+=$(EXTRA_LIBS)
 $(OBJDIR):
 	mkdir -p $(OBJDIR) $(OBJDIR)/examples $(OBJDIR)/tests
 
+$(OBJDIR_RT):
+	mkdir -p $(OBJDIR_RT)
+
 qjs$(EXE): $(QJS_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDEXPORT) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
 
@@ -308,6 +315,12 @@ libquickjs.a: $(patsubst %.o, %.nolto.o, $(QJS_LIB_OBJS))
 	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
 endif # CONFIG_LTO
 
+libquickjs-bytecode.a: $(QJS_BYTECODE_OBJS)
+	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
+
+libquickjs-bytecode.lto.a: $(QJS_BYTECODE_LTO_OBJS)
+	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
+
 libquickjs.fuzz.a: $(patsubst %.o, %.fuzz.o, $(QJS_LIB_OBJS))
 	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
 
@@ -353,6 +366,12 @@ $(OBJDIR)/%.fuzz.o: %.c | $(OBJDIR)
 $(OBJDIR)/%.check.o: %.c | $(OBJDIR)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DCONFIG_CHECK_JSVALUE -c -o $@ $<
 
+$(OBJDIR_RT)/%.bytecode.o: %.c | $(OBJDIR_RT)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_NOLTO) -MF $(OBJDIR_RT)/$(@F).d -DCONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME -c -o $@ $<
+
+$(OBJDIR_RT)/%.bytecode.lto.o: %.c | $(OBJDIR_RT)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_OPT) -MF $(OBJDIR_RT)/$(@F).d -DCONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME -c -o $@ $<
+
 regexp_test: libregexp.c libunicode.c cutils.c
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -DTEST -o $@ libregexp.c libunicode.c cutils.c $(LIBS)
 
@@ -362,6 +381,7 @@ unicode_gen: $(OBJDIR)/unicode_gen.host.o $(OBJDIR)/cutils.host.o libunicode.c u
 clean:
 	rm -f repl.c out.c
 	rm -f *.a *.o *.d *~ unicode_gen regexp_test fuzz_eval fuzz_compile fuzz_regexp $(PROGS)
+	rm -rf $(OBJDIR_RT)
 	rm -f hello.c test_fib.c
 	rm -f examples/*.so tests/*.so
 	rm -rf $(OBJDIR)/ *.dSYM/ qjs-debug$(EXE)
@@ -446,6 +466,14 @@ ifdef CONFIG_SHARED_LIBS
 test: tests/bjson.so examples/point.so
 endif
 
+test-bytecode-runtime: libquickjs-bytecode.a libquickjs-bytecode.lto.a qjsc$(EXE)
+	$(QJSC) -flto -fno-eval -fno-regexp -fno-json -fno-module-loader \
+	        -o tests/test-bytecode-rt tests/test_bytecode_runtime.js
+	@nm tests/test-bytecode-rt | grep -E ' [Tt] (__JS_EvalInternal|js_parse_|js_compile_|js_evalScript|js_loadScript|js_std_parseExtJSON|js_worker_ctor)' \
+	    && (echo "FAIL: parser symbols found in bytecode-only binary" && exit 1) \
+	    || echo "PASS: no parser symbols"
+	@tests/test-bytecode-rt
+
 test: qjs$(EXE)
 	$(WINE) ./qjs$(EXE) tests/test_closure.js
 	$(WINE) ./qjs$(EXE) tests/test_language.js
diff --git a/qjsc.c b/qjsc.c
index e55ca61ce..57858263a 100644
--- a/qjsc.c
+++ b/qjsc.c
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 #include "cutils.h"
 #include "quickjs-libc.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
+#error "qjsc must be built with the full QuickJS engine"
+#endif
+
 typedef struct {
     char *name;
     char *short_name;
@@ -79,6 +83,15 @@ static const FeatureEntry feature_list[] = {
     { "weakref", "WeakRef" },
 };
 
+#define FE_MASK(i) ((uint64_t)1 << (i))
+#define BYTECODE_ONLY_TRIGGER_MASK \
+    (FE_MASK(1) | FE_MASK(3) | FE_MASK(4) | FE_MASK(FE_MODULE_LOADER))
+
+static BOOL runtime_needs_parser(void)
+{
+    return (feature_bitmap & BYTECODE_ONLY_TRIGGER_MASK) != 0;
+}
+
 void namelist_add(namelist_t *lp, const char *name, const char *short_name,
                   int flags)
 {
@@ -450,7 +463,7 @@ static int output_executable(const char *out_filename, const char *cfilename,
                              BOOL use_lto, BOOL verbose, const char *exename)
 {
     const char *argv[64];
-    const char **arg, *bn_suffix, *lto_suffix;
+    const char **arg, *lib_suffix, *lto_suffix;
     char libjsname[1024];
     char exe_dir[1024], inc_dir[1024], lib_dir[1024], buf[1024], *p;
     int ret;
@@ -476,7 +489,7 @@ static int output_executable(const char *out_filename, const char *cfilename,
     }
 
     lto_suffix = "";
-    bn_suffix = "";
+    lib_suffix = runtime_needs_parser() ? "" : "-bytecode";
 
     arg = argv;
     *arg++ = CONFIG_CC;
@@ -499,7 +512,7 @@ static int output_executable(const char *out_filename, const char *cfilename,
         *arg++ = "-rdynamic";
     *arg++ = cfilename;
     snprintf(libjsname, sizeof(libjsname), "%s/libquickjs%s%s.a",
-             lib_dir, bn_suffix, lto_suffix);
+             lib_dir, lib_suffix, lto_suffix);
     *arg++ = libjsname;
     *arg++ = "-lm";
     *arg++ = "-ldl";
diff --git a/quickjs-libc.c b/quickjs-libc.c
index c24b6d53e..8cc2ae3b5 100644
--- a/quickjs-libc.c
+++ b/quickjs-libc.c
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ JSModuleDef *js_module_loader(JSContext *ctx,
             return NULL;
         }
         res = js_module_test_json(ctx, attributes);
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
         if (has_suffix(module_name, ".json") || res > 0) {
             /* compile as JSON or JSON5 depending on "type" */
             JSValue val;
@@ -723,6 +724,12 @@ JSModuleDef *js_module_loader(JSContext *ctx,
             m = JS_VALUE_GET_PTR(func_val);
             JS_FreeValue(ctx, func_val);
         }
+#else
+        js_free(ctx, buf);
+        JS_ThrowReferenceError(ctx, "could not load module filename '%s'",
+                               module_name);
+        return NULL;
+#endif
     }
     return m;
 }
@@ -870,6 +877,7 @@ static int get_bool_option(JSContext *ctx, BOOL *pbool,
     return 0;
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
 static JSValue js_evalScript(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_val,
                              int argc, JSValueConst *argv)
 {
@@ -918,6 +926,7 @@ static JSValue js_evalScript(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_val,
     }
     return ret;
 }
+#endif
 
 static JSClassID js_std_file_class_id;
 
@@ -957,6 +966,7 @@ static JSValue js_std_strerror(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_val,
     return JS_NewString(ctx, strerror(err));
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
 static JSValue js_std_parseExtJSON(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_val,
                                    int argc, JSValueConst *argv)
 {
@@ -971,6 +981,7 @@ static JSValue js_std_parseExtJSON(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_val,
     JS_FreeCString(ctx, str);
     return obj;
 }
+#endif
 
 static JSValue js_new_std_file(JSContext *ctx, FILE *f,
                                BOOL close_in_finalizer,
@@ -1640,8 +1651,10 @@ static const JSCFunctionListEntry js_std_error_props[] = {
 static const JSCFunctionListEntry js_std_funcs[] = {
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("exit", 1, js_std_exit ),
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("gc", 0, js_std_gc ),
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("evalScript", 1, js_evalScript ),
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("loadScript", 1, js_loadScript ),
+#endif
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("getenv", 1, js_std_getenv ),
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("setenv", 1, js_std_setenv ),
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("unsetenv", 1, js_std_unsetenv ),
@@ -1649,7 +1662,9 @@ static const JSCFunctionListEntry js_std_funcs[] = {
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("urlGet", 1, js_std_urlGet ),
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("loadFile", 1, js_std_loadFile ),
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("strerror", 1, js_std_strerror ),
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("parseExtJSON", 1, js_std_parseExtJSON ),
+#endif
 
     /* FILE I/O */
     JS_CFUNC_DEF("open", 2, js_std_open ),
@@ -3580,6 +3595,7 @@ static JSClassDef js_worker_class = {
 
 static void *worker_func(void *opaque)
 {
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
     WorkerFuncArgs *args = opaque;
     JSRuntime *rt;
     JSThreadState *ts;
@@ -3626,6 +3642,7 @@ static void *worker_func(void *opaque)
     JS_FreeContext(ctx);
     js_std_free_handlers(rt);
     JS_FreeRuntime(rt);
+#endif
     return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -3664,6 +3681,9 @@ static JSValue js_worker_ctor_internal(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst new_target,
 static JSValue js_worker_ctor(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst new_target,
                               int argc, JSValueConst *argv)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
+    return JS_ThrowTypeError(ctx, "Worker is not supported");
+#else
     JSRuntime *rt = JS_GetRuntime(ctx);
     WorkerFuncArgs *args = NULL;
     pthread_t tid;
@@ -3742,6 +3762,7 @@ static JSValue js_worker_ctor(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst new_target,
     }
     JS_FreeValue(ctx, obj);
     return JS_EXCEPTION;
+#endif
 }
 
 static JSValue js_worker_postMessage(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_val,
@@ -3987,8 +4008,12 @@ static int js_os_init(JSContext *ctx, JSModuleDef *m)
         proto = JS_NewObject(ctx);
         JS_SetPropertyFunctionList(ctx, proto, js_worker_proto_funcs, countof(js_worker_proto_funcs));
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
+        obj = JS_UNDEFINED;
+#else
         obj = JS_NewCFunction2(ctx, js_worker_ctor, "Worker", 1,
                                JS_CFUNC_constructor, 0);
+#endif
         JS_SetConstructor(ctx, obj, proto);
 
         JS_SetClassProto(ctx, js_worker_class_id, proto);
@@ -4000,7 +4025,8 @@ static int js_os_init(JSContext *ctx, JSModuleDef *m)
                                       JS_PROP_C_W_E);
         }
 
-        JS_SetModuleExport(ctx, m, "Worker", obj);
+        if (!JS_IsUndefined(obj))
+            JS_SetModuleExport(ctx, m, "Worker", obj);
     }
 #endif /* USE_WORKER */
 
@@ -4087,8 +4113,10 @@ void js_std_add_helpers(JSContext *ctx, int argc, char **argv)
 
     JS_SetPropertyStr(ctx, global_obj, "print",
                       JS_NewCFunction(ctx, js_print, "print", 1));
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
     JS_SetPropertyStr(ctx, global_obj, "__loadScript",
                       JS_NewCFunction(ctx, js_loadScript, "__loadScript", 1));
+#endif
 
     JS_FreeValue(ctx, global_obj);
 }
diff --git a/quickjs.c b/quickjs.c
index 2b33bfa5f..caa38cea4 100644
--- a/quickjs.c
+++ b/quickjs.c
@@ -35439,6 +35439,7 @@ static int add_global_variables(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionDef *fd)
 /* create a function object from a function definition. The function
    definition is freed. All the child functions are also created. It
    must be done this way to resolve all the variables. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
 static JSValue js_create_function(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionDef *fd)
 {
     JSValue func_obj;
@@ -35697,6 +35698,7 @@ static JSValue js_create_function(JSContext *ctx, JSFunctionDef *fd)
     js_free_function_def(ctx, fd);
     return JS_EXCEPTION;
 }
+#endif /* !CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME */
 
 static void free_function_bytecode(JSRuntime *rt, JSFunctionBytecode *b)
 {
@@ -36493,6 +36495,7 @@ static __exception int js_parse_function_decl(JSParseState *s,
                                    JS_PARSE_EXPORT_NONE, NULL);
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
 static __exception int js_parse_program(JSParseState *s)
 {
     JSFunctionDef *fd = s->cur_func;
@@ -36544,6 +36547,7 @@ static __exception int js_parse_program(JSParseState *s)
 
     return 0;
 }
+#endif /* !CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME */
 
 static void js_parse_init(JSContext *ctx, JSParseState *s,
                           const char *input, size_t input_len,
@@ -36603,6 +36607,7 @@ JSValue JS_EvalFunction(JSContext *ctx, JSValue fun_obj)
 }
 
 /* 'input' must be zero terminated i.e. input[input_len] = '\0'. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
 static JSValue __JS_EvalInternal(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_obj,
                                  const char *input, size_t input_len,
                                  const char *filename, int flags, int scope_idx)
@@ -36717,6 +36722,7 @@ static JSValue __JS_EvalInternal(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_obj,
         JS_FreeValue(ctx, JS_MKPTR(JS_TAG_MODULE, m));
     return JS_EXCEPTION;
 }
+#endif /* !CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME */
 
 /* the indirection is needed to make 'eval' optional */
 static JSValue JS_EvalInternal(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_obj,
@@ -55479,7 +55485,9 @@ int JS_AddIntrinsicDate(JSContext *ctx)
 
 int JS_AddIntrinsicEval(JSContext *ctx)
 {
+#ifndef CONFIG_BYTECODE_ONLY_RUNTIME
     ctx->eval_internal = __JS_EvalInternal;
+#endif
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test-bytecode-rt b/tests/test-bytecode-rt
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6d9ec6bfc
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diff --git a/tests/test_bytecode_runtime.js b/tests/test_bytecode_runtime.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98cdec40e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_bytecode_runtime.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+function test_closure() {
+    let x = 10;
+    return function(y) {
+        return x + y;
+    };
+}
+
+let f = test_closure();
+if (f(5) !== 15) throw new Error("Closure failed");
+
+let arr = [1, 2, 3].map(x => x * 2);
+if (arr[0] !== 2 || arr[1] !== 4 || arr[2] !== 6) throw new Error("Array map failed");
+
+let p = Promise.resolve(42);
+p.then(v => {
+    if (v !== 42) throw new Error("Promise failed");
+    console.log("Bytecode runtime test passed");
+});