diff --git a/src/compiler/Frontend.cc b/src/compiler/Frontend.cc
index e1b2c60..8ffcc72 100644
--- a/src/compiler/Frontend.cc
+++ b/src/compiler/Frontend.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
      //(1 << kTrackLiveTemps) |
      //(1 << kSkipLargeMethodOptimization) |
      //(1 << kSafeOptimizations) |
+     (1 << kBBOpt) |
      0;
 
 uint32_t compilerDebugFlags = 0 |     // Enable debug/testing modes
@@ -970,6 +971,11 @@
     /* Perform null check elimination */
     oatMethodNullCheckElimination(cUnit.get());
 
+#if 0
+    /* Do some basic block optimizations */
+    oatMethodBasicBlockOptimization(cUnit.get());
+#endif
+
     oatInitializeRegAlloc(cUnit.get());  // Needs to happen after SSA naming
 
     /* Allocate Registers using simple local allocation scheme */