diff --git a/dwarf_loader.c b/dwarf_loader.c
index 788a252..6d679d8 100644
--- a/dwarf_loader.c
+++ b/dwarf_loader.c
@@ -1741,6 +1741,8 @@ static int die__process_function(Dwarf_Die *die, struct ftype *ftype,
 			tag = die__create_new_label(die, lexblock, cu, conf);
 			break;
 		case DW_TAG_inlined_subroutine:
+			if (conf->ignore_inline_expansions)
+				continue;
 			tag = die__create_new_inline_expansion(die, lexblock, cu, conf);
 			break;
 		case DW_TAG_lexical_block:
diff --git a/dwarves.h b/dwarves.h
index 6fdda39..2a6be8d 100644
--- a/dwarves.h
+++ b/dwarves.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct conf_load {
 	bool			fixup_silly_bitfields;
 	bool			get_addr_info;
 	bool			ignore_alignment_attr;
+	bool			ignore_inline_expansions;
 	uint16_t		kabi_prefix_len;
 	const char		*kabi_prefix;
 	struct btf		*base_btf;