diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/sgen-mono.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/sgen-mono.c
index 3004faf16a1014..038f435c4ba048 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/sgen-mono.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/sgen-mono.c
@@ -3018,6 +3018,13 @@ sgen_client_handle_gc_debug (const char *opt)
 		mono_log_finalizers = TRUE;
 	} else if (!strcmp (opt, "no-managed-allocator")) {
 		sgen_set_use_managed_allocator (FALSE);
+	} else if (!strcmp (opt, "managed-allocator")) {
+		/*
+		 * This option can be used to override the disabling of the managed allocator by
+		 * the nursery canaries option. This can be used when knowing for sure that no
+		 * aot code will be used by the application.
+		 */
+		sgen_set_use_managed_allocator (TRUE);
 	} else if (!sgen_bridge_handle_gc_debug (opt)) {
 		return FALSE;
 	}
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/sgen/sgen-gc.c b/src/mono/mono/sgen/sgen-gc.c
index 03b2b9ec034689..9071837fbc5a6d 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/sgen/sgen-gc.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/sgen/sgen-gc.c
@@ -3730,6 +3730,8 @@ sgen_gc_init (void)
 			} else if (!strcmp (opt, "nursery-canaries")) {
 				do_verify_nursery = TRUE;
 				enable_nursery_canaries = TRUE;
+				/* If aot code is used, allocation from there won't expect the layout with canaries enabled */
+				sgen_set_use_managed_allocator (FALSE);
 			} else if (!sgen_client_handle_gc_debug (opt)) {
 				sgen_env_var_error (MONO_GC_DEBUG_NAME, "Ignoring.", "Unknown option `%s`.", opt);