diff --git a/src/monodroid/jni/logger.c b/src/monodroid/jni/logger.c
index 24a57a00920..b0eb191cfaa 100644
--- a/src/monodroid/jni/logger.c
+++ b/src/monodroid/jni/logger.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ __android_log_vprint (int prio, const char* tag, const char* fmt, va_list ap)
 #endif
 
 unsigned int log_categories;
+unsigned int log_timing_categories;
 int gc_spew_enabled;
 
 static FILE*
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ init_logging_categories ()
 #if !ANDROID
 	log_categories = LOG_DEFAULT;
 #endif
+	log_timing_categories = LOG_TIMING_DEFAULT;
 	if (monodroid_get_namespaced_system_property (DEBUG_MONO_LOG_PROPERTY, &value) == 0)
 		return;
 
@@ -171,6 +173,10 @@ init_logging_categories ()
 			log_categories  |= LOG_LREF;
 			light_lref       = 1;
 		}
+
+		if (!strncmp (arg, "timing=bare", 11)) {
+			log_timing_categories |= LOG_TIMING_BARE;
+		}
 	}
 
 	monodroid_strfreev (args);
diff --git a/src/monodroid/jni/logger.h b/src/monodroid/jni/logger.h
index 3a65d6517b4..75ee3f4a705 100644
--- a/src/monodroid/jni/logger.h
+++ b/src/monodroid/jni/logger.h
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ void init_logging_categories ();
 
 void init_reference_logging (const char *override_dir);
 
+typedef enum _LogTimingCategories {
+	LOG_TIMING_DEFAULT = 0,
+	LOG_TIMING_BARE = 1 << 0,
+} LogTimingCategories;
+
+extern unsigned int log_timing_categories;
+
 #if DEBUG
 extern int gc_spew_enabled;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc b/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
index 9a95d9d15ca..5b28ec54f5a 100644
--- a/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
+++ b/src/monodroid/jni/monodroid-glue.cc
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ mono_runtime_init (char *runtime_args)
 #endif
 
 	profile_events = MonoProfileFlags::MONO_PROFILE_THREADS;
-	if (XA_UNLIKELY (utils.should_log (LOG_TIMING))) {
+	if (XA_UNLIKELY (utils.should_log (LOG_TIMING)) && !(log_timing_categories & LOG_TIMING_BARE)) {
 		char *jit_log_path = utils.path_combine (androidSystem.get_override_dir (0), "methods.txt");
 		jit_log = utils.monodroid_fopen (jit_log_path, "a");
 		utils.set_world_accessable (jit_log_path);
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ mono_runtime_init (char *runtime_args)
 	monoFunctions.profiler_install ((MonoProfiler*)&monodroid_profiler, nullptr);
 	monoFunctions.profiler_set_events (profile_events);
 	monoFunctions.profiler_install_thread (reinterpret_cast<void*> (thread_start), reinterpret_cast<void*> (thread_end));
-	if (XA_UNLIKELY (utils.should_log (LOG_TIMING)))
+	if (XA_UNLIKELY (utils.should_log (LOG_TIMING)) && !(log_timing_categories & LOG_TIMING_BARE))
 		monoFunctions.profiler_install_jit_end (jit_end);
 
 	parse_gdb_options ();
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ Java_mono_android_Runtime_init (JNIEnv *env, jclass klass, jstring lang, jobject
 	}
 	androidSystem.setup_process_args (env, runtimeApks);
 
-	if (XA_UNLIKELY (utils.should_log (LOG_TIMING))) {
+	if (XA_UNLIKELY (utils.should_log (LOG_TIMING)) && !(log_timing_categories & LOG_TIMING_BARE)) {
 		monoFunctions.counters_enable (XA_LOG_COUNTERS);
 		char *counters_path = utils.path_combine (androidSystem.get_override_dir (0), "counters.txt");
 		log_info_nocheck (LOG_TIMING, "counters path: %s", counters_path);