diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 50dfb4d27..1baad9215 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ STD = src/std/array.o src/std/buffer.o src/std/bytes.o src/std/cast.o src/std/da
 	src/std/socket.o src/std/string.o src/std/sys.o src/std/types.o src/std/ucs2.o src/std/thread.o src/std/process.o \
 	src/std/track.o
 
-HL = src/code.o src/jit.o src/main.o src/module.o src/debugger.o src/profile.o
+HL_COMMON = src/code.o src/jit.o src/module.o src/debugger.o src/profile.o
+
+HL = src/main.o $(HL_COMMON)
+
+LIBHL_JIT = $(HL_COMMON)
 
 FMT = libs/fmt/fmt.o libs/fmt/sha1.o include/mikktspace/mikktspace.o libs/fmt/mikkt.o libs/fmt/dxt.o
 
@@ -133,6 +137,9 @@ libs: $(LIBS)
 libhl: ${LIB}
 	${CC} -o libhl.$(LIBEXT) -m${MARCH} ${LIBFLAGS} -shared ${LIB} -lpthread -lm
 
+libhl-jit: ${LIBHL_JIT} libhl
+	${CC} -o libhl-jit.$(LIBEXT) -m${MARCH} ${LIBFLAGS} -shared ${LIBHL_JIT} ${LFLAGS} ${HLFLAGS}
+
 hlc: ${BOOT}
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o hlc ${BOOT} ${LFLAGS} ${EXTRA_LFLAGS}
 
@@ -224,9 +231,9 @@ codesign_osx:
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ -c $<
 
 clean_o:
-	rm -f ${STD} ${BOOT} ${RUNTIME} ${PCRE} ${HL} ${FMT} ${SDL} ${SSL} ${OPENAL} ${UI} ${UV} ${HL_DEBUG}
+	rm -f ${STD} ${BOOT} ${RUNTIME} ${PCRE} ${HL} ${LIBHL_JIT} ${FMT} ${SDL} ${SSL} ${OPENAL} ${UI} ${UV} ${HL_DEBUG}
 
 clean: clean_o
-	rm -f hl hl.exe libhl.$(LIBEXT) *.hdll
+	rm -f hl hl.exe libhl-jit.$(LIBEXT) libhl.$(LIBEXT) *.hdll
 
-.PHONY: libhl hl hlc fmt sdl libs release
+.PHONY: libhl libhl-jit hl hlc fmt sdl libs release
diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index 9be3613da..b84112332 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -325,6 +325,15 @@ HL_API void hl_unregister_thread() {
 	hl_mutex_release(gc_threads.global_lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * When the calling language doesn't have a C-style stack
+ * that is scannable for GC references, this method can be called to 
+ * reset the GC thread top to something C can understand.
+ */
+HL_API void hl_enter_thread_stack( int dummy ) {
+	current_thread->stack_top = &dummy;
+}
+
 HL_API void *hl_gc_threads_info() {
 	return &gc_threads;
 }
diff --git a/src/hl.h b/src/hl.h
index 05e92cbb4..87c60e961 100644
--- a/src/hl.h
+++ b/src/hl.h
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ HL_API char *hl_to_utf8( const uchar *bytes );
 HL_API uchar *hl_to_utf16( const char *str );
 HL_API vdynamic *hl_virtual_make_value( vvirtual *v );
 HL_API hl_obj_field *hl_obj_field_fetch( hl_type *t, int fid );
+HL_API hl_field_lookup *hl_obj_resolve_field( hl_type_obj *o, int hfield );
+HL_API void *hl_obj_lookup( vdynamic *d, int hfield, hl_type **t );
 
 HL_API int hl_hash( vbyte *name );
 HL_API int hl_hash_utf8( const char *str ); // no cache
@@ -681,6 +683,7 @@ HL_API hl_thread *hl_thread_current( void );
 HL_API void hl_thread_yield(void);
 HL_API void hl_register_thread( void *stack_top );
 HL_API void hl_unregister_thread( void );
+HL_API void hl_enter_thread_stack( int dummy );
 
 HL_API hl_mutex *hl_mutex_alloc( bool gc_thread );
 HL_API void hl_mutex_acquire( hl_mutex *l );
diff --git a/src/std/obj.c b/src/std/obj.c
index f611c6301..094fdf4c4 100644
--- a/src/std/obj.c
+++ b/src/std/obj.c
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ static hl_field_lookup *obj_resolve_field( hl_type_obj *o, int hfield ) {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+HL_PRIM hl_field_lookup *hl_obj_resolve_field( hl_type_obj *o, int hfield ) {
+	return obj_resolve_field(o, hfield);
+}
+
 static int hl_cache_count = 0;
 static int hl_cache_size = 0;
 static hl_mutex *hl_cache_lock = NULL;
@@ -739,7 +743,7 @@ static hl_field_lookup *hl_dynobj_add_field( vdynobj *o, int hfield, hl_type *t
 
 // -------------------- DYNAMIC GET ------------------------------------
 
-static void *hl_obj_lookup( vdynamic *d, int hfield, hl_type **t ) {
+HL_API void *hl_obj_lookup( vdynamic *d, int hfield, hl_type **t ) {
 	switch( d->t->kind ) {
 	case HDYNOBJ:
 		{