diff --git a/legacy/eina/configure.ac b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
index 7ffaa24a62..2886ec647e 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(EINA_CONFIGURE_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS)
 AM_CONDITIONAL([EINA_DEBUG_THREADS], [! test "x${have_debug_threads}" = "xno"])
 
+if ! test "x${have_on_off_threads}" = "xno"; then
+   EINA_CONFIGURE_HAVE_ON_OFF_THREADS="#define EINA_ON_OFF_THREADS"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(EINA_CONFIGURE_HAVE_ON_OFF_THREADS)
+AM_CONDITIONAL([EINA_ON_OFF_THREADS], [! test "x${have_on_off_threads}" = "xno"])
+
 ### Additional options to configure
 
 # Magic debug
@@ -675,6 +681,7 @@ echo "  Thread Support.......: ${have_threads}"
 if test "${have_threads}" = "POSIX" ; then
 echo "    spinlock...........: ${have_posix_threads_spinlock}"
 echo "    debug usage........: ${have_debug_threads}"
+echo "    on/off support.....: ${have_on_off_threads}"
 fi
 echo "  Amalgamation.........: ${do_amalgamation}"
 echo "  Iconv support........: ${have_iconv}"
diff --git a/legacy/eina/m4/efl_threads.m4 b/legacy/eina/m4/efl_threads.m4
index 33d15a39b4..a761d51197 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/m4/efl_threads.m4
+++ b/legacy/eina/m4/efl_threads.m4
@@ -134,6 +134,19 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(EFL_PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(EFL_PTHREAD_LIBS)
 
+_efl_enable_on_off_threads="no"
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([on-off-threads],
+   [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-on-off-threads], [only turn this on if you know what you are doing, and don't complain if the world freeze])],
+   [_efl_enable_on_off_threads="${enableval}"])
+
+have_on_off_threads="no"
+if test "x${_efl_enable_on_off_threads}" = "xyes"; then
+   have_on_off_threads="yes"
+   AC_DEFINE([EFL_ON_OFF_THREADS], [1], [make it possible to disable all locks])
+fi
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to turn on/off threads lock on demand])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${_efl_enable_on_off_threads}])
+
 _efl_enable_debug_threads="no"
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([debug-threads],
    [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug-threads], [disable assert when you forgot to call eina_threads_init])],
diff --git a/legacy/eina/m4/efl_voltron.m4 b/legacy/eina/m4/efl_voltron.m4
index c710466af8..43b334e6e9 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/m4/efl_voltron.m4
+++ b/legacy/eina/m4/efl_voltron.m4
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([voltron],
    [have_voltron="no"]
 )
 
-   if test "x$have_voltron" = "xyes" -a "x$do_amalgamation" = "xyes";then
+   if test "x$have_voltron" = "xyes" -a "x$do_amalgamation" = "xyes" -o "x${have_on_off_threads}" = "xyes"; then
      echo "//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////"
      echo "/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////{#///////////////////////////"
      echo "/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// EN3 xx&HWx////////////////////"
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_config.h.in b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_config.h.in
index cf7af51ee6..be328cd651 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_config.h.in
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_config.h.in
@@ -59,4 +59,9 @@
 #endif
 #define EINA_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T @EINA_SIZEOF_WCHAR_T@
 
+#ifdef EINA_HAVE_ON_OFF_THREADS
+# undef EINA_HAVE_ON_OFF_THREADS
+#endif
+@EINA_CONFIGURE_HAVE_ON_OFF_THREADS@
+
 #endif /* EINA_CONFIG_H_ */
diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_inline_lock_posix.x b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_inline_lock_posix.x
index 3f6c8d3c0f..d7c1a138b7 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_inline_lock_posix.x
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/include/eina_inline_lock_posix.x
@@ -102,13 +102,20 @@ eina_lock_free(Eina_Lock *mutex)
 static inline Eina_Lock_Result
 eina_lock_take(Eina_Lock *mutex)
 {
-   Eina_Bool ret = EINA_FALSE;
+   Eina_Lock_Result ret = EINA_FALSE;
    int ok;
 
+#ifdef EINA_HAVE_ON_OFF_THREADS
+   if (!_eina_threads_activated)
+     {
 #ifdef EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS
-   if (_eina_threads_activated)
-     assert(pthread_equal(_eina_main_loop, pthread_self()));
+        assert(pthread_equal(_eina_main_loop, pthread_self()));
+#endif
+        return EINA_FALSE;
+     }
+#endif
 
+#ifdef EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS
    if (_eina_threads_debug)
      {
         struct timeval t0, t1;
@@ -146,11 +153,21 @@ eina_lock_take(Eina_Lock *mutex)
 static inline Eina_Lock_Result
 eina_lock_take_try(Eina_Lock *mutex)
 {
-   Eina_Bool ret = EINA_FALSE;
+   Eina_Lock_Result ret = EINA_FALSE;
    int ok;
 
+#ifdef EINA_HAVE_ON_OFF_THREADS
+   if (!_eina_threads_activated)
+     {
 #ifdef EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS
-   if (_eina_threads_activated)
+        assert(pthread_equal(_eina_main_loop, pthread_self()));
+#endif
+        return EINA_FALSE;
+     }
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS
+   if (!_eina_threads_activated)
      assert(pthread_equal(_eina_main_loop, pthread_self()));
 #endif
 
@@ -175,11 +192,16 @@ eina_lock_take_try(Eina_Lock *mutex)
 static inline Eina_Lock_Result
 eina_lock_release(Eina_Lock *mutex)
 {
-   Eina_Bool ret;
+   Eina_Lock_Result ret;
 
+#ifdef EINA_HAVE_ON_OFF_THREADS
+   if (!_eina_threads_activated)
+     {
 #ifdef EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS
-   if (_eina_threads_activated)
-     assert(pthread_equal(_eina_main_loop, pthread_self()));
+        assert(pthread_equal(_eina_main_loop, pthread_self()));
+#endif
+        return EINA_FALSE;
+     }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef EINA_HAVE_DEBUG_THREADS