diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ecbe78db..392c7adb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ CONFIGOPTS_NONDEBUG_SIZE=--option-file config/examples/low_memory.yaml
 CONFIGOPTS_NONDEBUG_AJDUK=--option-file util/makeduk_base.yaml --option-file util/makeduk_ajduk.yaml --fixup-file util/makeduk_ajduk_fixup.h
 CONFIGOPTS_NONDEBUG_ROM=--rom-support --rom-auto-lightfunc --option-file util/makeduk_base.yaml -DDUK_USE_ROM_STRINGS -DDUK_USE_ROM_OBJECTS -DDUK_USE_ROM_GLOBAL_INHERIT -UDUK_USE_HSTRING_ARRIDX
 CONFIGOPTS_NONDEBUG_AJDUK_ROM=--rom-support --rom-auto-lightfunc --builtin-file util/example_user_builtins1.yaml --builtin-file util/example_user_builtins2.yaml -DDUK_USE_ROM_STRINGS -DDUK_USE_ROM_OBJECTS -DDUK_USE_ROM_GLOBAL_INHERIT -UDUK_USE_HSTRING_ARRIDX -DDUK_USE_ASSERTIONS -UDUK_USE_DEBUG
+CONFIGOPTS_NONDEBUG_AJDUK_NOREFC=--option-file util/makeduk_base.yaml --option-file util/makeduk_ajduk.yaml --fixup-file util/makeduk_ajduk_fixup.h -UDUK_USE_REFERENCE_COUNTING -UDUK_USE_DOUBLE_LINKED_HEAP
 CONFIGOPTS_DEBUG=--option-file util/makeduk_base.yaml --option-file util/makeduk_debug.yaml
 CONFIGOPTS_DEBUG_SCANBUILD=--option-file util/makeduk_base.yaml --option-file util/makeduk_debug.yaml --option-file util/makeduk_scanbuild.yaml
 CONFIGOPTS_DEBUG_ROM=--rom-support --rom-auto-lightfunc --option-file util/makeduk_base.yaml --option-file util/makeduk_debug.yaml -DDUK_USE_ROM_STRINGS -DDUK_USE_ROM_OBJECTS -DDUK_USE_ROM_GLOBAL_INHERIT -UDUK_USE_HSTRING_ARRIDX
@@ -304,6 +305,9 @@ prep/ajduk-nondebug: prep
 prep/ajduk-nondebug-rom: prep
 	@rm -rf ./prep/ajduk-nondebug-rom
 	$(PYTHON) tools/configure.py --output-directory ./prep/ajduk-nondebug-rom --source-directory src-input --config-metadata config $(CONFIGOPTS_NONDEBUG_AJDUK_ROM) --line-directives
+prep/ajduk-nondebug-norefc: prep
+	@rm -rf ./prep/ajduk-nondebug-norefc
+	$(PYTHON) tools/configure.py --output-directory ./prep/ajduk-nondebug-norefc --source-directory src-input --config-metadata config $(CONFIGOPTS_NONDEBUG_AJDUK_NOREFC) --line-directives
 
 # Library targets.
 libduktape.so.1.0.0: prep/nondebug
@@ -420,6 +424,17 @@ ajduk-rom: alljoyn-js ajtcl linenoise prep/ajduk-nondebug-rom
 	@echo "*** SUCCESS:"
 	@ls -l $@
 	-@size $@
+ajduk-norefc: alljoyn-js ajtcl linenoise prep/ajduk-nondebug-norefc
+	$(CC) -o $@ \
+		-Ialljoyn-js/src -Iajtcl/inc/ -Iajtcl/src/target/linux/ -Iprep/ajduk-nondebug-norefc \
+		$(CCOPTS_NONDEBUG) $(CCOPTS_AJDUK) \
+		prep/ajduk-nondebug-norefc/duktape.c $(DUKTAPE_CMDLINE_SOURCES) \
+		examples/cmdline/duk_cmdline_ajduk.c \
+		alljoyn-js/src/ajs_heap.c ajtcl/src/aj_debug.c ajtcl/src/target/linux/aj_target_util.c \
+		-lm -lpthread
+	@echo "*** SUCCESS:"
+	@ls -l $@
+	-@size $@
 # util/fix_emscripten.py is used so that emduk.js can also be executed using
 # Duktape itself (though you can't currently pass arguments/files to it).
 # No Emscripten fixes are needed in practice since Duktape 1.5.0.
diff --git a/RELEASES.rst b/RELEASES.rst
index 144ce056..ac42c79b 100644
--- a/RELEASES.rst
+++ b/RELEASES.rst
@@ -2242,6 +2242,9 @@ Planned
   given has no prototype (e.g. argument is Object.prototype) (GH-1162,
   GH-1163)
 
+* Fix compile error when using 16-bit fields and disabling refcounting at
+  the same time (GH-1207)
+
 * Miscellaneous portability improvements: remove dependency on fmin() and
   fmax() (GH-1072); remove signed shifts in lightfunc handling (GH-1172)
 
diff --git a/src-input/duk_heaphdr.h b/src-input/duk_heaphdr.h
index cede739c..e80fa98f 100644
--- a/src-input/duk_heaphdr.h
+++ b/src-input/duk_heaphdr.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ struct duk_heaphdr_string {
 #else
 	duk_size_t h_refcount;
 #endif
+#else
+	duk_uint16_t h_strextra16;
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -710,6 +712,9 @@ struct duk_heaphdr_string {
 
 #else  /* DUK_USE_REFERENCE_COUNTING */
 
+#define DUK_TVAL_NEEDS_REFCOUNT_UPDATE(tv)     0
+#define DUK_HEAPHDR_NEEDS_REFCOUNT_UPDATE(h)   0
+
 #define DUK_TVAL_INCREF_FAST(thr,v)            do {} while (0) /* nop */
 #define DUK_TVAL_DECREF_FAST(thr,v)            do {} while (0) /* nop */
 #define DUK_TVAL_DECREF_NORZ_FAST(thr,v)       do {} while (0) /* nop */
diff --git a/testrunner/client-simple-node/run_commit_test.py b/testrunner/client-simple-node/run_commit_test.py
index b30c8af1..1e0e709f 100644
--- a/testrunner/client-simple-node/run_commit_test.py
+++ b/testrunner/client-simple-node/run_commit_test.py
@@ -427,6 +427,15 @@ def context_linux_x86_ajduk():
     ])
     return 'hello world!\n' in res['stdout']
 
+def context_linux_x86_ajduk_norefc():
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    execute([ 'make', 'ajduk-norefc' ])
+    res = execute([
+        os.path.join(cwd, 'ajduk-norefc'),
+        '-e', 'print("hello world!");'
+    ])
+    return 'hello world!\n' in res['stdout']
+
 def context_linux_x86_ajduk_rombuild():
     cwd = os.getcwd()
 
@@ -920,6 +929,7 @@ context_handlers = {
     'linux-x64-cpp-exceptions': context_linux_x64_cpp_exceptions,
 
     'linux-x86-ajduk': context_linux_x86_ajduk,
+    'linux-x86-ajduk-norefc': context_linux_x86_ajduk_norefc,
     'linux-x86-ajduk-rombuild': context_linux_x86_ajduk_rombuild,
 
     'linux-x64-v8-bench-pass': context_linux_x64_v8_bench_pass,
diff --git a/util/makeduk_ajduk.yaml b/util/makeduk_ajduk.yaml
index de27ecbd..f05e83de 100644
--- a/util/makeduk_ajduk.yaml
+++ b/util/makeduk_ajduk.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Base options for 'ajduk'.
 
+#DUK_USE_REFERENCE_COUNTING: false
+#DUK_USE_DOUBLE_LINKED_HEAP: false
+
 DUK_USE_ALIGN_BY: 4
 DUK_USE_ASSERTIONS: true
 DUK_USE_LIGHTFUNC_BUILTINS: true