diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/compressor/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/compressor/mod.rs
index 86dc04cbf91df..5d4acdd82a252 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/src/compressor/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/src/compressor/mod.rs
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ impl<'a> VisitMut<'a> for Compressor<'a> {
             true
         });
 
-        self.join_vars(stmts);
+        if self.options.join_vars {
+            self.join_vars(stmts);
+        }
 
         walk_statements_mut(self, stmts);
     }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_minifier/tests/oxc/folding.rs b/crates/oxc_minifier/tests/oxc/folding.rs
index e85f771f1a05f..43e1312277b21 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_minifier/tests/oxc/folding.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_minifier/tests/oxc/folding.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{test, test_snapshot};
+use oxc_minifier::{CompressOptions, MinifierOptions};
+
+use crate::{test, test_snapshot, test_with_options};
 
 #[test]
 fn addition_folding() {
@@ -37,3 +39,15 @@ fn addition_folding_snapshots() {
         ],
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_join_vars() {
+    let options = MinifierOptions {
+        mangle: false,
+        compress: CompressOptions { join_vars: false, ..CompressOptions::default() },
+    };
+    test_with_options("var foo = 1; var bar = 2;", "var foo=1;var bar=2;", options);
+    // join_vars: true
+    let options = MinifierOptions::default();
+    test_with_options("var foo = 1; var bar = 2;", "var foo=1,bar=2;", options);
+}