diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DecompilerSettings.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DecompilerSettings.cs
index 95eb3fcb7..0a0ebeae5 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DecompilerSettings.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/DecompilerSettings.cs
@@ -1311,6 +1311,20 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler
 			}
 		}
 
+		bool aggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates = false;
+
+		[Category("DecompilerSettings.Other")]
+		[Description("DecompilerSettings.AggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates")]
+		public bool AggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates {
+			get { return aggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates; }
+			set {
+				if (aggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates != value) {
+					aggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates = value;
+					OnPropertyChanged();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		CSharpFormattingOptions csharpFormattingOptions;
 
 		[Browsable(false)]
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions/ILVariableCollection.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions/ILVariableCollection.cs
index 2b79902f3..f27d962a7 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions/ILVariableCollection.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions/ILVariableCollection.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL
 		{
 			for (int i = 0; i < list.Count;) {
 				var v = list[i];
+				// Note: we cannot remove display-class locals from the collection,
+				// even if they are unused - which is always the case, if TDCU succeeds,
+				// because they are necessary for PDB generation to produce correct results.
 				if (v.IsDead && v.Kind != VariableKind.DisplayClassLocal) {
 					RemoveAt(i);
 				} else {
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/TransformDisplayClassUsage.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/TransformDisplayClassUsage.cs
index 8e0d006cf..7a10ab9bb 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/TransformDisplayClassUsage.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/TransformDisplayClassUsage.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection.Metadata;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Disassembler;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Metadata;
 using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem;
 using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Util;
 
@@ -197,8 +200,14 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL.Transforms
 			} else {
 				definition = null;
 			}
-			if (definition?.DeclaringTypeDefinition == null || definition.ParentModule.PEFile != context.PEFile)
+			if (definition == null)
 				return null;
+			if (!context.Settings.AggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates) {
+				if (definition.DeclaringTypeDefinition == null || definition.ParentModule.PEFile != context.PEFile)
+					return null;
+				if (!IsPotentialClosure(context, definition))
+					return null;
+			}
 			DisplayClass result;
 			switch (definition.Kind) {
 				case TypeKind.Class:
@@ -206,8 +215,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL.Transforms
 						return null;
 					if (!(v.StoreInstructions[0] is StLoc stloc))
 						return null;
-					// TODO thoroughly validate ctor
-					if (!(stloc.Value is NewObj newObj && newObj.Method.Parameters.Count == 0))
+					if (!(stloc.Value is NewObj newObj && ValidateConstructor(newObj.Method)))
 						return null;
 					result = new DisplayClass(v, definition) {
 						CaptureScope = v.CaptureScope,
@@ -256,6 +264,42 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL.Transforms
 			return result;
 		}
 
+		private bool ValidateConstructor(IMethod method)
+		{
+			if (method.Parameters.Count != 0)
+				return false;
+			var handle = (MethodDefinitionHandle)method.MetadataToken;
+			var module = (MetadataModule)method.ParentModule;
+			var file = module.PEFile;
+			if (handle.IsNil || file == null)
+				return false;
+			var def = file.Metadata.GetMethodDefinition(handle);
+			if (def.RelativeVirtualAddress == 0)
+				return false;
+			var body = file.Reader.GetMethodBody(def.RelativeVirtualAddress);
+			if (!body.LocalSignature.IsNil)
+				return false;
+			var reader = body.GetILReader();
+			if (reader.Length != 7)
+				return false;
+			// IL_0000: ldarg.0
+			// IL_0001: call instance void [mscorlib]System.Object::.ctor()
+			// IL_0006: ret
+			if (reader.DecodeOpCode() != ILOpCode.Ldarg_0)
+				return false;
+			if (reader.DecodeOpCode() != ILOpCode.Call)
+				return false;
+			var baseCtorHandle = MetadataTokenHelpers.EntityHandleOrNil(reader.ReadInt32());
+			if (baseCtorHandle.IsNil)
+				return false;
+			var objectCtor = module.ResolveMethod(baseCtorHandle, new TypeSystem.GenericContext());
+			if (!objectCtor.DeclaringType.IsKnownType(KnownTypeCode.Object))
+				return false;
+			if (objectCtor.Parameters.Count != 0)
+				return false;
+			return reader.DecodeOpCode() == ILOpCode.Ret;
+		}
+
 		VariableToDeclare AddVariable(DisplayClass result, ILInstruction init, out IField field)
 		{
 			if (!init.MatchStFld(out var target, out field, out var value))
@@ -399,15 +443,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL.Transforms
 			}
 		}
 
-		internal static bool IsSimpleDisplayClass(IType type)
-		{
-			if (!type.HasGeneratedName() || (!type.Name.Contains("DisplayClass") && !type.Name.Contains("AnonStorey")))
-				return false;
-			if (type.DirectBaseTypes.Any(t => !t.IsKnownType(KnownTypeCode.Object)))
-				return false;
-			return true;
-		}
-
 		internal static bool IsPotentialClosure(ILTransformContext context, NewObj inst)
 		{
 			var decompilationContext = new SimpleTypeResolveContext(context.Function.Ancestors.OfType<ILFunction>().Last().Method);
diff --git a/ILSpy/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/ILSpy/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 00e102b8d..c56eee03b 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -576,6 +576,15 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Properties {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Aggressively perform Scalar Replacement Of Aggregates (SROA).
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string DecompilerSettings_AggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("DecompilerSettings.AggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to Allow extension &apos;Add&apos; methods in collection initializer expressions.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/ILSpy/Properties/Resources.resx b/ILSpy/Properties/Resources.resx
index 45e1d4246..b3e3f01ff 100644
--- a/ILSpy/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/ILSpy/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -864,4 +864,7 @@ Do you want to continue?</value>
   <data name="CultureLabel" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Culture</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="DecompilerSettings.AggressiveScalarReplacementOfAggregates" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Aggressively perform Scalar Replacement Of Aggregates (SROA)</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
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