diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 4dd65c9f011..c2653acb75a 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     # Variables controlling external defines exposed in public headers.
     'v8_enable_map_packing%': 0,
     'v8_enable_pointer_compression_shared_cage%': 0,
+    'v8_enable_external_code_space%': 0,
     'v8_enable_sandbox%': 0,
     'v8_enable_v8_checks%': 0,
     'v8_enable_zone_compression%': 0,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@
       ['target_arch in "arm ia32 mips mipsel"', {
         'v8_enable_pointer_compression': 0,
         'v8_enable_31bit_smis_on_64bit_arch': 0,
+        'v8_enable_external_code_space': 0,
         'v8_enable_sandbox': 0
       }],
       ['target_arch in "ppc64 s390x"', {
@@ -456,6 +458,9 @@
       ['v8_enable_sandbox == 1', {
         'defines': ['V8_ENABLE_SANDBOX',],
       }],
+      ['v8_enable_external_code_space == 1', {
+        'defines': ['V8_EXTERNAL_CODE_SPACE',],
+      }],
       ['v8_deprecation_warnings == 1', {
         'defines': ['V8_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS',],
       }],
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index ecd55cabcce..65b42ec4839 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1718,7 +1718,15 @@ def configure_v8(o, configs):
   o['variables']['v8_enable_maglev'] = B(not options.v8_disable_maglev and
                                          o['variables']['target_arch'] in maglev_enabled_architectures)
   o['variables']['v8_enable_pointer_compression'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
-  o['variables']['v8_enable_sandbox'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
+  # Using the sandbox requires always allocating array buffer backing stores in the sandbox.
+  # We currently have many backing stores tied to pointers from C++ land that are not
+  # even necessarily dynamic (e.g. in static storage) for fast communication between JS and C++.
+  # Until we manage to get rid of all those, v8_enable_sandbox cannot be used.
+  # Note that enabling pointer compression without enabling sandbox is unsupported by V8,
+  # so this can be broken at any time.
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_sandbox'] = 0
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_pointer_compression_shared_cage'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_external_code_space'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_31bit_smis_on_64bit_arch'] = 1 if options.enable_pointer_compression else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_extensible_ro_snapshot'] = 0
   o['variables']['v8_trace_maps'] = 1 if options.trace_maps else 0
diff --git a/test/cctest/node_test_fixture.cc b/test/cctest/node_test_fixture.cc
index cae9c7b76ae..6b75e88d14c 100644
--- a/test/cctest/node_test_fixture.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/node_test_fixture.cc
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ void NodeTestEnvironment::SetUp() {
   NodeZeroIsolateTestFixture::platform.reset(
       new node::NodePlatform(kV8ThreadPoolSize, tracing_controller));
   v8::V8::InitializePlatform(NodeZeroIsolateTestFixture::platform.get());
-#ifdef V8_ENABLE_SANDBOX
-  ASSERT_TRUE(v8::V8::InitializeSandbox());
-#endif
   cppgc::InitializeProcess(
       NodeZeroIsolateTestFixture::platform->GetPageAllocator());
 
diff --git a/tools/v8_gypfiles/features.gypi b/tools/v8_gypfiles/features.gypi
index 384d7453ec8..8b7dbf3cf56 100644
--- a/tools/v8_gypfiles/features.gypi
+++ b/tools/v8_gypfiles/features.gypi
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@
     # Sets -DV8_ENABLE_SANDBOX.
     'v8_enable_sandbox%': 0,
 
+    # Enable support for external code range relative to the pointer compression
+    # cage.
+    # Sets -DV8_EXTERNAL_CODE_SPACE.
+    'v8_enable_external_code_space%': 0,
+
     # Experimental feature for collecting per-class zone memory stats.
     # Requires use_rtti = true
     'v8_enable_precise_zone_stats%': 0,
@@ -374,6 +379,9 @@
       ['v8_enable_sandbox==1', {
         'defines': ['V8_ENABLE_SANDBOX',],
       }],
+      ['v8_enable_external_code_space==1', {
+        'defines': ['V8_EXTERNAL_CODE_SPACE',],
+      }],
       ['v8_enable_object_print==1', {
         'defines': ['OBJECT_PRINT',],
       }],