diff --git a/rjit.c b/rjit.c
index 773468d383..ccd0b57f13 100644
--- a/rjit.c
+++ b/rjit.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ rb_rjit_init(const struct rjit_options *opts)
     rb_cRJITCfpPtr = rb_funcall(rb_mRJITC, rb_intern("rb_control_frame_t"), 0);
     rb_mRJITHooks = rb_const_get(rb_mRJIT, rb_intern("Hooks"));
 
-    rb_rjit_call_p = true;
+    rb_rjit_call_p = !rb_rjit_opts.pause;
     rjit_stats_p = rb_rjit_opts.stats;
 
     // Normalize options
diff --git a/rjit.rb b/rjit.rb
index 54aa38cd75..da75576746 100644
--- a/rjit.rb
+++ b/rjit.rb
@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ module RubyVM::RJIT
     Primitive.cexpr! 'RBOOL(rb_rjit_enabled)'
   end
 
-  # Stop generating JITed code.
-  def self.pause
-    # TODO: implement this
-  end
-
-  # Start generating JITed code again after pause.
+  # Start generating JITed code again after --rjit-pause.
   def self.resume
-    # TODO: implement this
+    Primitive.cstmt! %{
+      rb_rjit_call_p = true;
+      return Qnil;
+    }
   end
 
   if Primitive.rjit_stats_enabled_p