diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index eace2418..b1c0b940 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ global_args += run_command(objfw,'--cppflags').stdout().split()
 add_project_arguments(run_command(objfw,'--objcflags').stdout().split(), language:'objc')
 add_project_link_arguments(run_command(objfw,'--libs','--ldflags').stdout().split(), language:['objc','objcpp'])
 
-if compilers['objc'].get_id() == 'clang'
+if (compilers['objc'].get_id() == 'clang' and get_option('gc_type') == 'arc' and host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86_64')
     add_project_arguments(run_command(objfw,'--arc').stdout().split(), language: ['objc','objcpp'])
+else
+    add_project_arguments('-fobjc-gc', language: ['objc', 'objcpp'])
 endif
 
 subdir('src')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index efbb0fb8..f0660f06 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ option('mk', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Build to fit Marin\'s
 option('ruby_lib', type: 'string', value: 'ruby', description: 'Name of the Ruby library')
 option('console', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Whether to debug information in the console')
 option('macos_min_version', type: 'string', value: '10.10', description: 'Minimum macOS system version to support')
+option('gc_type', type: 'combo', choices: ['gc','arc'], value: 'arc', description: 'Which method of garbage collection to utilize')
 
 option('shared_fluid', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Dynamically link fluidsynth at build time')
 option('cjk_fallback_font', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Use WenQuanYi Micro Hei as the fallback font')
diff --git a/src/filesystem.mm b/src/filesystem.mm
index 9970b15c..1b1bceec 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.mm
+++ b/src/filesystem.mm
@@ -714,28 +714,25 @@ void FileSystem::openReadRaw(SDL_RWops &ops,
 // SDL_SaveBMP wants absolute paths
 char* FileSystem::normalize(const char *pathname, bool preferred, bool absolute)
 {
-	@autoreleasepool
-	{
-		char* ret = new char[512];
-		id str = [OFMutableString stringWithUTF8String:pathname];
+	char* ret = new char[512];
+	id str = [OFMutableString stringWithUTF8String:pathname];
 
-		if (absolute)
-		{
-			OFURL* base = [OFURL fileURLWithPath:[[OFFileManager defaultManager] currentDirectoryPath]];
-			OFURL* purl = [OFURL fileURLWithPath:str];
-			OFString* path = [[OFURL URLWithString:[purl string] relativeToURL:base] path];
-			str = [OFMutableString stringWithString:path];
-		}
+	if (absolute)
+	{
+		OFURL* base = [OFURL fileURLWithPath:[[OFFileManager defaultManager] currentDirectoryPath]];
+		OFURL* purl = [OFURL fileURLWithPath:str];
+		OFString* path = [[OFURL URLWithString:[purl string] relativeToURL:base] path];
+		str = [OFMutableString stringWithString:path];
+	}
 
 #ifdef __WIN32__
-		if (preferred)
-		{
-			[str replaceOccurrencesOfString:@"/" withString:@"\\"];
-		}
-#endif
-		strncpy(ret, [[str stringByStandardizingPath] UTF8String], 512);
-		return ret;
+	if (preferred)
+	{
+		[str replaceOccurrencesOfString:@"/" withString:@"\\"];
 	}
+#endif
+	strncpy(ret, [[str stringByStandardizingPath] UTF8String], 512);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 bool FileSystem::exists(const char *filename)