diff --git a/src/ast/rewriter/bool_rewriter.cpp b/src/ast/rewriter/bool_rewriter.cpp
index 0bfdfa01a..1e3449ef3 100644
--- a/src/ast/rewriter/bool_rewriter.cpp
+++ b/src/ast/rewriter/bool_rewriter.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ void bool_rewriter::updt_params(params_ref const & _p) {
     m_blast_distinct       = p.blast_distinct();
     m_blast_distinct_threshold = p.blast_distinct_threshold();
     m_ite_extra_rules      = p.ite_extra_rules();
+    m_elim_ite_value_tree    = p.elim_ite_value_tree();
 }
 
 void bool_rewriter::get_param_descrs(param_descrs & r) {
@@ -680,9 +681,84 @@ br_status bool_rewriter::try_ite_value(app * ite, app * val, expr_ref & result)
         return BR_REWRITE2;
     }
 
+    if (m_elim_ite_value_tree) {
+        result = simplify_eq_ite(val, ite);
+        if (result) 
+            return BR_REWRITE_FULL;        
+    }
+
     return BR_FAILED;
 }
 
+expr_ref bool_rewriter::simplify_eq_ite(expr* value, expr* ite) {
+    SASSERT(m().is_value(value));
+    SASSERT(m().is_ite(ite));
+    expr* c = nullptr, * t = nullptr, * e = nullptr;
+    ptr_buffer<expr> todo;
+    ptr_vector<expr> values;
+    expr_ref_vector pinned(m());
+    expr_ref r(m());
+    todo.push_back(ite);
+    while (!todo.empty()) {
+        expr* arg = todo.back();
+        if (m().is_value(arg)) {
+            todo.pop_back();
+            if (m().are_equal(arg, value)) {
+                values.setx(arg->get_id(), m().mk_true(), nullptr);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m().are_distinct(arg, value)) {
+                values.setx(arg->get_id(), m().mk_false(), nullptr);
+                continue;
+            }
+            return expr_ref(nullptr, m());
+        }
+        if (m().is_ite(arg, c, t, e)) {
+            unsigned sz = todo.size();
+            if (!values.get(t->get_id(), nullptr)) 
+                todo.push_back(t);
+            
+            if (!values.get(e->get_id(), nullptr)) 
+                todo.push_back(e);
+            
+            if (sz < todo.size())
+                continue;
+            todo.pop_back();
+            if (m().is_true(values[t->get_id()])) {
+                r = m().mk_or(c, values[e->get_id()]);
+                values.setx(arg->get_id(), r, nullptr);
+                pinned.push_back(r);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m().is_false(values[t->get_id()])) {
+                r = m().mk_and(m().mk_not(c), values[e->get_id()]);
+                values.setx(arg->get_id(), r, nullptr);
+                pinned.push_back(r);
+                continue;
+            }     
+            if (m().is_false(values[e->get_id()])) {
+                r = m().mk_and(c, values[t->get_id()]);
+                values.setx(arg->get_id(), r, nullptr);
+                pinned.push_back(r);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (m().is_true(values[e->get_id()])) {
+                r = m().mk_or(m().mk_not(c), values[t->get_id()]);
+                values.setx(arg->get_id(), r, nullptr);
+                pinned.push_back(r);
+                continue;
+            }
+            r = m().mk_ite(c, values[t->get_id()], values[e->get_id()]);
+            values.setx(arg->get_id(), r, nullptr);
+            pinned.push_back(r);
+            continue;
+        }
+        IF_VERBOSE(10, verbose_stream() << "bail " << mk_bounded_pp(arg, m()) << "\n");
+        return expr_ref(nullptr, m());
+    }
+    return expr_ref(values[ite->get_id()], m());
+}
+
 
 app* bool_rewriter::mk_eq_plain(expr* lhs, expr* rhs) {
     if (m().are_equal(lhs, rhs))
diff --git a/src/ast/rewriter/bool_rewriter.h b/src/ast/rewriter/bool_rewriter.h
index aec8e0700..44aed881f 100644
--- a/src/ast/rewriter/bool_rewriter.h
+++ b/src/ast/rewriter/bool_rewriter.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class bool_rewriter {
     unsigned       m_local_ctx_limit;
     unsigned       m_local_ctx_cost;
     bool           m_elim_ite;
+    bool           m_elim_ite_value_tree;
     ptr_vector<expr> m_todo1, m_todo2;
     unsigned_vector m_counts1, m_counts2;
 
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ class bool_rewriter {
 
     void push_new_arg(expr* arg, expr_ref_vector& new_args, expr_fast_mark1& neg_lits, expr_fast_mark2& pos_lits);
 
+    expr_ref simplify_eq_ite(expr* value, expr* ite);
+
 public:
     bool_rewriter(ast_manager & m, params_ref const & p = params_ref()):m_manager(m), m_local_ctx_cost(0) { 
         updt_params(p); 
diff --git a/src/params/bool_rewriter_params.pyg b/src/params/bool_rewriter_params.pyg
index 87578470e..e10e08d46 100644
--- a/src/params/bool_rewriter_params.pyg
+++ b/src/params/bool_rewriter_params.pyg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def_module_params(module_name='rewriter',
                           ("sort_disjunctions", BOOL, True, "sort subterms in disjunctions"),
                           ("elim_and", BOOL, False, "conjunctions are rewritten using negation and disjunctions"),
                           ('elim_ite', BOOL, True,  "eliminate ite in favor of and/or"),
+                          ('elim_ite_value_tree', BOOL, False, "eliminate equations 'v = ite(...)' where v is a value and each leaf in the ite tree is a value"),
                           ("local_ctx", BOOL, False, "perform local (i.e., cheap) context simplifications"),
                           ("local_ctx_limit", UINT, UINT_MAX, "limit for applying local context simplifier"),
                           ("blast_distinct", BOOL, False, "expand a distinct predicate into a quadratic number of disequalities"),