diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/decompose.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/decompose.c
index ea4b7cdbcb2794..b4570cc0c7429d 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/decompose.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/decompose.c
@@ -1214,6 +1214,10 @@ mono_decompose_vtype_opts (MonoCompile *cfg)
 				mono_simd_decompose_intrinsic (cfg, bb, ins);
 #endif
 				switch (ins->opcode) {
+				case OP_LDTOKEN_FIELD:
+					ins->opcode = OP_VMOVE;
+					restart = TRUE;
+					break;
 				case OP_VMOVE: {
 					g_assert (ins->klass);
 					if (COMPILE_LLVM (cfg) && !mini_is_gsharedvt_klass (ins->klass))
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/intrinsics.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/intrinsics.c
index 86098233ad9658..22248d0624aaf3 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/intrinsics.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/intrinsics.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,49 @@ mini_emit_inst_for_method (MonoCompile *cfg, MonoMethod *cmethod, MonoMethodSign
 			EMIT_NEW_UNALU (cfg, ins, OP_ICGT, dreg, -1);
 			ins->type = STACK_I4;
 			return ins;
+		} else if (!strcmp (cmethod->name, "CreateSpan") && fsig->param_count == 1) {
+			MonoGenericContext* ctx = mono_method_get_context (cmethod);
+			g_assert (ctx);
+			g_assert (ctx->method_inst);
+			g_assert (ctx->method_inst->type_argc == 1);
+			MonoType* arg_type = ctx->method_inst->type_argv [0];
+			MonoType* t = mini_get_underlying_type (arg_type);
+			g_assert (!MONO_TYPE_IS_REFERENCE (t) && t->type != MONO_TYPE_VALUETYPE);
+
+			// This OP_LDTOKEN_FIELD later changes into a OP_VMOVE.
+			MonoClassField* field = (MonoClassField*) args [0]->inst_p1;
+			if (args [0]->opcode != OP_LDTOKEN_FIELD)
+					return NULL;
+
+			int alignment = 0;
+			const int element_size = mono_type_size (t, &alignment);
+			const int num_elements = mono_type_size (field->type, &alignment) / element_size;
+			const int obj_size = MONO_ABI_SIZEOF (MonoObject);
+			
+			MonoInst* span = mono_compile_create_var (cfg, fsig->ret, OP_LOCAL);
+			MonoInst* span_addr;
+			EMIT_NEW_TEMPLOADA (cfg, span_addr, span->inst_c0);
+
+			MonoInst* ptr_inst;
+			if (cfg->compile_aot) {
+				NEW_RVACONST (cfg, ptr_inst, mono_class_get_image (mono_field_get_parent (field)), args [0]->inst_c0);
+				MONO_ADD_INS (cfg->cbb, ptr_inst);
+			} else {
+#if G_BYTE_ORDER == G_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+				const int swizzle = 1;
+#else
+				const int swizzle = element_size;
+#endif
+				gpointer data_ptr = (gpointer)mono_field_get_rva (field, swizzle);
+				EMIT_NEW_PCONST (cfg, ptr_inst, data_ptr); 
+			}
+
+			MonoClassField* field_ref = mono_class_get_field_from_name_full (span->klass, "_reference", NULL);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_STORE_MEMBASE (cfg, OP_STOREP_MEMBASE_REG, span_addr->dreg, field_ref->offset - obj_size, ptr_inst->dreg);
+			MonoClassField* field_len = mono_class_get_field_from_name_full (span->klass, "_length", NULL);
+			MONO_EMIT_NEW_STORE_MEMBASE_IMM (cfg, OP_STOREI4_MEMBASE_IMM, span_addr->dreg, field_len->offset - obj_size, num_elements);
+			EMIT_NEW_TEMPLOAD (cfg, ins, span->inst_c0);
+			return ins;
 		} else
 			return NULL;
 	} else if (cmethod->klass == mono_class_try_get_memory_marshal_class ()) {
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/ir-emit.h b/src/mono/mono/mini/ir-emit.h
index 3add579bdee399..937222f568c22e 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/ir-emit.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/ir-emit.h
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ alloc_dreg (MonoCompile *cfg, MonoStackType stack_type)
 
 #define NEW_LDSTRCONST(cfg,dest,image,token) NEW_AOTCONST_TOKEN ((cfg), (dest), MONO_PATCH_INFO_LDSTR, (image), (token), NULL, STACK_OBJ, mono_defaults.string_class)
 
+#define NEW_RVACONST(cfg,dest,image,token) NEW_AOTCONST_TOKEN ((cfg), (dest), MONO_PATCH_INFO_RVA, (image), (token), NULL, STACK_MP, NULL)
+
 #define NEW_LDSTRLITCONST(cfg,dest,val) NEW_AOTCONST ((cfg), (dest), MONO_PATCH_INFO_LDSTR_LIT, (val))
 
 #define NEW_TYPE_FROM_HANDLE_CONST(cfg,dest,image,token,generic_context) NEW_AOTCONST_TOKEN ((cfg), (dest), MONO_PATCH_INFO_TYPE_FROM_HANDLE, (image), (token), (generic_context), STACK_OBJ, mono_defaults.runtimetype_class)
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/method-to-ir.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/method-to-ir.c
index d7cb653f79d025..311bf8f69bdd12 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/method-to-ir.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/method-to-ir.c
@@ -10820,9 +10820,16 @@ mono_method_to_ir (MonoCompile *cfg, MonoMethod *method, MonoBasicBlock *start_b
 					} else {
 						EMIT_NEW_PCONST (cfg, ins, handle);
 					}
+
 					EMIT_NEW_TEMPLOADA (cfg, addr, vtvar->inst_c0);
 					MONO_EMIT_NEW_STORE_MEMBASE (cfg, OP_STORE_MEMBASE_REG, addr->dreg, 0, ins->dreg);
 					EMIT_NEW_TEMPLOAD (cfg, ins, vtvar->inst_c0);
+					ins->opcode = OP_LDTOKEN_FIELD;
+					ins->inst_c0 = n;
+					ins->inst_p1 = handle;
+
+					cfg->flags |= MONO_CFG_NEEDS_DECOMPOSE;
+					cfg->cbb->needs_decompose = TRUE;
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-ops.h b/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-ops.h
index 7db9500b41bae4..42cf9d4e5fa295 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-ops.h
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-ops.h
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ MINI_OP(OP_LOAD_GOTADDR, "load_gotaddr", IREG, NONE, NONE)
 MINI_OP(OP_DUMMY_USE, "dummy_use", NONE, IREG, NONE)
 MINI_OP(OP_NOT_REACHED, "not_reached", NONE, NONE, NONE)
 MINI_OP(OP_NOT_NULL, "not_null", NONE, IREG, NONE)
+MINI_OP(OP_LDTOKEN_FIELD, "ldtoken_field", VREG, VREG, NONE)
 
 /* SIMD opcodes. */