diff --git a/compiler/main/heptc.ml b/compiler/main/heptc.ml
index cf30b51..18b5336 100644
--- a/compiler/main/heptc.ml
+++ b/compiler/main/heptc.ml
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ let main () =
         "-only-memalloc", Arg.Set do_mem_alloc, doc_memalloc_only;
         "-only-linear", Arg.Set do_linear_typing, doc_linear_only;
         "-old-scheduler", Arg.Set use_old_scheduler, doc_interf_scheduler;
+        "-simple-scheduler", Arg.Set use_simple_scheduler, doc_simple_scheduler;
         "-unroll", Arg.Set unroll_loops, doc_unroll;
         "-O", Arg.Unit do_optim, doc_optim;
         "-mall", Arg.Set interf_all, doc_interf_all;
diff --git a/compiler/minils/main/mls_compiler.ml b/compiler/minils/main/mls_compiler.ml
index 387e758..37275e2 100644
--- a/compiler/minils/main/mls_compiler.ml
+++ b/compiler/minils/main/mls_compiler.ml
@@ -104,10 +104,15 @@ let compile_program p log_c =
 
   (* Scheduling *)
   let p =
-    if not !Compiler_options.use_old_scheduler then
-      pass "Scheduling (with minimization of interferences)" true Schedule_interf.program p pp
-    else
-      pass "Scheduling" true Schedule.program p pp
+    match !Compiler_options.use_old_scheduler,
+          !Compiler_options.use_simple_scheduler with
+    | false, false ->
+       pass "Scheduling (with minimization of interferences)"
+            true Schedule_interf.program p pp
+    | true, false ->
+       pass "Scheduling" true Schedule.program p pp
+    | _, true ->
+       pass "Scheduling (simple)" true Schedule_simple.program p pp
   in
 
   let z3z = List.mem "z3z" !target_languages in
diff --git a/compiler/minils/transformations/schedule_simple.ml b/compiler/minils/transformations/schedule_simple.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14afde0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/minils/transformations/schedule_simple.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+(***********************************************************************)
+(*                                                                     *)
+(*                             Heptagon                                *)
+(*                                                                     *)
+(* Gwenael Delaval, LIG/INRIA, UJF                                     *)
+(* Leonard Gerard, Parkas, ENS                                         *)
+(* Adrien Guatto, Parkas, ENS                                          *)
+(* Cedric Pasteur, Parkas, ENS                                         *)
+(* Marc Pouzet, Parkas, ENS                                            *)
+(*                                                                     *)
+(* Copyright 2012 ENS, INRIA, UJF                                      *)
+(*                                                                     *)
+(* This file is part of the Heptagon compiler.                         *)
+(*                                                                     *)
+(* Heptagon is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it *)
+(* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by   *)
+(* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or   *)
+(* (at your option) any later version.                                 *)
+(*                                                                     *)
+(* Heptagon is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         *)
+(* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of      *)
+(* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the       *)
+(* GNU General Public License for more details.                        *)
+(*                                                                     *)
+(* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License   *)
+(* along with Heptagon.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>    *)
+(*                                                                     *)
+(***********************************************************************)
+(* scheduling of equations *)
+
+
+open Mls_utils
+open Sgraph
+
+(* clever scheduling *)
+let schedule eq_list =
+  let node_list, _ = DataFlowDep.build eq_list in
+  let node_list = topological node_list in
+  List.rev (List.rev_map containt node_list)
+
+let eqs funs () eq_list =
+  let eqs, () = Mls_mapfold.eqs funs () eq_list in
+    schedule eqs, ()
+
+let program p =
+  let funs = { Mls_mapfold.defaults with Mls_mapfold.eqs = eqs } in
+  let p, () = Mls_mapfold.program_it funs () p in
+    p
diff --git a/compiler/utilities/global/compiler_options.ml b/compiler/utilities/global/compiler_options.ml
index fb26450..a60c669 100644
--- a/compiler/utilities/global/compiler_options.ml
+++ b/compiler/utilities/global/compiler_options.ml
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ let do_mem_alloc_and_typing () =
   do_linear_typing := true
 
 let use_old_scheduler = ref false
+let use_simple_scheduler = ref false
 
 let strict_ssa = ref false
 (* if this option is on, generate code that first copies the whole
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ and doc_memalloc = "\t\tEnable memory allocation and linear annotations"
 and doc_memalloc_only = "\tEnable memory allocation"
 and doc_linear_only = "\t\tEnable linear annotations"
 and doc_interf_scheduler = "\tUse the old scheduler"
+and doc_simple_scheduler = "\tUse a very simple, time-efficient scheduler"
 and doc_optim = "\t\t\tOptimize with deadcode, tomato, itfusion and memalloc"
 and doc_interf_all = "\t\tPerform memory allocation on all types"
 and doc_unroll = "\t\tUnroll all loops"