diff --git a/src/record/index.ts b/src/record/index.ts
index ba0cf21e..642170a2 100644
--- a/src/record/index.ts
+++ b/src/record/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { snapshot, MaskInputOptions } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
+import { snapshot, MaskInputOptions, SlimDOMOptions } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
 import { initObservers, mutationBuffer } from './observer';
 import {
   mirror,
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function record<T = eventWithTime>(
     inlineStylesheet = true,
     maskAllInputs,
     maskInputOptions: _maskInputOptions,
+    slimDOMOptions: _slimDOMOptions,
     maskInputFn,
     hooks,
     packFn,
@@ -78,6 +79,26 @@ function record<T = eventWithTime>(
       ? _maskInputOptions
       : {};
 
+  const slimDOMOptions: SlimDOMOptions =
+    _slimDOMOptions === true || _slimDOMOptions === 'all'
+      ? {
+          script: true,
+          comment: true,
+          headFavicon: true,
+          headWhitespace: true,
+          headMetaSocial: true,
+          headMetaRobots: true,
+          headMetaHttpEquiv: true,
+          headMetaVerification: true,
+          // the following are off for slimDOMOptions === true,
+          // as they destroy some (hidden) info:
+          headMetaAuthorship: _slimDOMOptions === 'all',
+          headMetaDescKeywords: _slimDOMOptions === 'all',
+        }
+      : _slimDOMOptions === false
+      ? {}
+      : _slimDOMOptions;
+
   polyfill();
 
   let lastFullSnapshotEvent: eventWithTime;
@@ -134,6 +155,7 @@ function record<T = eventWithTime>(
       blockSelector,
       inlineStylesheet,
       maskAllInputs: maskInputOptions,
+      slimDOM: slimDOMOptions,
       recordCanvas,
     });
 
@@ -299,6 +321,7 @@ function record<T = eventWithTime>(
             sampling,
             recordCanvas,
             collectFonts,
+            slimDOMOptions,
           },
           hooks,
         ),
diff --git a/src/record/mutation.ts b/src/record/mutation.ts
index 6c49fd4c..f0ef9cc2 100644
--- a/src/record/mutation.ts
+++ b/src/record/mutation.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import {
   serializeNodeWithId,
   transformAttribute,
   MaskInputOptions,
+  SlimDOMOptions,
+  IGNORED_NODE,
 } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
 import {
   mutationRecord,
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   removedNodeMutation,
   addedNodeMutation,
 } from '../types';
-import { mirror, isBlocked, isAncestorRemoved } from '../utils';
+import { mirror, isBlocked, isAncestorRemoved, isIgnored } from '../utils';
 
 type DoubleLinkedListNode = {
   previous: DoubleLinkedListNode | null;
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ export default class MutationBuffer {
   private inlineStylesheet: boolean;
   private maskInputOptions: MaskInputOptions;
   private recordCanvas: boolean;
+  private slimDOMOptions: SlimDOMOptions;
 
   public init(
     cb: mutationCallBack,
@@ -153,12 +156,14 @@ export default class MutationBuffer {
     inlineStylesheet: boolean,
     maskInputOptions: MaskInputOptions,
     recordCanvas: boolean,
+    slimDOMOptions: SlimDOMOptions,
   ) {
     this.blockClass = blockClass;
     this.blockSelector = blockSelector;
     this.inlineStylesheet = inlineStylesheet;
     this.maskInputOptions = maskInputOptions;
     this.recordCanvas = recordCanvas;
+    this.slimDOMOptions = slimDOMOptions;
     this.emissionCallback = cb;
   }
 
@@ -193,8 +198,12 @@ export default class MutationBuffer {
      */
     const addList = new DoubleLinkedList();
     const getNextId = (n: Node): number | null => {
-      let nextId =
-        n.nextSibling && mirror.getId((n.nextSibling as unknown) as INode);
+      let ns: Node | null = n;
+      let nextId: number | null = IGNORED_NODE; // slimDOM: ignored
+      while (nextId === IGNORED_NODE) {
+        ns = ns && ns.nextSibling;
+        nextId = ns && mirror.getId((ns as unknown) as INode);
+      }
       if (nextId === -1 && isBlocked(n.nextSibling, this.blockClass)) {
         nextId = null;
       }
@@ -209,21 +218,24 @@ export default class MutationBuffer {
       if (parentId === -1 || nextId === -1) {
         return addList.addNode(n);
       }
-      adds.push({
-        parentId,
-        nextId,
-        node: serializeNodeWithId(n, {
-          doc: document,
-          map: mirror.map,
-          blockClass: this.blockClass,
-          blockSelector: this.blockSelector,
-          skipChild: true,
-          inlineStylesheet: this.inlineStylesheet,
-          maskInputOptions: this.maskInputOptions,
-          slimDOMOptions: {},
-          recordCanvas: this.recordCanvas,
-        })!,
+      let sn = serializeNodeWithId(n, {
+        doc: document,
+        map: mirror.map,
+        blockClass: this.blockClass,
+        blockSelector: this.blockSelector,
+        skipChild: true,
+        inlineStylesheet: this.inlineStylesheet,
+        maskInputOptions: this.maskInputOptions,
+        slimDOMOptions: this.slimDOMOptions,
+        recordCanvas: this.recordCanvas,
       });
+      if (sn) {
+        adds.push({
+          parentId,
+          nextId,
+          node: sn,
+        });
+      }
     };
 
     while (this.mapRemoves.length) {
@@ -332,6 +344,9 @@ export default class MutationBuffer {
   };
 
   private processMutation = (m: mutationRecord) => {
+    if (isIgnored(m.target)) {
+      return;
+    }
     switch (m.type) {
       case 'characterData': {
         const value = m.target.textContent;
@@ -373,7 +388,8 @@ export default class MutationBuffer {
           const parentId = mirror.getId(m.target as INode);
           if (
             isBlocked(n, this.blockClass) ||
-            isBlocked(m.target, this.blockClass)
+            isBlocked(m.target, this.blockClass) ||
+            isIgnored(n)
           ) {
             return;
           }
@@ -421,6 +437,9 @@ export default class MutationBuffer {
       return;
     }
     if (isINode(n)) {
+      if (isIgnored(n)) {
+        return;
+      }
       this.movedSet.add(n);
       let targetId: number | null = null;
       if (target && isINode(target)) {
diff --git a/src/record/observer.ts b/src/record/observer.ts
index 6073e2dd..96243616 100644
--- a/src/record/observer.ts
+++ b/src/record/observer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { INode, MaskInputOptions } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
+import { INode, MaskInputOptions, SlimDOMOptions } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
 import { FontFaceDescriptors, FontFaceSet } from 'css-font-loading-module';
 import {
   mirror,
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ function initMutationObserver(
   inlineStylesheet: boolean,
   maskInputOptions: MaskInputOptions,
   recordCanvas: boolean,
+  slimDOMOptions: SlimDOMOptions,
 ): MutationObserver {
   // see mutation.ts for details
   mutationBuffer.init(
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ function initMutationObserver(
     inlineStylesheet,
     maskInputOptions,
     recordCanvas,
+    slimDOMOptions,
   );
   const observer = new MutationObserver(
     mutationBuffer.processMutations.bind(mutationBuffer),
@@ -584,6 +586,7 @@ export function initObservers(
     o.inlineStylesheet,
     o.maskInputOptions,
     o.recordCanvas,
+    o.slimDOMOptions,
   );
   const mousemoveHandler = initMoveObserver(o.mousemoveCb, o.sampling);
   const mouseInteractionHandler = initMouseInteractionObserver(
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index cddb2f52..4f1b8a64 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   idNodeMap,
   INode,
   MaskInputOptions,
+  SlimDOMOptions,
 } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
 import { PackFn, UnpackFn } from './packer/base';
 import { FontFaceDescriptors } from 'css-font-loading-module';
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ export type recordOptions<T> = {
   maskAllInputs?: boolean;
   maskInputOptions?: MaskInputOptions;
   maskInputFn?: MaskInputFn;
+  slimDOMOptions?: SlimDOMOptions;
   inlineStylesheet?: boolean;
   hooks?: hooksParam;
   packFn?: PackFn;
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ export type observerParam = {
   sampling: SamplingStrategy;
   recordCanvas: boolean;
   collectFonts: boolean;
+  slimDOMOptions: SlimDOMOptions;
 };
 
 export type hooksParam = {
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 15b8c70b..5b70dd9d 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   scrollData,
   inputData,
 } from './types';
-import { INode } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
+import { INode, IGNORED_NODE } from 'rrweb-snapshot';
 
 export function on(
   type: string,
@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ export function isBlocked(node: Node | null, blockClass: blockClass): boolean {
   return isBlocked(node.parentNode, blockClass);
 }
 
+export function isIgnored(n: Node | INode): boolean {
+  if ('__sn' in n) {
+    return (n as INode).__sn.id === IGNORED_NODE;
+  }
+  // The main part of the slimDOM check happens in
+  // rrweb-snapshot::serializeNodeWithId
+  return false;
+}
+
 export function isAncestorRemoved(target: INode): boolean {
   const id = mirror.getId(target);
   if (!mirror.has(id)) {