diff --git a/js/defs.js b/js/defs.js
index 464d276..e1b0bef 100644
--- a/js/defs.js
+++ b/js/defs.js
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ export const COMPAT_FLAGS = [
     rulesets: new Set(['lynx', 'ms']),
 }, {
     key: 'player_protected_by_items',
-    label: "Players can't get trampled when standing on items",
+    label: "Players can't be trampled when standing on items",
+    rulesets: new Set(['lynx']),
+}, {
+    // Note that this requires no_early_push as well
+    key: 'player_safe_at_decision_time',
+    label: "Players can't be trampled at decision time",
     rulesets: new Set(['lynx']),
 }, {
     key: 'emulate_60fps',
diff --git a/js/game.js b/js/game.js
index 1c1797f..c99c620 100644
--- a/js/game.js
+++ b/js/game.js
@@ -1654,7 +1654,11 @@ export class Level extends LevelInterface {
             // a player thinks about moving into a monster, the player dies.  A player standing on a
             // wall is only saved by the wall being checked first.  This is also why standing on an
             // item won't save you: actors are checked before items!
-            if (layer === LAYERS.actor) {
+            if (layer === LAYERS.actor &&
+                // Lynx: Touching a monster at decision time doesn't kill you, and pushing doesn't
+                // happen at decision time thanks to no_early_push
+                (! this.compat.player_safe_at_decision_time || push_mode === 'push'))
+            {
                 this._check_for_player_death(actor, tile);
             }