diff --git a/src/apply.ts b/src/apply.ts
index 06dc539..17b3761 100644
--- a/src/apply.ts
+++ b/src/apply.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { Draft, Options, Patches, DraftType, Operation } from './interface';
+import { Operation, DraftType } from './interface';
+import type {
+  Draft,
+  Patches,
+  ApplyMutableOptions,
+  ApplyOptions,
+  ApplyResult,
+} from './interface';
 import { deepClone, get, getType, isDraft, unescapePath } from './utils';
 import { create } from './create';
 
@@ -23,14 +30,11 @@ import { create } from './create';
  * expect(state).toEqual(apply(baseState, patches));
  * ```
  */
-export function apply<T extends object, F extends boolean = false>(
-  state: T,
-  patches: Patches,
-  applyOptions?: Pick<
-    Options<boolean, F>,
-    Exclude<keyof Options<boolean, F>, 'enablePatches'>
-  >
-) {
+export function apply<
+  T extends object,
+  F extends boolean = false,
+  A extends ApplyOptions<F> = ApplyOptions<F>
+>(state: T, patches: Patches, applyOptions?: A): ApplyResult<T, F, A> {
   let i: number;
   for (i = patches.length - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
     const { value, op, path } = patches[i];
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ export function apply<T extends object, F extends boolean = false>(
   if (i > -1) {
     patches = patches.slice(i + 1);
   }
-  const mutate = (draft: Draft<T>) => {
+  const mutate = (draft: Draft<T> | T) => {
     patches.forEach((patch) => {
       const { path: _path, op } = patch;
       const path = unescapePath(_path);
@@ -122,15 +126,19 @@ export function apply<T extends object, F extends boolean = false>(
       }
     });
   };
+  if ((applyOptions as ApplyMutableOptions)?.mutable) {
+    mutate(state);
+    return undefined as ApplyResult<T, F, A>;
+  }
   if (isDraft(state)) {
     if (applyOptions !== undefined) {
       throw new Error(`Cannot apply patches with options to a draft.`);
     }
     mutate(state as Draft<T>);
-    return state;
+    return state as ApplyResult<T, F, A>;
   }
   return create<T, F>(state, mutate, {
     ...applyOptions,
     enablePatches: false,
-  });
+  }) as any;
 }
diff --git a/src/interface.ts b/src/interface.ts
index 0fbabe3..58b83ad 100644
--- a/src/interface.ts
+++ b/src/interface.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ export type Mark<O extends PatchesOptions, F extends boolean> = (
   ? BaseMark
   : MarkWithCopy;
 
+export interface ApplyMutableOptions {
+  /**
+   * If it's `true`, the state will be mutated directly.
+   */
+  mutable?: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface Options<O extends PatchesOptions, F extends boolean> {
   /**
    * In strict mode, Forbid accessing non-draftable values and forbid returning a non-draft value.
@@ -190,3 +197,16 @@ export type Draft<T> = T extends Primitive | AtomicObject
   : T extends object
   ? DraftedObject<T>
   : T;
+
+export type ApplyOptions<F extends boolean> =
+  | Pick<
+      Options<boolean, F>,
+      Exclude<keyof Options<boolean, F>, 'enablePatches'>
+    >
+  | ApplyMutableOptions;
+
+export type ApplyResult<
+  T extends object,
+  F extends boolean = false,
+  A extends ApplyOptions<F> = ApplyOptions<F>
+> = A extends { mutable: true } ? void : T;
diff --git a/test/apply.test.ts b/test/apply.test.ts
index b520751..3d16aad 100644
--- a/test/apply.test.ts
+++ b/test/apply.test.ts
@@ -1305,16 +1305,6 @@ test('merge multiple patches', () => {
       enablePatches: true,
     }
   );
-  console.log(
-    JSON.stringify(
-      {
-        patches,
-        inversePatches,
-      },
-      null,
-      2
-    )
-  );
   const [state1, patches1, inversePatches1] = create(
     state,
     (draft) => {
@@ -1357,3 +1347,46 @@ test('merge multiple patches', () => {
   ]);
   expect(errorPrevState).not.toEqual(arr);
 });
+
+test('base - mutate', () => {
+  const baseState = {
+    a: {
+      c: 1,
+    },
+  };
+  const [state, patches, inversePatches] = create(
+    baseState,
+    (draft) => {
+      draft.a.c = 2;
+    },
+    {
+      enablePatches: true,
+    }
+  );
+  expect(state).toEqual({ a: { c: 2 } });
+  expect({ patches, inversePatches }).toEqual({
+    patches: [
+      {
+        op: 'replace',
+        path: ['a', 'c'],
+        value: 2,
+      },
+    ],
+    inversePatches: [
+      {
+        op: 'replace',
+        path: ['a', 'c'],
+        value: 1,
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  const nextState = apply(baseState, patches);
+  expect(nextState).toEqual({ a: { c: 2 } });
+  expect(baseState).toEqual({ a: { c: 1 } });
+
+  const result = apply(baseState, patches, {
+    mutable: true,
+  });
+  expect(baseState).toEqual({ a: { c: 2 } });
+  expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+});