diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2bced061..746cf32d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fs_extra"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2022715d62ab30faffd124d40b76f4134a550a87792276512b18d63272333394"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
 version = "0.3.19"
@@ -365,6 +371,27 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6c8af84674fe1f223a982c933a0ee1086ac4d4052aa0fb8060c12c6ad838e754"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jemalloc-sys"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d3b9f3f5c9b31aa0f5ed3260385ac205db665baa41d49bb8338008ae94ede45"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "fs_extra",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jemallocator"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43ae63fcfc45e99ab3d1b29a46782ad679e98436c3169d15a167a1108a724b69"
+dependencies = [
+ "jemalloc-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.58"
@@ -547,6 +574,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "exitcode",
  "hmac",
  "hyper",
+ "jemallocator",
  "log",
  "md-5",
  "num_cpus",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 48ba966d..8284d2df 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ rustls-pemfile = "1"
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
 phf = { version = "0.11.1", features = ["macros"] }
 exitcode = "1.1.2"
+
+[target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
+jemallocator = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 467527c9..75aab69b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ extern crate tokio;
 extern crate tokio_rustls;
 extern crate toml;
 
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+use jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: Jemalloc = Jemalloc;
+
 use log::{error, info, warn};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use pgcat::format_duration;