diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 4bd74923..8a59ce94 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ WITH_CJSON:=yes
 # Build mosquitto with support for the $CONTROL topics.
 WITH_CONTROL:=yes
 
+# Build the broker with the jemalloc allocator
+WITH_JEMALLOC:=no
+
 # =============================================================================
 # End of user configuration
 # =============================================================================
@@ -301,6 +304,10 @@ ifeq ($(WITH_DOCS),yes)
 	MAKE_ALL:=$(MAKE_ALL) docs
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(WITH_JEMALLOC),yes)
+	BROKER_LDADD:=$(BROKER_LDADD) -ljemalloc
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(WITH_UNIX_SOCKETS),yes)
 	BROKER_CPPFLAGS:=$(BROKER_CPPFLAGS) -DWITH_UNIX_SOCKETS
 	LIB_CPPFLAGS:=$(LIB_CPPFLAGS) -DWITH_UNIX_SOCKETS