diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bf856052d4..3c7d60431c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5723,6 +5723,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "solana-version",
  "solana-vote-program",
  "symlink",
+ "tikv-jemallocator",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6138,6 +6139,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemalloc-sys"
+version = "0.4.2+5.2.1-patched.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5844e429d797c62945a566f8da4e24c7fe3fbd5d6617fd8bf7a0b7dc1ee0f22e"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "fs_extra",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemallocator"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c14a5a604eb8715bc5785018a37d00739b180bcf609916ddf4393d33d49ccdf"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "tikv-jemalloc-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.43"
diff --git a/validator/Cargo.toml b/validator/Cargo.toml
index 3fcd7b76d9..d5867ddd8b 100644
--- a/validator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validator/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ solana-version = { path = "../version", version = "=1.8.0" }
 solana-vote-program = { path = "../programs/vote", version = "=1.8.0" }
 symlink = "0.1.0"
 
+[target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
+jemallocator = {package = "tikv-jemallocator", version = "0.4.1"}
+
 [target."cfg(unix)".dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.102"
 signal-hook = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/validator/src/main.rs b/validator/src/main.rs
index 92f1ef55e8..066bc9e97f 100644
--- a/validator/src/main.rs
+++ b/validator/src/main.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ use {
     },
 };
 
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+use jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: Jemalloc = Jemalloc;
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 enum Operation {
     Initialize,