diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 685a49e55..03cf42f49 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ find_package(MySQLClient)
 find_package(MySQL)
 find_package(Pandoc)
 find_package(TCMalloc)
-
+find_package(Jemalloc)
 # You can find the variables set by this in the FindCURL.cmake file
 # which is a default module in CMake.
 find_package(CURL) 
diff --git a/cmake/FindJemalloc.cmake b/cmake/FindJemalloc.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bea2d5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindJemalloc.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# this CMake file defines the following variables
+# JEMALLOC_FOUND - Jemalloc was found
+# JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES - Jemalloc library
+find_library(JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES NAMES jemalloc libjemalloc.so.4 libjemalloc.so.4.2.2)
+if(JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES)
+    set(JEMALLOC_FOUND TRUE CACHE INTERNAL "")
+    message(STATUS "Found libjemalloc: ${JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES}")
+else()
+  set(JEMALLOC_FOUND FALSE CACHE INTERNAL "")
+  message(STATUS "Could not find libjemalloc, using system default malloc instead.")
+endif()