diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index e1e82c090..9a2cf8ca3 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -1367,6 +1367,26 @@ version = "1.0.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "62b02a5381cc465bd3041d84623d0fa3b66738b52b8e2fc3bab8ad63ab032f4a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jemalloc-sys"
+version = "0.5.4+5.3.0-patched"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac6c1946e1cea1788cbfde01c993b52a10e2da07f4bac608228d1bed20bfebf2"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jemallocator"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0de374a9f8e63150e6f5e8a60cc14c668226d7a347d8aee1a45766e3c4dd3bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "jemalloc-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
 version = "0.1.30"
@@ -1947,6 +1967,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "google-cloud-pubsub",
  "hex",
  "itertools 0.12.1",
+ "jemallocator",
  "kanal",
  "native-tls",
  "num_cpus",
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index acb5faa09..50206a411 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ google-cloud-googleapis = "0.10.0"
 google-cloud-pubsub = "0.18.0"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 itertools = "0.12.1"
+jemallocator = { version = "0.5.0", features = [
+    "profiling",
+    "unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platforms",
+] }
 kanal = { version = "0.1.0-pre8", features = ["async"] }
 once_cell = "1.10.0"
 num_cpus = "1.16.0"
diff --git a/rust/processor/Cargo.toml b/rust/processor/Cargo.toml
index c5ac7981f..36853359e 100644
--- a/rust/processor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/processor/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ native-tls = { workspace = true }
 postgres-native-tls = { workspace = true }
 tokio-postgres = { workspace = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+jemallocator = { workspace = true }
+
 [features]
 libpq = ["diesel/postgres"]
 # When using the default features we enable the diesel/postgres feature. We configure
diff --git a/rust/processor/src/main.rs b/rust/processor/src/main.rs
index 3e4b6cfdf..f26edb921 100644
--- a/rust/processor/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/processor/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use processor::IndexerGrpcProcessorConfig;
 use server_framework::ServerArgs;
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[global_allocator]
+static ALLOC: jemallocator::Jemalloc = jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+
 const RUNTIME_WORKER_MULTIPLIER: usize = 2;
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {