diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bb8789c..44954c1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 # https://github.com/desktop-app/legal/blob/master/LEGAL
 
 add_subdirectory(external)
-if (LINUX AND NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_JEMALLOC)
-    add_subdirectory(linux_jemalloc_helper)
-endif()
 if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_ALLOCATION_TRACER)
     add_subdirectory(linux_allocation_tracer)
 endif()
diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index d9af92a..34181cc 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ if (add_hunspell_library)
 	add_checked_subdirectory(hunspell)
 endif()
 add_checked_subdirectory(iconv)
-if (LINUX AND NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_JEMALLOC)
-    add_checked_subdirectory(jemalloc)
-endif()
 add_checked_subdirectory(jpeg)
 add_checked_subdirectory(kcoreaddons)
 add_checked_subdirectory(kimageformats)
@@ -57,6 +54,9 @@ add_checked_subdirectory(qr_code_generator)
 add_checked_subdirectory(ranges)
 add_checked_subdirectory(rlottie)
 add_checked_subdirectory(rnnoise)
+if (LINUX AND NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_SCUDO)
+    add_checked_subdirectory(scudo)
+endif()
 add_checked_subdirectory(ton)
 add_checked_subdirectory(variant)
 add_checked_subdirectory(vpx)
diff --git a/external/jemalloc/CMakeLists.txt b/external/jemalloc/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b87c00..0000000
--- a/external/jemalloc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-# This file is part of Desktop App Toolkit,
-# a set of libraries for developing nice desktop applications.
-#
-# For license and copyright information please follow this link:
-# https://github.com/desktop-app/legal/blob/master/LEGAL
-
-add_library(external_jemalloc INTERFACE IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-add_library(desktop-app::external_jemalloc ALIAS external_jemalloc)
-
-if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
-    return()
-endif()
-
-if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
-    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-    pkg_check_modules(JEMALLOC jemalloc)
-
-    if (JEMALLOC_FOUND)
-        target_include_directories(external_jemalloc SYSTEM
-        INTERFACE
-            ${JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-        )
-
-        target_link_libraries(external_jemalloc
-        INTERFACE
-            -Wl,--push-state,--no-as-needed,${JEMALLOC_LINK_LIBRARIES},--pop-state
-        )
-
-        return()
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-include(ProcessorCount)
-ProcessorCount(N)
-
-include(ExternalProject)
-ExternalProject_Add(jemalloc
-    URL ${third_party_loc}/jemalloc
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND env
-        CC=clang
-        CXX=clang++
-        "$<IF:$<OR:$<NOT:$<BOOL:${DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED}>>,$<BOOL:${DESKTOP_APP_SPECIAL_TARGET}>>,EXTRA_CFLAGS=-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector-all -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -DNDEBUG -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS,=>"
-        "$<IF:$<OR:$<NOT:$<BOOL:${DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED}>>,$<BOOL:${DESKTOP_APP_SPECIAL_TARGET}>>,EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fstack-protector-all -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -DNDEBUG -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS,=>"
-        ./autogen.sh --disable-shared
-    BUILD_COMMAND make $<$<NOT:$<EQUAL:${N},0>>:-j${N}>
-    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-    STEP_TARGETS build
-    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE
-    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS <SOURCE_DIR>/lib/libjemalloc_pic.a
-)
-
-ExternalProject_Get_property(jemalloc SOURCE_DIR)
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${SOURCE_DIR}/include")
-
-target_include_directories(external_jemalloc SYSTEM
-INTERFACE
-    ${SOURCE_DIR}/include
-)
-
-target_link_libraries(external_jemalloc
-INTERFACE
-    -Wl,--push-state,--whole-archive,${SOURCE_DIR}/lib/libjemalloc_pic.a,--pop-state
-)
-
-add_dependencies(external_jemalloc jemalloc-build)
diff --git a/external/scudo/CMakeLists.txt b/external/scudo/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc79fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/scudo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# This file is part of Desktop App Toolkit,
+# a set of libraries for developing nice desktop applications.
+#
+# For license and copyright information please follow this link:
+# https://github.com/desktop-app/legal/blob/master/LEGAL
+
+add_library(external_scudo STATIC)
+add_library(desktop-app::external_scudo ALIAS external_scudo)
+init_target(external_scudo "(external)")
+
+set(scudo_loc ${third_party_loc}/scudo)
+
+# https://llvm.org/docs/ScudoHardenedAllocator.html#library
+file(GLOB scudo_srcs ${scudo_loc}/*.cpp)
+target_sources(external_scudo
+PRIVATE
+    ${scudo_srcs}
+)
+
+target_include_directories(external_scudo SYSTEM
+PRIVATE
+    ${scudo_loc}/include
+)
+
+add_library(external_scudo_options INTERFACE)
+target_compile_options(external_scudo_options
+INTERFACE
+    -fno-lto
+    -Wno-unused-result
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(external_scudo
+PRIVATE
+    external_scudo_options
+)
diff --git a/linux_jemalloc_helper/CMakeLists.txt b/linux_jemalloc_helper/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0466d8a..0000000
--- a/linux_jemalloc_helper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# This file is part of Desktop App Toolkit,
-# a set of libraries for developing nice desktop applications.
-#
-# For license and copyright information please follow this link:
-# https://github.com/desktop-app/legal/blob/master/LEGAL
-
-add_library(linux_jemalloc_helper OBJECT)
-init_target(linux_jemalloc_helper "(external)")
-add_library(desktop-app::linux_jemalloc_helper ALIAS linux_jemalloc_helper)
-
-nice_target_sources(linux_jemalloc_helper ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-PRIVATE
-    linux_jemalloc_helper.cpp
-)
-
-target_link_libraries(linux_jemalloc_helper
-PRIVATE
-    desktop-app::external_jemalloc
-)
diff --git a/linux_jemalloc_helper/linux_jemalloc_helper.cpp b/linux_jemalloc_helper/linux_jemalloc_helper.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 76bc863..0000000
--- a/linux_jemalloc_helper/linux_jemalloc_helper.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// This file is part of Desktop App Toolkit,
-// a set of libraries for developing nice desktop applications.
-//
-// For license and copyright information please follow this link:
-// https://github.com/desktop-app/legal/blob/master/LEGAL
-//
-#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-#include <malloc_np.h>
-#else // __FreeBSD__
-#include <jemalloc/jemalloc.h>
-#endif // !__FreeBSD__
-
-namespace {
-
-class JemallocInitializer {
-public:
-	JemallocInitializer() {
-		auto backgroundThread = true;
-		mallctl("background_thread", nullptr, nullptr, &backgroundThread, sizeof(bool));
-	}
-};
-
-static const JemallocInitializer initializer;
-
-} // namespace
diff --git a/options_linux.cmake b/options_linux.cmake
index 2351d6c..bd93f79 100644
--- a/options_linux.cmake
+++ b/options_linux.cmake
@@ -99,12 +99,11 @@ if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED OR DESKTOP_APP_SPECIAL_TARGET)
     )
 endif()
 
-if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_JEMALLOC)
-	target_link_libraries(common_options
-	INTERFACE
-	    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:desktop-app::linux_jemalloc_helper>
-	    $<LINK_ONLY:desktop-app::external_jemalloc>
-	)
+if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_SCUDO)
+    target_link_libraries(common_options
+    INTERFACE
+        $<LINK_ONLY:desktop-app::external_scudo>
+    )
 endif()
 
 if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_ALLOCATION_TRACER)
diff --git a/variables.cmake b/variables.cmake
index 67af35b..ddc1c58 100644
--- a/variables.cmake
+++ b/variables.cmake
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_HUNSPELL_ONLY "Disable system spellchecker and use bundle
 cmake_dependent_option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_ENCHANT "Use Enchant instead of bundled Hunspell." OFF LINUX OFF)
 cmake_dependent_option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_CLD3 "Disable system text language recognition and use bundled cld3 only." OFF APPLE ON)
 cmake_dependent_option(DESKTOP_APP_NO_PDB "Disable PDB file generation." OFF WIN32 OFF)
-cmake_dependent_option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_JEMALLOC "Disable jemalloc, use system malloc." OFF LINUX OFF)
+cmake_dependent_option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_SCUDO "Disable scudo, use system malloc." OFF LINUX OFF)
 
 if (APPLE AND NOT DEFINED DESKTOP_APP_MAC_ARCH)
     if (DEFINED CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES)