diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 465f5f7..45db2f2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # https://github.com/desktop-app/legal/blob/master/LEGAL
 
 add_subdirectory(external)
-if (LINUX)
+if (LINUX AND NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_JEMALLOC)
     add_subdirectory(linux_jemalloc_helper)
 endif()
 if (LINUX AND NOT DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 0922a66..46b15a4 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if (add_hunspell_library)
 	add_checked_subdirectory(hunspell)
 endif()
 add_checked_subdirectory(iconv)
-if (LINUX)
+if (LINUX AND NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_JEMALLOC)
     add_checked_subdirectory(jemalloc)
 endif()
 add_checked_subdirectory(jpeg)
diff --git a/options_linux.cmake b/options_linux.cmake
index 9312468..5a4c298 100644
--- a/options_linux.cmake
+++ b/options_linux.cmake
@@ -62,10 +62,16 @@ if (DESKTOP_APP_SPECIAL_TARGET)
     target_link_options(common_options INTERFACE $<IF:$<CONFIG:Debug>,,-g -flto -fuse-linker-plugin>)
 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>
+	)
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(common_options
 INTERFACE
-    $<TARGET_OBJECTS:desktop-app::linux_jemalloc_helper>
-    $<LINK_ONLY:desktop-app::external_jemalloc>
     ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )
 
diff --git a/variables.cmake b/variables.cmake
index 4d6c9bd..aaafc6a 100644
--- a/variables.cmake
+++ b/variables.cmake
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE "Disable autoupdate." ${disable_autoupdate
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_HUNSPELL_ONLY "Disable system spellchecker and use bundled Hunspell only. (For debugging purposes)" OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_ENCHANT "Use Enchant instead of bundled Hunspell. (Linux only)" OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_NO_PDB "Disable PDB file generation. (Windows only)" OFF)
+option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_JEMALLOC "Disable jemalloc, use system malloc (Linux only)." OFF)
 
 if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED AND DEFINED CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES)
     set(DESKTOP_APP_MAC_ARCH "${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}" CACHE STRING "Target macOS arch. (macOS only)")