diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b08f5b7dd762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jemalloc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "jemalloc-3.6.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.canonware.com/download/jemalloc/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1zl4vxxjvhg72bdl53sl0idz9wp18c6yzjdmqcnwm09wvmcj2v71";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.canonware.com/jemalloc/index.html;
+    description = "a general purpose malloc(3) implementation that emphasizes fragmentation avoidance and scalable concurrency support";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3663e993470..1d6d4aa29e3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5967,6 +5967,8 @@ let
 
   jbig2dec = callPackage ../development/libraries/jbig2dec { };
 
+  jemalloc = callPackage ../development/libraries/jemalloc { };
+
   jetty_gwt = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/jetty-gwt { };
 
   jetty_util = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/jetty-util { };