diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cb9d754e2ad..f3387e92a61 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2176,6 +2176,26 @@ version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
 
+[[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 = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.70"
@@ -3800,6 +3820,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "graphql-parser",
  "hyper",
  "indoc 2.0.3",
+ "jemallocator",
  "mongodb-query-connector",
  "prisma-metrics",
  "psl",
@@ -3890,6 +3911,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "connection-string",
  "driver-adapters",
  "futures",
+ "jemallocator",
  "napi",
  "napi-build",
  "napi-derive",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 53c478bb120..f06645292af 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ url = { version = "2.5.0" }
 bson = { version = "2.11.0", features = ["chrono-0_4", "uuid-1"] }
 mongodb = { git = "https://github.com/prisma/mongo-rust-driver.git", branch = "RUST-1994/happy-eyeballs" }
 
+jemallocator = "0.5.4"
+
 [workspace.dependencies.quaint]
 path = "quaint"
 
diff --git a/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/Cargo.toml b/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/Cargo.toml
index a12e7a28675..457a1a1609f 100644
--- a/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ tokio.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 prisma-metrics.path = "../../libs/metrics"
 
+jemallocator.workspace = true
+
 [build-dependencies]
 napi-build = "1"
 build-utils.path = "../../libs/build-utils"
diff --git a/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/src/lib.rs b/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/src/lib.rs
index 3117dfd42d3..8964e2759f5 100644
--- a/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+use jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+
 pub mod engine;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod functions;
 pub mod logger;
 
 pub(crate) type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, error::ApiError>;
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: Jemalloc = Jemalloc;
diff --git a/query-engine/query-engine/Cargo.toml b/query-engine/query-engine/Cargo.toml
index 439a64f987c..e16c4bf7ce4 100644
--- a/query-engine/query-engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/query-engine/query-engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ prisma-metrics.path = "../../libs/metrics"
 user-facing-errors = { path = "../../libs/user-facing-errors" }
 telemetry = { path = "../../libs/telemetry" }
 
+jemallocator.workspace = true
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = "*"
 quaint.workspace = true
diff --git a/query-engine/query-engine/src/main.rs b/query-engine/query-engine/src/main.rs
index 17900c4ad74..0acddffdc67 100644
--- a/query-engine/query-engine/src/main.rs
+++ b/query-engine/query-engine/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
 
+use jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 use query_engine::cli::CliCommand;
 use query_engine::context;
 use query_engine::error::PrismaError;
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ use query_engine::LogFormat;
 use std::{error::Error, process};
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: Jemalloc = Jemalloc;
+
 type AnyError = Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync + 'static>;
 
 #[tokio::main]