diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 77b6c0cbb7..f4647350b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_v8",
  "smallvec",
  "sourcemap",
+ "tikv-jemalloc-sys",
  "tokio",
  "url",
  "v8",
@@ -5130,6 +5131,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemalloc-sys"
+version = "0.5.3+5.3.0-patched"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a678df20055b43e57ef8cddde41cdfda9a3c1a060b67f4c5836dfb1d78543ba8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.20"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 141583710b..0e0b1d2c7b 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ sourcemap = "6.1"
 url.workspace = true
 v8.workspace = true
 
+[target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
+tikv-jemalloc-sys = "0.5"
+
 [[example]]
 name = "http_bench_json_ops"
 path = "examples/http_bench_json_ops/main.rs"
diff --git a/core/runtime.rs b/core/runtime.rs
index 46256b8d8e..5470a89b9b 100644
--- a/core/runtime.rs
+++ b/core/runtime.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,48 @@ struct IsolateAllocations {
     Option<(Box<RefCell<dyn Any>>, v8::NearHeapLimitCallback)>,
 }
 
+/// A custom allocator for array buffers for V8. It uses `jemalloc` so it's
+/// not available on Windows.
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+mod custom_allocator {
+  use std::ffi::c_void;
+
+  pub struct RustAllocator;
+
+  pub unsafe extern "C" fn allocate(
+    _alloc: &RustAllocator,
+    n: usize,
+  ) -> *mut c_void {
+    tikv_jemalloc_sys::calloc(1, n)
+  }
+
+  pub unsafe extern "C" fn allocate_uninitialized(
+    _alloc: &RustAllocator,
+    n: usize,
+  ) -> *mut c_void {
+    tikv_jemalloc_sys::malloc(n)
+  }
+
+  pub unsafe extern "C" fn free(
+    _alloc: &RustAllocator,
+    data: *mut c_void,
+    _n: usize,
+  ) {
+    tikv_jemalloc_sys::free(data)
+  }
+
+  pub unsafe extern "C" fn reallocate(
+    _alloc: &RustAllocator,
+    prev: *mut c_void,
+    _oldlen: usize,
+    newlen: usize,
+  ) -> *mut c_void {
+    tikv_jemalloc_sys::realloc(prev, newlen)
+  }
+
+  pub unsafe extern "C" fn drop(_alloc: *const RustAllocator) {}
+}
+
 /// A single execution context of JavaScript. Corresponds roughly to the "Web
 /// Worker" concept in the DOM. A JsRuntime is a Future that can be used with
 /// an event loop (Tokio, async_std).
@@ -393,6 +435,20 @@ impl JsRuntime {
       }
       (isolate, snapshot_options)
     } else {
+      #[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+      let vtable: &'static v8::RustAllocatorVtable<
+        custom_allocator::RustAllocator,
+      > = &v8::RustAllocatorVtable {
+        allocate: custom_allocator::allocate,
+        allocate_uninitialized: custom_allocator::allocate_uninitialized,
+        free: custom_allocator::free,
+        reallocate: custom_allocator::reallocate,
+        drop: custom_allocator::drop,
+      };
+      #[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+      let allocator = Arc::new(custom_allocator::RustAllocator);
+
+      #[allow(unused_mut)]
       let mut params = options
         .create_params
         .take()
@@ -404,6 +460,14 @@ impl JsRuntime {
         })
         .external_references(&**refs);
 
+      #[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+      // SAFETY: We are leaking the created `allocator` variable so we're sure
+      // it will outlive the created isolate. We also made sure that the vtable
+      // is correct.
+      let mut params = params.array_buffer_allocator(unsafe {
+        v8::new_rust_allocator(Arc::into_raw(allocator), vtable)
+      });
+
       if let Some(snapshot) = options.startup_snapshot {
         params = match snapshot {
           Snapshot::Static(data) => params.snapshot_blob(data),