diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 49b4dd38..c3e26531 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2210,6 +2210,26 @@ version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
 
+[[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 = "jobserver"
 version = "0.1.28"
@@ -2515,6 +2535,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dashmap 5.5.3",
  "dotenv",
  "futures",
+ "jemallocator",
  "jsonrpsee",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 948e4596..b196f47f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ prometheus = "0.13.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 async-channel = "1.8.0"
+jemallocator = "0.5"
 
 quinn = "0.10.2"
 quinn-proto = "0.10.5"
diff --git a/lite-rpc/Cargo.toml b/lite-rpc/Cargo.toml
index 616006f7..c7b9268b 100644
--- a/lite-rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lite-rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.28.2", features = ["full", "fs"]}
 tokio-util = "0.7"
 tokio-postgres = { version = "0.7.8", features = ["with-chrono-0_4"] }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
+jemallocator = { workspace = true }
 
 solana-lite-rpc-core = { workspace = true }
 solana-lite-rpc-services = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/lite-rpc/src/main.rs b/lite-rpc/src/main.rs
index 4cffed86..625fbf93 100644
--- a/lite-rpc/src/main.rs
+++ b/lite-rpc/src/main.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 use tokio::time::{timeout, Instant};
 
+// jemalloc seems to be better at keeping the memory footprint reasonable over
+// longer periods of time
+#[global_allocator]
+static ALLOC: jemallocator::Jemalloc = jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+
 async fn get_latest_block(
     mut block_stream: BlockStream,
     commitment_config: CommitmentConfig,