diff --git a/cmake/XrplCompiler.cmake b/cmake/XrplCompiler.cmake
index cb4e797137..541d7abd21 100644
--- a/cmake/XrplCompiler.cmake
+++ b/cmake/XrplCompiler.cmake
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ elseif(use_gold AND is_gcc)
        disabling would be to figure out all the settings
        required to make gold play nicely with jemalloc.
     #]=========================================================]
-    if(("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "GNU gold") AND (NOT jemalloc))
+    if(("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "GNU gold") AND (NOT jemalloc) AND (NOT tcmalloc))
         target_link_libraries(
             common
             INTERFACE
diff --git a/cmake/XrplInterface.cmake b/cmake/XrplInterface.cmake
index 825cb63310..0bba3ab154 100644
--- a/cmake/XrplInterface.cmake
+++ b/cmake/XrplInterface.cmake
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ if(jemalloc)
     target_link_libraries(opts INTERFACE jemalloc::jemalloc)
 endif()
 
+if(tcmalloc)
+    find_package(gperftools REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(opts INTERFACE gperftools::gperftools)
+endif()
+
 #[===================================================================[
    xrpld transitive library deps via an interface library
 #]===================================================================]
diff --git a/cmake/XrplSettings.cmake b/cmake/XrplSettings.cmake
index 757a596096..0c45744e28 100644
--- a/cmake/XrplSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/XrplSettings.cmake
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 option(jemalloc "Enables jemalloc for heap profiling" OFF)
+option(tcmalloc "Link xrpld against tcmalloc (gperftools) as the global allocator" OFF)
+if(jemalloc AND tcmalloc)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "jemalloc and tcmalloc are mutually exclusive")
+endif()
 option(werr "treat warnings as errors" OFF)
 option(
     local_protobuf
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 77666f5a2c..852350c255 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import re
 from conan.tools.cmake import CMake, CMakeToolchain, cmake_layout
 
 from conan import ConanFile
+from conan.errors import ConanInvalidConfiguration
 
 
 class Xrpl(ConanFile):
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class Xrpl(ConanFile):
         "rocksdb": [True, False],
         "shared": [True, False],
         "static": [True, False],
+        "tcmalloc": [True, False],
         "telemetry": [True, False],
         "tests": [True, False],
         "unity": [True, False],
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ class Xrpl(ConanFile):
         "rocksdb": True,
         "shared": False,
         "static": True,
+        "tcmalloc": False,
         "telemetry": True,
         "tests": False,
         "unity": False,
@@ -125,6 +128,10 @@ class Xrpl(ConanFile):
                 self.version = match.group(1)
 
     def configure(self):
+        if self.options.tcmalloc and self.options.jemalloc:
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(
+                "jemalloc and tcmalloc cannot both be enabled"
+            )
         if self.settings.compiler == "apple-clang":
             self.options["boost"].visibility = "global"
         if self.settings.compiler in ["clang", "gcc"]:
@@ -135,6 +142,8 @@ class Xrpl(ConanFile):
         self.requires("date/3.0.4", transitive_headers=True)
         if self.options.jemalloc:
             self.requires("jemalloc/5.3.1")
+        if self.options.tcmalloc:
+            self.requires("gperftools/2.16")
         self.requires("lz4/1.10.0", force=True)
         self.requires("mpt-crypto/0.4.0-rc2", transitive_headers=True)
         self.requires("protobuf/6.33.5", force=True)
@@ -171,6 +180,7 @@ class Xrpl(ConanFile):
         tc.variables["assert"] = self.options.assertions
         tc.variables["coverage"] = self.options.coverage
         tc.variables["jemalloc"] = self.options.jemalloc
+        tc.variables["tcmalloc"] = self.options.tcmalloc
         tc.variables["rocksdb"] = self.options.rocksdb
         tc.variables["BUILD_SHARED_LIBS"] = self.options.shared
         tc.variables["static"] = self.options.static
diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/main/Application.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/main/Application.cpp
index 4620a3165b..3b7396c919 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/main/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/main/Application.cpp
@@ -1129,7 +1129,8 @@ public:
                                    << "; size after: " << cachedSLEs_.size();
         }
 
-        mallocTrim("doSweep", journal_);
+        // Disabled for allocator benchmark: no proactive malloc_trim on sweep.
+        // mallocTrim("doSweep", journal_);
 
         // Set timer to do another sweep later.
         setSweepTimer();