diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 001701b6a..74805c282 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ if (NOT NETSNMP_FOUND)
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find net-snmp!")
 endif()
 
+INCLUDE (FindJeMalloc)
+if (NOT JEMALLOC_FOUND)
+    message(WARNING "jemalloc not found! Compiling with standard malloc")
+endif()
+
 FIND_PROGRAM(AWK_EXECUTABLE awk DOC "path to the awk executable")
 if(NOT AWK_EXECUTABLE)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "awk not found!")
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ SET (ENGINE_MYSQLDIR   "${INSTALL_ENGINE}/mysql")
 SET (ENGINE_MIBDIR     "${INSTALL_ENGINE}/share/snmp/mibs")
 SET (ENGINE_TOOLSDIR   "${INSTALL_ENGINE}/tools")
 
-SET (ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS     messageqcpp loggingcpp configcpp idbboot ${Boost_LIBRARIES} xml2 pthread rt)
+SET (ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS     messageqcpp loggingcpp configcpp idbboot ${Boost_LIBRARIES} xml2 pthread rt ${JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES})
 SET (ENGINE_OAM_LIBS        oamcpp snmpmanager)
 SET (ENGINE_BRM_LIBS        brm idbdatafile cacheutils rwlock ${ENGINE_OAM_LIBS} ${ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS})
 SET (ENGINE_EXEC_LIBS       joblist execplan windowfunction joiner rowgroup funcexp udfsdk dataconvert common compress mysqlcl_idb querystats querytele thrift threadpool ${ENGINE_BRM_LIBS})
@@ -204,6 +209,4 @@ ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(writeengine/server)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(writeengine/bulk)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(writeengine/splitter)
 
-INSTALL(PROGRAMS utils/jemalloc/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0 DESTINATION ${ENGINE_LIBDIR} COMPONENT libs)
-
 INCLUDE(cpackEngineRPM.cmake)
diff --git a/FindJeMalloc.cmake b/FindJeMalloc.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c97bb1b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FindJeMalloc.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# - Try to find jemalloc headers and libraries.
+#
+# Usage of this module as follows:
+#
+#     find_package(JeMalloc)
+#
+# Variables used by this module, they can change the default behaviour and need
+# to be set before calling find_package:
+#
+#  JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR Set this variable to the root installation of
+#                    jemalloc if the module has problems finding
+#                    the proper installation path.
+#
+# Variables defined by this module:
+#
+#  JEMALLOC_FOUND             System has jemalloc libs/headers
+#  JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES         The jemalloc library/libraries
+#  JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR       The location of jemalloc headers
+
+find_path(JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR
+    NAMES include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h
+)
+
+find_library(JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES
+    NAMES jemalloc
+    HINTS ${JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR}/lib
+)
+
+find_path(JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR
+    NAMES jemalloc/jemalloc.h
+    HINTS ${JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR}/include
+)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(JeMalloc DEFAULT_MSG
+    JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES
+    JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR
+)
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+    JEMALLOC_ROOT_DIR
+    JEMALLOC_LIBRARIES
+    JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR
+)
diff --git a/build/columnstore.community.spec.in b/build/columnstore.community.spec.in
index ad80b46c7..e53017618 100644
--- a/build/columnstore.community.spec.in
+++ b/build/columnstore.community.spec.in
@@ -284,12 +284,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}.%{release}
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libmysqlcl_idb.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libquerystats.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libwriteengineredistribute.so.1.0.0
-/usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libidbdatafile.so.1.0.0
 #/usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/hdfs-20.so
 #/usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/hdfs-12.so
-#/usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
-#/usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.14
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libthrift.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libquerytele.so.1.0.0
 
diff --git a/build/columnstore.spec.in b/build/columnstore.spec.in
index 9f87c6749..f43f54718 100644
--- a/build/columnstore.spec.in
+++ b/build/columnstore.spec.in
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT $RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}.%{release}
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libmysqlcl_idb.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libquerystats.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libwriteengineredistribute.so.1.0.0
-/usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/libidbdatafile.so.1.0.0
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/hdfs-20.so
 /usr/local/mariadb/columnstore/lib/hdfs-12.so
diff --git a/build/nightly-mini-tester.sh b/build/nightly-mini-tester.sh
index d245d5bc3..a9ae28d29 100755
--- a/build/nightly-mini-tester.sh
+++ b/build/nightly-mini-tester.sh
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ find ${prefix}/Calpont -type f | xargs chmod +r
 
 mkdir -p ${prefix}/Calpont/data1/systemFiles/dbrm
 
-if [ ! -e ${prefix}/Calpont/lib/libjemalloc.so ]; then
-	pushd ${prefix}/Calpont/lib >/dev/null
-	ln -s libjemalloc.so.1 libjemalloc.so
-	popd >/dev/null
-fi
-
 if [ ! -f ${prefix}/Calpont/etc/Columnstore.xml.rpmsave ]; then
 	cp ${prefix}/Calpont/etc/Columnstore.xml.singleserver ${prefix}/Calpont/etc/Columnstore.xml.rpmsave
 fi
diff --git a/build/src-build b/build/src-build
index d5470d301..eea71f8cc 100755
--- a/build/src-build
+++ b/build/src-build
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 -o ! -x $prefix/Calpont/bin/PrimProc ]; then
 fi
 
 cp dbcon/mysql/my.cnf $prefix/Calpont/mysql
-cp utils/jemalloc/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0 $prefix/Calpont/lib/libjemalloc.so
 
 echo "InfiniDB binaries and libs are in $prefix/Calpont"
 
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/columnstore b/oam/install_scripts/columnstore
index e1638246a..c346e3eb0 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/columnstore
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/columnstore
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ if [ -n "$plugin" ]; then
 	. $InstallDir/bin/$setenv >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 
-if [ -e $InstallDir/lib/libjemalloc.so ]; then
-	export LD_PRELOAD=$InstallDir/lib/libjemalloc.so
-elif [ -e $InstallDir/lib/libjemalloc.so.1 ]; then
-	export LD_PRELOAD=$InstallDir/lib/libjemalloc.so.1
-fi
-
 test -f $InstallDir/post/functions && . $InstallDir/post/functions
 
 mt=`module_type`
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/infinidb b/oam/install_scripts/infinidb
index a371dadf8..fb1f952e3 100644
--- a/oam/install_scripts/infinidb
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/infinidb
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ if [ -n "$plugin" ]; then
 	. $InstallDir/bin/$setenv >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 
-if [ -e $InstallDir/lib/libjemalloc.so ]; then
-	export LD_PRELOAD=$InstallDir/lib/libjemalloc.so
-elif [ -e $InstallDir/lib/libjemalloc.so.1 ]; then
-	export LD_PRELOAD=$InstallDir/lib/libjemalloc.so.1
-fi
-
 test -f $InstallDir/post/functions && . $InstallDir/post/functions
 
 mt=`module_type`
diff --git a/oam/install_scripts/post-install b/oam/install_scripts/post-install
index 6be7d1f2d..847246d7b 100755
--- a/oam/install_scripts/post-install
+++ b/oam/install_scripts/post-install
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ if [ -f libstdc++.so.6.0.14 ]; then
 	chown -h $user.$user libstdc++.so.6 >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 
-ln -sf libjemalloc.so.3.3.0 libjemalloc.so
-chown -h $user.$user libjemalloc.so >/dev/null 2>&1
-
 # softlink for libperl.sp, used by cplogger
 sudo ln -s /usr/lib64/perl5/CORE/libperl.so /usr/lib64/libperl.so >/dev/null 2>&1
 
diff --git a/utils/jemalloc/Makefile.am b/utils/jemalloc/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index f837201b5..000000000
--- a/utils/jemalloc/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2014 InfiniDB, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-# as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of
-# the License.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
-# MA 02110-1301, USA.
-
-test:
-
-coverage:
-
-leakcheck:
-
-docs:
-
-bootstrap: install-data-am
-	mkdir -p $(libdir)
-	$(install_sh) libjemalloc.so.3.3.0 $(libdir)
-
diff --git a/utils/jemalloc/jemalloc-3.3.0.tar.gz b/utils/jemalloc/jemalloc-3.3.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 526f5b623..000000000
Binary files a/utils/jemalloc/jemalloc-3.3.0.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/utils/jemalloc/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0 b/utils/jemalloc/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0
deleted file mode 100755
index 9136fc445..000000000
Binary files a/utils/jemalloc/libjemalloc.so.3.3.0 and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/utils/jemalloc/readme.txt b/utils/jemalloc/readme.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 939dfd6a3..000000000
--- a/utils/jemalloc/readme.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-This is a build of jemalloc version 3.3.0 with CFLAGS="-O3 -g0", using all 
-other defaults at configure.
-