diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ad1f75f792f9cd3a4963a95f4727e2ffe8051ff5..bbbb2e68c030387495e50e1f3db0da1328d1344f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ if (SERVER OR CLIENT)
     include(external/gflags)
     include(external/glog)
     include(external/utf8proc)
+    include(external/jemalloc)
     if (WITH_PYTHON)
         include(external/pybind11)
         include(external/python)
diff --git a/cmake/external/jemalloc.cmake b/cmake/external/jemalloc.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..deac8175b07cc1f2312a5420c49e1ed069eb3a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/external/jemalloc.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+INCLUDE(ExternalProject)
+
+SET(JEMALLOC_SOURCES_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/jemalloc)
+SET(JEMALLOC_INSTALL_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/install/jemalloc)
+SET(JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR "${JEMALLOC_INSTALL_DIR}/include" CACHE PATH "jemalloc include directory." FORCE)
+
+ExternalProject_Add(
+        extern_jemalloc
+        ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_LOG_ARGS}
+        GIT_REPOSITORY  "https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc.git"
+        GIT_TAG         "5.2.1"
+        PREFIX          ${JEMALLOC_SOURCES_DIR}
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
+        BUILD_COMMAND   ""
+        INSTALL_COMMAND cd ${JEMALLOC_SOURCES_DIR}/src/extern_jemalloc/ && sh autogen.sh
+            && make
+            && mkdir -p ${JEMALLOC_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/
+            && cp ${JEMALLOC_SOURCES_DIR}/src/extern_jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.a ${JEMALLOC_INSTALL_DIR}/lib
+            && cp ${JEMALLOC_SOURCES_DIR}/src/extern_jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc_pic.a ${JEMALLOC_INSTALL_DIR}/lib
+            && cp -r ${JEMALLOC_SOURCES_DIR}/src/extern_jemalloc/include/jemalloc  ${JEMALLOC_INCLUDE_DIR}
+        TEST_COMMAND      ""
+)
+