diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 204a27148437fd936444c3a09a72d1bce6e4af01..e20955833a2c6216a479f2ae4464f79a71d49e25 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ gcov:
 	$(MAKE) REDIS_CFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -DCOVERAGE_TEST" REDIS_LDFLAGS="-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"
 
 noopt:
-	$(MAKE) OPT="-O0"
+	$(MAKE) OPTIMIZATION="-O0"
+
+valgrind:
+	$(MAKE) OPTIMIZATION="-O0" MALLOC="libc"
 
 src/help.h:
 	@../utils/generate-command-help.rb > help.h