diff --git a/qemu.be0 b/qemu.be0
index e2709a194..69a027dc0 100755
--- a/qemu.be0
+++ b/qemu.be0
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ mee_configure() {
     start_cmd ${S}/configure --prefix=${PREFIX} \
                              $targets \
                              --enable-system \
+                             --enable-jemalloc \
                              --enable-virtfs \
                              --audio-drv-list=${AUDIODRIVERS}
 }