diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 79be2fc..f018e0b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mallopt])
+
 udp=yes
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(udp,
   [  --enable-udp whether to enable UDP transport: yes/no; default yes ],
diff --git a/radsecproxy.c b/radsecproxy.c
index 56abe3e..d05f9c9 100644
--- a/radsecproxy.c
+++ b/radsecproxy.c
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#if defined(HAVE_MALLOPT)
+#include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef SYS_SOLARIS9
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
@@ -3348,6 +3351,10 @@ int radsecproxy_main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	debugx(1, DBG_ERR, "pthread_attr_init failed");
     if (pthread_attr_setstacksize(&pthread_attr, PTHREAD_STACK_SIZE))
 	debugx(1, DBG_ERR, "pthread_attr_setstacksize failed");
+#if defined(HAVE_MALLOPT)
+    if (mallopt(M_TRIM_THRESHOLD, 4 * 1024) != 1)
+	debugx(1, DBG_ERR, "mallopt failed");
+#endif
 
     for (i = 0; i < RAD_PROTOCOUNT; i++)
 	protodefs[i] = protoinits[i](i);