diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  git,
  libdb5.3++-dev,
  libevent-dev,
+ libjemalloc-dev,
  libminiupnpc-dev,
  libboost-filesystem-dev,
  libboost-chrono-dev,
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@
     -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
     -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
     -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF
+    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF \
+    -DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF
 
   ninja package_source
   SOURCEDIST=`echo bitcoin-abc-*.tar.gz`
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@
     -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
     -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
     -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF
+    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF \
+    -DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF
+
   ninja package_source
   SOURCEDIST=`echo bitcoin-abc-*.tar.gz`
   mv ${SOURCEDIST} ..
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@
     -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
     -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
     -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF
+    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF \
+    -DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF
 
   ninja package_source
   SOURCEDIST=`echo bitcoin-abc-*.tar.gz`
diff --git a/contrib/teamcity/setup-debian-buster.sh b/contrib/teamcity/setup-debian-buster.sh
--- a/contrib/teamcity/setup-debian-buster.sh
+++ b/contrib/teamcity/setup-debian-buster.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   libdb++-dev
   libdb-dev
   libevent-dev
+  libjemalloc-dev
   libminiupnpc-dev
   libprotobuf-dev
   libqrencode-dev
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md
--- a/doc/build-unix.md
+++ b/doc/build-unix.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
  ------------|------------------|----------------------
  miniupnpc   | UPnP Support     | Firewall-jumping support
  libdb       | Berkeley DB      | Wallet storage (only needed when wallet enabled)
+ jemalloc    | Memory allocator | Library to enhance the memory allocation and improve performances
  qt          | GUI              | GUI toolkit (only needed when GUI enabled)
  protobuf    | Payments in GUI  | Data interchange format used for payment protocol (only needed when BIP70 enabled)
  libqrencode | QR codes in GUI  | Optional for generating QR codes (only needed when GUI enabled)
@@ -108,6 +109,10 @@
 
     sudo apt-get install libzmq3-dev
 
+jemalloc dependencies (provides the jemalloc library, can be disabled by passing `-DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF` on the cmake command line):
+
+    sudo apt-get install libjemalloc-dev
+
 Dependencies for the GUI: Ubuntu & Debian
 -----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md
--- a/doc/dependencies.md
+++ b/doc/dependencies.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 | FreeType | [2.7.1](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype) |  | No |  |  |
 | GCC |  | [5.0](https://gcc.gnu.org/) (C++14 support) |  |  |  |
 | HarfBuzz-NG |  |  |  |  |  |
-| jemalloc | [5.2.1](https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases) |  |  |  |  |
+| jemalloc | [5.2.1](https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases) | 3.6.0 |  |  |  |
 | libevent | [2.1.11-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | 2.0.22 | No |  |  |
 | libpng |  |  |  |  | Yes |
 | libsrvg | |  |  |  |  |
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 option(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Enable clang-tidy checks for Bitcoin ABC" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_PROFILING "Select the profiling tool to use" OFF)
 option(USE_LD_GOLD "Try to use gold as a linker if available" ON)
-option(USE_JEMALLOC_EXPERIMENTAL "Use jemalloc as an allocation library (experimental)" OFF)
+option(USE_JEMALLOC "Use jemalloc as an allocation library" ON)
 
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
 	set(DEFAULT_ENABLE_DBUS_NOTIFICATIONS ON)
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 	"-DBUILD_BITCOIN_ZMQ=OFF"
 	"-DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF"
 	"-DENABLE_UPNP=OFF"
+	"-DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF"
 	# Forward the current setting for clang-tidy
 	"-DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=${ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY}"
 )
@@ -228,14 +229,14 @@
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-if(USE_JEMALLOC_EXPERIMENTAL)
+if(USE_JEMALLOC)
 	# Most of the sanitizers require their instrumented allocation functions to
 	# be fully functional. This is obviously the case for all the memory related
 	# sanitizers (asan, lsan, msan) but not only.
 	if(ENABLE_SANITIZERS)
 		message(WARNING "Jemalloc is incompatible with the sanitizers and has been disabled.")
 	else()
-		find_package(Jemalloc REQUIRED)
+		find_package(Jemalloc 3.6.0 REQUIRED)
 		link_libraries(Jemalloc::jemalloc)
 	endif()
 endif()