diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e3cf990d47c..c68697f5389 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ opt verify-install 1 "verify installed binaries work"
 valopt prefix "/usr/local" "set installation prefix"
 valopt local-rust-root "/usr/local" "set prefix for local rust binary"
 valopt llvm-root "" "set LLVM root"
+valopt jemalloc-root "" "set jemalloc root"
 valopt android-cross-path "/opt/ndk_standalone" "Android NDK standalone path"
 valopt mingw32-cross-path "" "MinGW32 cross compiler path"
 
@@ -1198,6 +1199,7 @@ putvar CFG_ANDROID_CROSS_PATH
 putvar CFG_MINGW32_CROSS_PATH
 putvar CFG_MANDIR
 putvar CFG_DISABLE_INJECT_STD_VERSION
+putvar CFG_JEMALLOC_ROOT
 
 # Avoid spurious warnings from clang by feeding it original source on
 # ccache-miss rather than preprocessed input.
diff --git a/mk/rt.mk b/mk/rt.mk
index a75cb8aa4de..f865ef2ffaf 100644
--- a/mk/rt.mk
+++ b/mk/rt.mk
@@ -253,8 +253,9 @@ else
 endif
 JEMALLOC_LIB_$(1) := $$(RT_OUTPUT_DIR_$(1))/$$(JEMALLOC_NAME_$(1))
 JEMALLOC_BUILD_DIR_$(1) := $$(RT_OUTPUT_DIR_$(1))/jemalloc
+JEMALLOC_LOCAL_$(1) := $$(JEMALLOC_BUILD_DIR_$(1))/lib/$$(JEMALLOC_REAL_NAME_$(1))
 
-$$(JEMALLOC_LIB_$(1)): $$(JEMALLOC_DEPS) $$(MKFILE_DEPS)
+$$(JEMALLOC_LOCAL_$(1)): $$(JEMALLOC_DEPS) $$(MKFILE_DEPS)
 	@$$(call E, make: jemalloc)
 	cd "$$(JEMALLOC_BUILD_DIR_$(1))"; "$(S)src/jemalloc/configure" \
 		$$(JEMALLOC_ARGS_$(1)) --enable-cc-silence --with-jemalloc-prefix=je_ \
@@ -265,7 +266,20 @@ $$(JEMALLOC_LIB_$(1)): $$(JEMALLOC_DEPS) $$(MKFILE_DEPS)
 		CPPFLAGS="-I $(S)src/rt/" \
 		EXTRA_CFLAGS="$$(CFG_CFLAGS_$(1)) -g1"
 	$$(Q)$$(MAKE) -C "$$(JEMALLOC_BUILD_DIR_$(1))" build_lib_static
-	$$(Q)cp $$(JEMALLOC_BUILD_DIR_$(1))/lib/$$(JEMALLOC_REAL_NAME_$(1)) $$(JEMALLOC_LIB_$(1))
+
+ifeq ($(1),$$(CFG_BUILD))
+ifneq ($$(CFG_JEMALLOC_ROOT),)
+$$(JEMALLOC_LIB_$(1)): $$(CFG_JEMALLOC_ROOT)/libjemalloc_pic.a
+	@$$(call E, copy: jemalloc)
+	$$(Q)cp $$< $$@
+else
+$$(JEMALLOC_LIB_$(1)):
+	$$(Q)cp $$< $$@
+endif
+else
+$$(JEMALLOC_LIB_$(1)):
+	$$(Q)cp $$< $$@
+endif
 
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 # compiler-rt