diff --git a/debian/conf/jellyfin b/debian/conf/jellyfin
index a330a36..b8ade65 100644
--- a/debian/conf/jellyfin
+++ b/debian/conf/jellyfin
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT="--webdir=/usr/share/jellyfin/web"
 # ffmpeg binary paths, overriding the system values
 JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT="--ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg"
 
+# Use jemalloc2 for improved RAM usage (#11588)
+LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.2
+
 # Disable glibc dynamic heap adjustment
 MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_=131072
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e0a9795..71497d3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Description: Jellyfin is the Free Software Media System.
 
 Package: jellyfin-server
 Architecture: any
-Depends: libfontconfig1, adduser
+Depends: libfontconfig1, libjemalloc2, adduser
 Recommends: jellyfin-web, sudo, jellyfin-ffmpeg7 | ffmpeg
 Description: Jellyfin is the Free Software Media System.
  This package provides the Jellyfin server backend and API.