diff --git a/services/git-bridge/Dockerfile b/services/git-bridge/Dockerfile
index 5367380bde..cf96b5ddf8 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/git-bridge/Dockerfile
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ RUN make package \
 
 FROM openjdk:11-jre
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git sqlite3 procps htop net-tools sockstat \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git sqlite3 procps htop net-tools sockstat libjemalloc2 \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists
 
+ENV LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjemalloc.so.2
+
 # Install Google Cloud Profiler agent
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/cprof && \
   wget -q -O- https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-profiler/java/latest/profiler_java_agent.tar.gz \