diff --git a/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml b/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml
index 6608529ca8..92638216c9 100644
--- a/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/linkerd2-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 [target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.dependencies]
 tikv-jemallocator = "0.6"
 
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.dependencies]
+tikv-jemallocator = "0.6"
+
 [lints.rust]
 unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(tokio_unstable)'] }
diff --git a/linkerd2-proxy/src/main.rs b/linkerd2-proxy/src/main.rs
index cd7dc86add..75371e82ab 100644
--- a/linkerd2-proxy/src/main.rs
+++ b/linkerd2-proxy/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ use linkerd_signal as signal;
 use tokio::{sync::mpsc, time};
 use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
 
-#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_arch = "x86_64", target_env = "gnu"))]
+#[cfg(all(
+    target_os = "linux",
+    any(target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "aarch64"),
+    target_env = "gnu"
+))]
 #[global_allocator]
 static GLOBAL: tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc = tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;