diff --git a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
index a1a6cd4519..969724cc8d 100644
--- a/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ if(${JEMALLOC_ENABLED})
         PREFIX        "jemalloc"
         SOURCE_DIR    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jemalloc
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE     1
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND   ./autogen.sh COMMAND ./configure --prefix=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build/ --disable-initial-exec-tls
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND   ./autogen.sh COMMAND ./configure --prefix=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build/ --disable-initial-exec-tls --with-malloc-conf='background_thread:true,metadata_thp:auto'
         BUILD_COMMAND       ${MAKE}
     )
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build/include)