diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5be2870477..5186f6f8ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2164,6 +2164,16 @@ version = "0.2.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f7012b1bbb0719e1097c47611d3898568c546d597c2e74d66f6087edd5233ff4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libmimalloc-sys"
+version = "0.1.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4ac0e912c8ef1b735e92369695618dc5b1819f5a7bf3f167301a3ba1cea515e"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libproc"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -2397,6 +2407,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.17",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mimalloc"
+version = "0.1.37"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e2894987a3459f3ffb755608bd82188f8ed00d0ae077f1edea29c068d639d98"
+dependencies = [
+ "libmimalloc-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -2648,6 +2667,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctrlc",
  "log",
  "miette",
+ "mimalloc",
  "nix",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "nu-cli",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 602923c3b1..046789cf36 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ nu-utils = { path = "./crates/nu-utils", version = "0.81.1" }
 nu-ansi-term = "0.47.0"
 reedline = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["bashisms", "sqlite"]}
 
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1.37", default-features = false, optional = true}
+
 crossterm = "0.26"
 ctrlc = "3.4"
 log = "0.4"
@@ -118,6 +120,8 @@ wasi = ["nu-cmd-lang/wasi"]
 # Enable to statically link OpenSSL; otherwise the system version will be used. Not enabled by default because it takes a while to build
 static-link-openssl = ["dep:openssl", "nu-cmd-lang/static-link-openssl"]
 
+mimalloc = ["nu-cmd-lang/mimalloc", "dep:mimalloc"]
+
 # Stable (Default)
 which-support = ["nu-command/which-support", "nu-cmd-lang/which-support"]
 trash-support = ["nu-command/trash-support", "nu-cmd-lang/trash-support"]
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/Cargo.toml
index 60fd9ed5f1..6a7511e7de 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ ahash = "0.8.3"
 shadow-rs = { version = "0.22", default-features = false }
 
 [features]
+mimalloc = []
 which-support = []
 trash-support = []
 sqlite = []
diff --git a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/core_commands/version.rs b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/core_commands/version.rs
index ed556774b8..c23cb0f312 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/core_commands/version.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cmd-lang/src/core_commands/version.rs
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ pub fn version(
         vals.push(Value::string(build_rust_channel, call.head));
     }
 
+    cols.push("allocator".to_string());
+    vals.push(Value::String {
+        val: global_allocator().to_string(),
+        span: call.head,
+    });
+
     cols.push("features".to_string());
     vals.push(Value::String {
         val: features_enabled().join(", "),
@@ -144,6 +150,14 @@ pub fn version(
     .into_pipeline_data())
 }
 
+fn global_allocator() -> &'static str {
+    if cfg!(feature = "mimalloc") {
+        "mimalloc"
+    } else {
+        "standard"
+    }
+}
+
 fn features_enabled() -> Vec<String> {
     let mut names = vec!["default".to_string()];
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 58d71bb758..a6cc443ea5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ mod test_bins;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "mimalloc")]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
 use crate::{
     command::parse_commandline_args,
     config_files::set_config_path,