diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 0005048..7958312 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         run: choco install llvm -y
-      
-      - name: Install dependencies (Linux)
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: sudo apt-get install libjemalloc-dev
 
       - name: Run rocksdb tests
         run: |
diff --git a/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml b/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
index ec661cf..e1bbec9 100644
--- a/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librocksdb-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ exclude = [
 
 [features]
 default = ["static"]
-jemalloc = ["tikv-jemalloc-sys", "pkg-config"]
+jemalloc = ["tikv-jemalloc-sys"]
 static = ["libz-sys?/static", "bzip2-sys?/static"]
 io-uring = ["pkg-config"]
 snappy = []
diff --git a/librocksdb-sys/build.rs b/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
index f334d68..85d08c0 100644
--- a/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
+++ b/librocksdb-sys/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{env, fs, path::PathBuf, process::Command};
 
+// On these platforms jemalloc-sys will use a prefixed jemalloc which cannot be linked together
+// with RocksDB.
+// See https://github.com/tikv/jemallocator/blob/tikv-jemalloc-sys-0.5.3/jemalloc-sys/src/env.rs#L25
+const NO_JEMALLOC_TARGETS: &[&str] = &["android", "dragonfly", "musl", "darwin"];
+
 fn link(name: &str, bundled: bool) {
     use std::env::var;
     let target = var("TARGET").unwrap();
@@ -218,18 +223,11 @@ fn build_rocksdb() {
 
     config.define("ROCKSDB_SUPPORT_THREAD_LOCAL", None);
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "jemalloc")]
-    {
-        if target.contains("linux") {
-            pkg_config::probe_library("jemalloc")
-                .expect("The jemalloc feature was requested but jemalloc is not installed");
-            config.define("ROCKSDB_JEMALLOC", Some("1"));
-            config.define("JEMALLOC_NO_DEMANGLE", Some("1"));
-        } else {
-            // this doesn't actually enable jemalloc, but mac/windows needs more
-            // work to make it work (statically link tikv-jemalloc). For now,
-            // I'll keep this as is.
-            config.define("WITH_JEMALLOC", "ON");
+    if cfg!(feature = "jemalloc") && NO_JEMALLOC_TARGETS.iter().all(|i| !target.contains(i)) {
+        config.define("ROCKSDB_JEMALLOC", Some("1"));
+        config.define("JEMALLOC_NO_DEMANGLE", Some("1"));
+        if let Some(jemalloc_root) = env::var_os("DEP_JEMALLOC_ROOT") {
+            config.include(Path::new(&jemalloc_root).join("include"));
         }
     }