diff --git a/build_tools/build_detect_platform b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
index dfff5b65c..0174d2244 100755
--- a/build_tools/build_detect_platform
+++ b/build_tools/build_detect_platform
@@ -270,13 +270,18 @@ EOF
         JAVA_LDFLAGS="$JAVA_LDFLAGS -lnuma"
     fi
 
-    # Test whether tcmalloc is available
-    $CXX $CFLAGS -x c++ - -o /dev/null -ltcmalloc 2>/dev/null  <<EOF
-      int main() {}
-EOF
-    if [ "$?" = 0 ]; then
-        PLATFORM_LDFLAGS="$PLATFORM_LDFLAGS -ltcmalloc"
-        JAVA_LDFLAGS="$JAVA_LDFLAGS -ltcmalloc"
+    # Test whether jemalloc is available
+    if echo 'int main() {}' | $CXX $CFLAGS -x c++ - -o /dev/null -ljemalloc \
+      2>/dev/null; then 
+        PLATFORM_LDFLAGS="$PLATFORM_LDFLAGS -ljemalloc"
+        JAVA_LDFLAGS="$JAVA_LDFLAGS -ljemalloc"
+    else
+        # jemalloc is not available. Let's try tcmalloc
+        if echo 'int main() {}' | $CXX $CFLAGS -x c++ - -o /dev/null \
+          -ltcmalloc 2>/dev/null; then 
+            PLATFORM_LDFLAGS="$PLATFORM_LDFLAGS -ltcmalloc"
+            JAVA_LDFLAGS="$JAVA_LDFLAGS -ltcmalloc"
+        fi
     fi
 fi