diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5aea5210ea..f27d65ac02 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -778,6 +778,8 @@ include(CheckFTS)
 include(CheckUnamePosix)
 # Check support for file descriptor passing
 include(CheckFDPassing)
+# Check support for mallinfo memory stats
+include(CheckMallinfo)
 
 # Check if big-endian
 include(TestBigEndian)
diff --git a/cmake/CheckMallinfo.c b/cmake/CheckMallinfo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af27d6d1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CheckMallinfo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <malloc.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    struct mallinfo mi;
+    mi = mallinfo();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/cmake/CheckMallinfo.cmake b/cmake/CheckMallinfo.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7a3188bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/CheckMallinfo.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#
+# Check for mallinfo(3) sys call.
+#
+
+GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_selfdir_CheckMallinfo
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
+
+# Check that the POSIX compliant uname(2) call works properly (HAVE_UNAME_SYSCALL)
+try_run(
+    # Name of variable to store the run result (process exit status; number) in:
+    test_run_result
+    # Name of variable to store the compile result (TRUE or FALSE) in:
+    test_compile_result
+    # Binary directory:
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    # Source file to be compiled:
+    ${_selfdir_CheckMallinfo}/CheckMallinfo.c
+    # Where to store the output produced during compilation:
+    COMPILE_OUTPUT_VARIABLE test_compile_output
+    # Where to store the output produced by running the compiled executable:
+    RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE test_run_output )
+
+# Did compilation succeed and process return 0 (success)?
+if("${test_compile_result}" AND ("${test_run_result}" EQUAL 0))
+    set(HAVE_MALLINFO 1)
+endif()