diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f982f14b8..80bc6b96d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -91,3 +91,6 @@
 [submodule "Telegram/lib_webview"]
 	path = Telegram/lib_webview
 	url = https://github.com/desktop-app/lib_webview.git
+[submodule "Telegram/ThirdParty/mallocng"]
+	path = Telegram/ThirdParty/mallocng
+	url = https://github.com/desktop-app/mallocng.git
diff --git a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
index cd620a43a..d3193cb90 100644
--- a/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Telegram/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ elseif (LINUX)
     PRIVATE
         desktop-app::external_glibmm
         desktop-app::external_glib
+        desktop-app::external_mallocng
     )
 
     if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_DBUS_INTEGRATION)
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/specific_linux.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/specific_linux.cpp
index 498b37372..6bc833ac0 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/specific_linux.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/specific_linux.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/master/LEGAL
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -745,6 +746,16 @@ int psFixPrevious() {
 namespace Platform {
 
 void start() {
+	// avoid stripping custom allocator
+	malloc(0);
+	calloc(0, 0);
+	realloc(nullptr, 0);
+	free(nullptr);
+	aligned_alloc(0, 0);
+	malloc_usable_size(nullptr);
+	memalign(0, 0);
+	posix_memalign(nullptr, 0, 0);
+
 	LOG(("Launcher filename: %1").arg(QGuiApplication::desktopFileName()));
 
 	qputenv("PULSE_PROP_application.name", AppName.utf8());
diff --git a/Telegram/ThirdParty/mallocng b/Telegram/ThirdParty/mallocng
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..5db0b72cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Telegram/ThirdParty/mallocng
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5db0b72cd85b20aec790fccdd31c17111afc7c94
diff --git a/cmake b/cmake
index 1720a174c..5318ac7c5 160000
--- a/cmake
+++ b/cmake
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1720a174c4d96bc1512837adcae257c6637438e5
+Subproject commit 5318ac7c54dbf33b17ccc4bd3281bb8b8db25e02