diff --git a/scripts/chroot/build.sh b/scripts/chroot/build.sh
index a1bb3c2..0bc3060 100755
--- a/scripts/chroot/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/chroot/build.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ find /scripts
 apk update
 apk add alpine-sdk util-linux strace file autoconf automake libtool xz bash \
     eudev-dev gettext-dev linux-headers meson \
-    zstd-dev zstd-static zlib-dev zlib-static clang
+    zstd-dev zstd-static zlib-dev zlib-static clang mimalloc-dev
 
 /scripts/common/install-dependencies.sh
 /scripts/build-runtime.sh
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
index f78133d..07b6533 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM alpine:3.21
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
     bash alpine-sdk util-linux strace file autoconf automake libtool xz \
     eudev-dev gettext-dev linux-headers meson \
-    zstd-dev zstd-static zlib-dev zlib-static clang
+    zstd-dev zstd-static zlib-dev zlib-static clang musl-dev mimalloc-dev
 
 COPY scripts/common/install-dependencies.sh /tmp/scripts/common/install-dependencies.sh
 COPY patches/ /tmp/patches/
diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 1776c19..9fd4165 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 GIT_COMMIT := $(shell cat version)
 CC            = clang
 CFLAGS        = -std=gnu99 -Os -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DGIT_COMMIT=\"$(GIT_COMMIT)\" -T data_sections.ld -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wl,--gc-sections -static -Wall -Werror -static-pie
-LIBS          = -lsquashfuse -lsquashfuse_ll -lzstd -lz -lfuse3
+LIBS          = -lsquashfuse -lsquashfuse_ll -lzstd -lz -lfuse3 -lmimalloc
 
 all: runtime