diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
index 187127cfbfb39..1087ac0590820 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "${setHost}.musl-root=${pkgsBuildHost.targetPackages.stdenv.cc.libc}"
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.targetPlatform.isMusl [
     "${setTarget}.musl-root=${pkgsBuildTarget.targetPackages.stdenv.cc.libc}"
+  ] ++ optionals (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64) [
+    # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/92173
+    "--set rust.jemalloc"
   ];
 
   # The bootstrap.py will generated a Makefile that then executes the build.