diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/patches/use-system-jemalloc.patch b/srcpkgs/redis/patches/use-system-jemalloc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..68d3a79f6cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/patches/use-system-jemalloc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.orig b/src/Makefile
+index 8b3e959890b5..f20408402611 100644
+--- src/Makefile.orig
++++ src/Makefile
+@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ ifeq ($(MALLOC),tcmalloc_minimal)
+ endif
+ 
+ ifeq ($(MALLOC),jemalloc)
+-	DEPENDENCY_TARGETS+= jemalloc
+-	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_JEMALLOC -I../deps/jemalloc/include
+-	FINAL_LIBS+= ../deps/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.a -ldl
++	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_JEMALLOC -DJEMALLOC_NO_DEMANGLE
++	FINAL_LIBS+= -ljemalloc -ldl
+ endif
+ 
+ REDIS_CC=$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) $(FINAL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/template b/srcpkgs/redis/template
index 60b131b3b89..b438b1f8849 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/template
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'redis'
 pkgname=redis
 version=2.8.17
-revision=1
+revision=2
+makedepends="jemalloc-devel"
 homepage="http://redis.io"
 distfiles="http://download.redis.io/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 short_desc="advanced key-value store"
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ checksum=53c7cc639571729fa57d7baa7f81aec1d5886f86bac9c66f6ad06dbdaee236a7
 system_accounts="redis"
 redis_homedir="/var/lib/redis"
 conf_files="/etc/redis/redis.conf"
-nocross=yes
 make_dirs="
 	/var/lib/redis 0700 redis redis
 	/run/redis 0750 redis redis"