diff --git a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctaeos-mgm.sh b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctaeos-mgm.sh
index 9270852fbe1456f711b1e0134219b820e1f9d737..cba83c9f5a39a6d55c8dfd94a25a7a82c0cadffe 100755
--- a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctaeos-mgm.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctaeos-mgm.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ echo
 echo "Limits summary for user daemon:"
 sudo -u daemon bash -c 'ulimit -a'
 
+# Using jemalloc as specified in
+# it-puppet-module-eos:
+#  code/templates/etc_sysconfig_mgm.erb
+#  code/templates/etc_sysconfig_mgm_env.erb
+#  code/templates/etc_sysconfig_fst.erb
+#  code/templates/etc_sysconfig_fst_env.erb
+test -e /usr/lib64/libjemalloc.so.1 && echo "Using jemalloc for EOS processes"
+test -e /usr/lib64/libjemalloc.so.1 && export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libjemalloc.so.1
 
 # start and setup eos for xrdcp to the ${CTA_TEST_DIR}
   #/etc/init.d/eos start