diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f841529b1f..a9e530115c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3035,6 +3035,15 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33a33a362ce288760ec6a508b94caaec573ae7d3bbbd91b87aa0bad4456839db"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libmimalloc-sys"
+version = "0.1.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11ca136052550448f55df7898c6dbe651c6b574fe38a0d9ea687a9f8088a2e2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
 version = "0.20.1"
@@ -3278,6 +3287,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mimalloc"
+version = "0.1.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2f64ad83c969af2e732e907564deb0d0ed393cec4af80776f77dd77a1a427698"
+dependencies = [
+ "libmimalloc-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minifb"
 version = "0.22.0"
@@ -6658,6 +6676,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 3.1.8",
  "crossterm 0.23.2",
  "lazy_static",
+ "mimalloc",
  "num_cpus",
  "ron 0.7.0",
  "serde",
@@ -6711,6 +6730,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "keyboard-keynames",
  "lazy_static",
+ "mimalloc",
  "mumble-link",
  "native-dialog",
  "num 0.4.0",
diff --git a/server-cli/Cargo.toml b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
index dfb40506d7..3bdc9f0b65 100644
--- a/server-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 ron = {version = "0.7", default-features = false}
 serde = {version = "1.0", features = [ "rc", "derive" ]}
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+mimalloc = "0.1.29"
+
 [dependencies.tui]
 git = "https://github.com/fdehau/tui-rs.git"
 branch="paragraph-scroll"
diff --git a/server-cli/src/main.rs b/server-cli/src/main.rs
index 8d1fb66349..e88c6d7572 100644
--- a/server-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/server-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #![deny(clippy::clone_on_ref_ptr)]
 #![feature(bool_to_option)]
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
 /// `server-cli` interface commands not to be confused with the commands sent
 /// from the client to the server
 mod cli;
diff --git a/voxygen/Cargo.toml b/voxygen/Cargo.toml
index 070cf9c1d6..b86d69f315 100644
--- a/voxygen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/voxygen/Cargo.toml
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ dispatch = "0.1.4"
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
 winres = "0.1"
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+mimalloc = "0.1.29"
+
 # Mumble
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os="macos"))'.dependencies]
 mumble-link = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/voxygen/src/main.rs b/voxygen/src/main.rs
index f7e57e9a9b..9203cdbac1 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/main.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #![feature(bool_to_option)]
 #![recursion_limit = "2048"]
 
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "windows", not(feature = "tracy-memory")))]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
 // Allow profiling allocations with Tracy
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "tracy-memory", global_allocator)]
 #[cfg(feature = "tracy-memory")]