diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 17c230f0f1..45748e9622 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /packager/third_party/libwebm/src/
 /packager/third_party/llvm-build/
 /packager/third_party/modp_b64/
-/packager/third_party/openssl/
+/packager/third_party/tcmalloc/
 /packager/third_party/webm-tools/src/
 /packager/third_party/yasm/source/patched-yasm/
 /packager/third_party/zlib/
diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 81267c95a7..79e6befee2 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ deps = {
   "src/packager/third_party/modp_b64":
     Var("chromium_git") + "/chromium/src/third_party/modp_b64@3a0e3b4ef6c54678a2d14522533df56b33b56119",
 
+  "src/packager/third_party/tcmalloc/chromium":
+    Var("chromium_git") + "/chromium/src/third_party/tcmalloc/chromium@fa1492f75861094061043a17c0f779c3d35780bf",
+
   "src/packager/third_party/webm-tools/src":
     Var("chromium_git") + "/webm/webm-tools@702ff3e4bb462b24464a202f8fcf9f65cc44b6e5",
 
diff --git a/docs/linux_profiling.md b/docs/linux_profiling.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f1e94b97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/linux_profiling.md
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Linux Profiling
+
+Profiling code is enabled when the `use_allocator` variable in gyp is set to
+`tcmalloc` (currently the default) and `profiling` variable in gyp is set to
+`1`. That will build the tcmalloc library, including the cpu profiling and heap
+profiling code into edash-packager, e.g.
+
+    GYP_DEFINES='profiling=1 use_allocator="tcmalloc"' gclient runhooks
+
+If the stack traces in your profiles are incomplete, this may be due to missing
+frame pointers in some of the libraries. A workaround is to use the
+`linux_keep_shadow_stacks=1` gyp option. This will keep a shadow stack using the
+`-finstrument-functions` option of gcc and consult the stack when unwinding.
+
+## CPU Profiling
+
+In order to enable cpu profiling, run edash-packager with the environment
+variable `CPUPROFILE` set to a filename. For example:
+
+    CPUPROFILE=/tmp/cpuprofile out/Release/packager
+
+The cpu profile will be dumped periodically to the filename specified in the
+CPUPROFILE environment variable. You can then analyze the dumps using the pprof
+script (packager/third_party/tcmalloc/chromium/src/pprof). For example,
+
+    pprof --gv out/Release/packager /tmp/cpuprofile
+
+This will generate a visual representation of the cpu profile as a postscript
+file and load it up using `gv`. For more powerful commands, please refer to the
+pprof help output and the google-perftools documentation.
+
+For further information, please refer to
+http://google-perftools.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/cpuprofile.html.
+
+## Heap Profiling
+
+To turn on the heap profiler on edash-packager, use the `HEAPPROFILE`
+environment variable to specify a filename for the heap profile. For example:
+
+    HEAPPROFILE=/tmp/heapprofile out/Release/packager
+
+The heap profile will be dumped periodically to the filename specified in the
+`HEAPPROFILE` environment variable. The dumps can be analyzed using the same
+command as cpu profiling above.
+
+For further information, please refer to
+http://google-perftools.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/heapprofile.html.
+
+Some tests fork short-living processes which have a small memory footprint. To
+catch those, use the `HEAP_PROFILE_ALLOCATION_INTERVAL` environment variable.
+
+#### Dumping a profile of a running process
+
+To programmatically generate a heap profile before exit, use code like:
+
+    #include "packager/third_party/tcmalloc/chromium/src/gperftools/heap-profiler.h"
+
+    // "foobar" will be included in the message printed to the console
+    HeapProfilerDump("foobar");
+
+Then add allocator.gyp dependency to the target with the above change:
+
+    'conditions': [
+      ['profiling==1', {
+        'dependencies': [
+          'base/allocator/allocator.gyp:allocator',
+        ],
+      }],
+    ],
+
+Or you can use gdb to attach at any point:
+
+1.  Attach gdb to the process: `$ gdb -p 12345`
+2.  Cause it to dump a profile: `(gdb) p HeapProfilerDump("foobar")`
+3.  The filename will be printed on the console, e.g.
+    "`Dumping heap profile to heap.0001.heap (foobar)`"
+
+## Reference
+
+[Linux Profiling in Chromium](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/linux_profiling.md)
diff --git a/packager/packager.gyp b/packager/packager.gyp
index d2b116baf7..8589001eb0 100644
--- a/packager/packager.gyp
+++ b/packager/packager.gyp
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@
         'third_party/boringssl/boringssl.gyp:boringssl',
         'third_party/gflags/gflags.gyp:gflags',
       ],
+      'conditions': [
+        ['profiling==1', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'base/allocator/allocator.gyp:allocator',
+          ],
+        }],
+      ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'mpd_generator',