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diff --git a/sysdep/unix/alloc.c b/sysdep/unix/alloc.c
index e7c4e6b0..5d9c6bcd 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/alloc.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/alloc.c
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
#include <sys/mman.h>
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_THP
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#endif
+
long page_size = 0;
#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
@@ -218,6 +222,12 @@ global_free_pages_cleanup_event(void *data UNUSED)
void
resource_sys_init(void)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_DISABLE_THP
+ /* Disable transparent huge pages, they do not work properly with madvice(MADV_DONTNEED) */
+ if (prctl(PR_SET_THP_DISABLE, (unsigned long) 1, (unsigned long) 0, (unsigned long) 0, (unsigned long) 0) < 0)
+ die("prctl(PR_SET_THP_DISABLE) failed: %m");
+#endif
+
#ifdef HAVE_MMAP
ASSERT_DIE(global_free_pages.cnt == 0);