diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index aebb0ac13..88a2530b3 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 using namespace Hyprutils::String;
 using namespace Aquamarine;
@@ -162,10 +164,22 @@ void CCompositor::restoreNofile() {
         Debug::log(ERR, "Failed restoring NOFILE limits");
 }
 
+void CCompositor::setMallocThreshold() {
+#ifdef M_TRIM_THRESHOLD
+    // The default is 128 pages,
+    // which is very large and can lead to a lot of memory used for no reason
+    // because trimming hasn't happened
+    static const int PAGESIZE = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+    mallopt(M_TRIM_THRESHOLD, 6 * PAGESIZE);
+#endif
+}
+
 CCompositor::CCompositor(bool onlyConfig) : m_bOnlyConfigVerification(onlyConfig), m_iHyprlandPID(getpid()) {
     if (onlyConfig)
         return;
 
+    setMallocThreshold();
+
     m_szHyprTempDataRoot = std::string{getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")} + "/hypr";
 
     if (m_szHyprTempDataRoot.starts_with("/hypr")) {
diff --git a/src/Compositor.hpp b/src/Compositor.hpp
index a57095a3d..893ffadda 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.hpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.hpp
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ class CCompositor {
     void                                       startCompositor();
     void                                       stopCompositor();
     void                                       cleanup();
-    void                                       createLockFile();
-    void                                       removeLockFile();
     void                                       bumpNofile();
     void                                       restoreNofile();
 
@@ -163,6 +161,9 @@ class CCompositor {
     void             setRandomSplash();
     void             initManagers(eManagersInitStage stage);
     void             prepareFallbackOutput();
+    void             createLockFile();
+    void             removeLockFile();
+    void             setMallocThreshold();
 
     uint64_t         m_iHyprlandPID    = 0;
     wl_event_source* m_critSigSource   = nullptr;