diff --git a/runtime/BUILD.gn b/runtime/BUILD.gn
index dd25e813dff..8b3999abcc0 100644
--- a/runtime/BUILD.gn
+++ b/runtime/BUILD.gn
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ config("dart_config") {
     defines += [ "DART_USE_TCMALLOC" ]
     include_dirs += [ "../third_party/tcmalloc/gperftools/src" ]
   }
+  if (dart_use_mallinfo2) {
+    defines += [ "DART_USE_MALLINFO2" ]
+  }
 
   if (dart_use_compressed_pointers) {
     defines += [ "DART_COMPRESSED_POINTERS" ]
diff --git a/runtime/runtime_args.gni b/runtime/runtime_args.gni
index ae564bef7eb..8219c5140b9 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime_args.gni
+++ b/runtime/runtime_args.gni
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ declare_args() {
   # the VM enables this only for Linux builds.
   dart_use_tcmalloc = false
 
+  # Whether to use mallinfo2 instead of mallinfo which is deprecated starting
+  # with libc 2.33
+  dart_use_mallinfo2 = false
+
   # Whether to link Crashpad library for crash handling. Only supported on
   # Windows for now.
   dart_use_crashpad = false
diff --git a/runtime/vm/malloc_hooks_tcmalloc.cc b/runtime/vm/malloc_hooks_tcmalloc.cc
index 438e4772c08..3dc36394852 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/malloc_hooks_tcmalloc.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/malloc_hooks_tcmalloc.cc
@@ -341,7 +341,11 @@ bool MallocHooks::Active() {
 bool MallocHooks::GetStats(intptr_t* used,
                            intptr_t* capacity,
                            const char** implementation) {
+#if defined(DART_USE_MALLINFO2)
+  struct mallinfo2 info = mallinfo2();
+#else
   struct mallinfo info = mallinfo();
+#endif  // defined(DART_USE_MALLINFO2)
   *used = info.uordblks;
   *capacity = *used + info.fordblks;
   *implementation = "tcmalloc";
diff --git a/runtime/vm/malloc_hooks_unsupported.cc b/runtime/vm/malloc_hooks_unsupported.cc
index 9650cffc6b6..5b666d177bc 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/malloc_hooks_unsupported.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/malloc_hooks_unsupported.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ bool MallocHooks::GetStats(intptr_t* used,
   }
 #endif
 #if defined(DART_HOST_OS_LINUX) || defined(DART_HOST_OS_ANDROID)
+#if defined(DART_USE_MALLINFO2)
+  struct mallinfo2 info = mallinfo2();
+#else
   struct mallinfo info = mallinfo();
+#endif  // defined(DART_USE_MALLINFO2)
   *used = info.uordblks;
   *capacity = *used + info.fordblks;
   *implementation = "unknown";
diff --git a/tools/gn.py b/tools/gn.py
index dccae528ef7..fe4718d1111 100755
--- a/tools/gn.py
+++ b/tools/gn.py
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ def ToGnArgs(args, mode, arch, target_os, sanitizer, verify_sdk_hash):
                                     (gn_args['target_cpu'] != 'arm') and
                                     sanitizer == 'none')
 
+    # Use mallinfo2 if specified on the command line
+    gn_args['dart_use_mallinfo2'] = args.use_mallinfo2
+
     if gn_args['target_os'] == 'linux':
         if gn_args['target_cpu'] == 'arm':
             # Default to -mfloat-abi=hard and -mfpu=neon for arm on Linux as we're
@@ -490,6 +493,11 @@ def AddCommonGnOptionArgs(parser):
         '-s',
         type=str,
         help='Comma-separated list of arch=/path/to/sysroot mappings')
+    parser.add_argument('--use-mallinfo2',
+                        help='Use mallinfo2 to collect malloc stats.',
+                        default=False,
+                        dest='use_mallinfo2',
+                        action='store_true')
 
 
 def AddCommonConfigurationArgs(parser):