diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6a387d00a07..2c279baf5e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5475,6 +5475,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "raw-window-handle",
  "servo-media",
+ "servo_allocator",
  "shellwords",
  "sig",
  "surfman",
diff --git a/components/allocator/Cargo.toml b/components/allocator/Cargo.toml
index 7a017e4cf92..e6467da3737 100644
--- a/components/allocator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/allocator/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "lib.rs"
 
+[features]
+use-system-allocator = ["libc"]
+
 [target.'cfg(not(any(windows, target_os = "android")))'.dependencies]
 jemallocator = { workspace = true }
 jemalloc-sys = { workspace = true }
+libc = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 winapi = { workspace = true, features = ["heapapi"] }
diff --git a/components/allocator/lib.rs b/components/allocator/lib.rs
index 9d7c0b466f0..f6cf47eada5 100644
--- a/components/allocator/lib.rs
+++ b/components/allocator/lib.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ static ALLOC: Allocator = Allocator;
 
 pub use crate::platform::*;
 
-#[cfg(not(any(windows, target_os = "android")))]
+#[cfg(not(any(windows, target_os = "android", feature = "use-system-allocator")))]
 mod platform {
     use std::os::raw::c_void;
 
@@ -28,14 +28,21 @@ mod platform {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+#[cfg(all(
+    not(windows),
+    any(target_os = "android", feature = "use-system-allocator")
+))]
 mod platform {
     pub use std::alloc::System as Allocator;
     use std::os::raw::c_void;
 
     /// Get the size of a heap block.
     pub unsafe extern "C" fn usable_size(ptr: *const c_void) -> usize {
-        libc::malloc_usable_size(ptr)
+        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        return libc::malloc_usable_size(ptr as *mut _);
+
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+        return libc::malloc_usable_size(ptr);
     }
 
     pub mod libc_compat {
diff --git a/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml b/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
index 1ec6d3c3ec9..432712ca626 100644
--- a/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ webdriver = ["libservo/webdriver"]
 webgl_backtrace = ["libservo/webgl_backtrace"]
 xr-profile = ["libservo/xr-profile"]
 
+[dependencies]
+# For optional feature servo_allocator/use-system-allocator
+servo_allocator = { path = "../../components/allocator" }
+
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 arboard = "3"
 backtrace = { workspace = true }