diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 02568ba10..21be37be1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ if( UNIX )
   find_package(Readline)
   find_package(ZLIB)
   find_package(BZip2)
+
+  if ( WITH_PERFTOOLS )
+    find_package(Gperftools)
+  endif()
+
 endif()
 
 if(NOT WITHOUT_GIT)
diff --git a/conf/config.cmake.dist b/conf/config.cmake.dist
index f51b4d883..a2d5db1ca 100644
--- a/conf/config.cmake.dist
+++ b/conf/config.cmake.dist
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ option(USE_SCRIPTPCH    "Use precompiled headers when compiling scripts"
 option(USE_COREPCH      "Use precompiled headers when compiling servers"              1)
 option(WITH_WARNINGS    "Show all warnings during compile"                            0)
 option(WITH_COREDEBUG   "Include additional debug-code in core"                       0)
+option(WITH_PERFTOOLS   "Enable compilation with gperftools libraries included"       0)
 option(WITH_MESHEXTRACTOR "Build meshextractor (alpha)"                               0)
 option(WITHOUT_GIT      "Disable the GIT testing routines"                            0)
diff --git a/modules/worldengine/nucleus/src/cmake/macros/FindGperftools.cmake b/modules/worldengine/nucleus/src/cmake/macros/FindGperftools.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f35104d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/worldengine/nucleus/src/cmake/macros/FindGperftools.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Tries to find Gperftools.
+#
+# Usage of this module as follows:
+#
+#     find_package(Gperftools)
+#
+# Variables used by this module, they can change the default behaviour and need
+# to be set before calling find_package:
+#
+#  Gperftools_ROOT_DIR  Set this variable to the root installation of
+#                       Gperftools if the module has problems finding
+#                       the proper installation path.
+#
+# Variables defined by this module:
+#
+#  GPERFTOOLS_FOUND              System has Gperftools libs/headers
+#  GPERFTOOLS_LIBRARIES          The Gperftools libraries (tcmalloc & profiler)
+#  GPERFTOOLS_INCLUDE_DIR        The location of Gperftools headers
+
+find_library(GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC
+  NAMES tcmalloc
+  HINTS ${Gperftools_ROOT_DIR}/lib)
+
+find_library(GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER
+  NAMES profiler
+  HINTS ${Gperftools_ROOT_DIR}/lib)
+
+find_library(GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC_AND_PROFILER
+  NAMES tcmalloc_and_profiler
+  HINTS ${Gperftools_ROOT_DIR}/lib)
+
+find_path(GPERFTOOLS_INCLUDE_DIR
+  NAMES gperftools/heap-profiler.h
+  HINTS ${Gperftools_ROOT_DIR}/include)
+
+set(GPERFTOOLS_LIBRARIES ${GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC_AND_PROFILER})
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(
+  Gperftools
+  DEFAULT_MSG
+  GPERFTOOLS_LIBRARIES
+  GPERFTOOLS_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+  Gperftools_ROOT_DIR
+  GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC
+  GPERFTOOLS_PROFILER
+  GPERFTOOLS_TCMALLOC_AND_PROFILER
+  GPERFTOOLS_LIBRARIES
+  GPERFTOOLS_INCLUDE_DIR)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cmake/showoptions.cmake b/src/cmake/showoptions.cmake
index 0b935bd6c..28b70b457 100644
--- a/src/cmake/showoptions.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/showoptions.cmake
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ else()
   message("* Use coreside debug     : No  (default)")
 endif()
 
+if ( UNIX )
+  if( WITH_PERFTOOLS )
+    message("* Use unix gperftools    : Yes")
+    add_definitions(-DPERF_TOOLS)
+  else()
+    message("* Use unix gperftools     : No  (default)")
+  endif()
+endif( UNIX )
+
 if( WIN32 )
   if( USE_MYSQL_SOURCES )
     message("* Use MySQL sourcetree   : Yes (default)")
diff --git a/src/worldserver/CMakeLists.txt b/src/worldserver/CMakeLists.txt
index 040ebdfd7..4dfe57833 100644
--- a/src/worldserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/worldserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ target_link_libraries(worldserver
   g3dlib
   gsoap
   Detour
+  ${GPERFTOOLS_LIBRARIES}
   ${JEMALLOC_LIBRARY}
   ${READLINE_LIBRARY}
   ${TERMCAP_LIBRARY}