diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1387e0db..0fe0b9e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ option(MI_DEBUG_UBSAN       "Build with undefined-behavior sanitizer (needs clan
 option(MI_SKIP_COLLECT_ON_EXIT "Skip collecting memory on program exit" OFF)
 option(MI_NO_PADDING        "Force no use of padding even in DEBUG mode etc." OFF)
 option(MI_INSTALL_TOPLEVEL  "Install directly into $CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX instead of PREFIX/lib/mimalloc-version" OFF)
+option(MI_NO_THP            "Force disable transparent huge pages support on Linux/Android process wise only" OFF)
 
 # deprecated options
 option(MI_CHECK_FULL        "Use full internal invariant checking in DEBUG mode (deprecated, use MI_DEBUG_FULL instead)" OFF)
@@ -263,6 +264,14 @@ if(MI_USE_CXX)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux|Android")
+  if(MI_NO_THP)
+    message(STATUS "Disable transparent huge pages support (MI_NO_THP=ON)")
+    list(APPEND mi_defines MI_NO_THP=1)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Haiku")
    SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR ~/config/non-packaged/lib)
    SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR ~/config/non-packaged/headers)
diff --git a/src/prim/unix/prim.c b/src/prim/unix/prim.c
index 54bf57b2..14a0dcdb 100644
--- a/src/prim/unix/prim.c
+++ b/src/prim/unix/prim.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ terms of the MIT license. A copy of the license can be found in the file
 #if defined(__linux__)
   #include <features.h>
   #include <fcntl.h>
+  #include <sys/prctl.h>
   #if defined(__GLIBC__)
   #include <linux/mman.h> // linux mmap flags
   #else
@@ -125,6 +126,20 @@ static bool unix_detect_overcommit(void) {
   return os_overcommit;
 }
 
+void unix_set_thp(void) {
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__ANDROID__)
+#if MI_NO_THP
+  int val;
+  if (prctl(PR_GET_THP_DISABLE, &val, 0, 0, 0) != 0) {
+    // Most likely since distros often come with always/madvise settings.
+    val = 1;
+    // Disabling only for mimalloc process rather than touching system wide settings
+    (void)prctl(PR_SET_THP_DISABLE, &val, 0, 0, 0);
+  }
+#endif
+#endif
+}
+
 void _mi_prim_mem_init( mi_os_mem_config_t* config ) {
   long psize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
   if (psize > 0) {
@@ -135,6 +150,7 @@ void _mi_prim_mem_init( mi_os_mem_config_t* config ) {
   config->has_overcommit = unix_detect_overcommit();
   config->must_free_whole = false;    // mmap can free in parts
   config->has_virtual_reserve = true; // todo: check if this true for NetBSD?  (for anonymous mmap with PROT_NONE)
+  unix_set_thp();
 }