diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/luaproc.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/luaproc.h
index e5c6d15735..c855b0f346 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/luaproc.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/luaproc.h
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
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 */
 
-//#define WITH_LUAPROC_STATS
+#define WITH_LUAPROC_STATS
 //#define USE_TLSF
+#define USE_MALLOC
 
 #ifndef __ardour_luaproc_h__
 #define __ardour_luaproc_h__
diff --git a/libs/ardour/luaproc.cc b/libs/ardour/luaproc.cc
index 40dcf9e8bb..c7f44d9cd4 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luaproc.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luaproc.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ LuaProc::LuaProc (AudioEngine& engine,
 	, _mempool ("LuaProc", 2097152)
 #ifdef USE_TLSF
 	, lua (lua_newstate (&PBD::TLSF::lalloc, &_mempool))
+#elif define USE_MALLOC
+	, lua ()
 #else
 	, lua (lua_newstate (&PBD::ReallocPool::lalloc, &_mempool))
 #endif
@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ LuaProc::LuaProc (const LuaProc &other)
 	, _mempool ("LuaProc", 2097152)
 #ifdef USE_TLSF
 	, lua (lua_newstate (&PBD::TLSF::lalloc, &_mempool))
+#elif define USE_MALLOC
+	, lua ()
 #else
 	, lua (lua_newstate (&PBD::ReallocPool::lalloc, &_mempool))
 #endif