diff --git a/rootfs/etc/services.d/home-assistant/run b/rootfs/etc/services.d/home-assistant/run
index 4fcbcce417a15e..40ec07c1543163 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/services.d/home-assistant/run
+++ b/rootfs/etc/services.d/home-assistant/run
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ cd /config || bashio::exit.nok "Can't find config folder!"
 # Enable mimalloc for Home Assistant Core, unless disabled
 if [[ -z "${DISABLE_JEMALLOC+x}" ]]; then
   export LD_PRELOAD="/usr/local/lib/libjemalloc.so.2"
+  export MALLOC_CONF="background_thread:true,metadata_thp:auto,dirty_decay_ms:20000,muzzy_decay_ms:20000"
 fi
 exec python3 -m homeassistant --config /config