diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a72019e5..1c52439e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ dnl Define cpp macros in CPPFLAGS, rather than doing AC_DEFINE(macro), since the
 dnl definitions need to be seen before any headers are included, which is a pain
 dnl to make happen otherwise.
 default_munmap="1"
+JEMALLOC_USABLE_SIZE_CONST="const"
 case "${host}" in
   *-*-darwin*)
 	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ case "${host}" in
 	abi="elf"
 	AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_PURGE_MADVISE_DONTNEED], [ ])
 	AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_THREADED_INIT], [ ])
+	JEMALLOC_USABLE_SIZE_CONST=""
 	default_munmap="0"
 	;;
   *-*-netbsd*)
@@ -323,6 +325,7 @@ case "${host}" in
 	abi="elf"
 	;;
 esac
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([JEMALLOC_USABLE_SIZE_CONST], [$JEMALLOC_USABLE_SIZE_CONST])
 AC_SUBST([abi])
 AC_SUBST([RPATH])
 AC_SUBST([LD_PRELOAD_VAR])
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h.in b/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h.in
index ad069485..aeb5d2b8 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h.in
+++ b/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h.in
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ JEMALLOC_EXPORT void *	je_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
 JEMALLOC_EXPORT void *	je_valloc(size_t size) JEMALLOC_ATTR(malloc);
 #endif
 
-JEMALLOC_EXPORT size_t	je_malloc_usable_size(const void *ptr);
+JEMALLOC_EXPORT size_t	je_malloc_usable_size(
+    JEMALLOC_USABLE_SIZE_CONST void *ptr);
 JEMALLOC_EXPORT void	je_malloc_stats_print(void (*write_cb)(void *,
     const char *), void *je_cbopaque, const char *opts);
 JEMALLOC_EXPORT int	je_mallctl(const char *name, void *oldp,
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in b/include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in
index c469142a..1cd60254 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in
+++ b/include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in
@@ -221,6 +221,15 @@
 #undef JEMALLOC_OVERRIDE_MEMALIGN
 #undef JEMALLOC_OVERRIDE_VALLOC
 
+/*
+ * At least Linux omits the "const" in:
+ *
+ *   size_t malloc_usable_size(const void *ptr);
+ *
+ * Match the operating system's prototype.
+ */
+#undef JEMALLOC_USABLE_SIZE_CONST
+
 /*
  * Darwin (OS X) uses zones to work around Mach-O symbol override shortcomings.
  */