diff --git a/src/pages.c b/src/pages.c
index 59a03f21..b23c9e9e 100644
--- a/src/pages.c
+++ b/src/pages.c
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ pages_purge_lazy(void *addr, size_t size) {
 #elif defined(JEMALLOC_PURGE_MADVISE_DONTNEED) && \
     !defined(JEMALLOC_PURGE_MADVISE_DONTNEED_ZEROS)
 	return (madvise(addr, size, MADV_DONTNEED) != 0);
+#elif defined(JEMALLOC_PURGE_POSIX_MADVISE_DONTNEED) && \
+    !defined(JEMALLOC_PURGE_POSIX_MADVISE_DONTNEED_ZEROS)
+	return (posix_madvise(addr, size, POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED) != 0);
 #else
 	not_reached();
 #endif
@@ -349,6 +352,9 @@ pages_purge_forced(void *addr, size_t size) {
 #if defined(JEMALLOC_PURGE_MADVISE_DONTNEED) && \
     defined(JEMALLOC_PURGE_MADVISE_DONTNEED_ZEROS)
 	return (madvise(addr, size, MADV_DONTNEED) != 0);
+#elif defined(JEMALLOC_PURGE_POSIX_MADVISE_DONTNEED) && \
+    defined(JEMALLOC_PURGE_POSIX_MADVISE_DONTNEED_ZEROS)
+	return (posix_madvise(addr, size, POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED) != 0);
 #elif defined(JEMALLOC_MAPS_COALESCE)
 	/* Try to overlay a new demand-zeroed mapping. */
 	return pages_commit(addr, size);