diff --git a/jemalloc/doc/jemalloc.3.in b/jemalloc/doc/jemalloc.3.in
index 9dc4b250..f32c4bff 100644
--- a/jemalloc/doc/jemalloc.3.in
+++ b/jemalloc/doc/jemalloc.3.in
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)malloc.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
 .\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.3 182225 2008-08-27 02:00:53Z jasone $
 .\"
-.Dd September 17, 2010
+.Dd September 30, 2010
 .Dt JEMALLOC 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1185,6 +1185,12 @@ Total number of large size classes.
 Maximum size supported by this large size class.
 .Ed
 .\"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.It Sy "arenas.purge (unsigned) -w"
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
+Purge unused dirty pages for the specified arena, or for all arenas if none is
+specified.
+.Ed
+.\"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 @roff_prof@.It Sy "prof.active (bool) rw"
 @roff_prof@.Bd -ragged -offset indent -compact
 @roff_prof@Control whether sampling is currently active.
diff --git a/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/arena.h b/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/arena.h
index 73ebb00a..38085869 100644
--- a/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/arena.h
+++ b/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/arena.h
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ extern size_t		sspace_max;
 
 #define			nlclasses (chunk_npages - arena_chunk_header_npages)
 
+void	arena_purge_all(arena_t *arena);
+#ifdef JEMALLOC_PROF
+void	arena_prof_accum(arena_t *arena, uint64_t accumbytes);
+#endif
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_TCACHE
 void	arena_tcache_fill_small(arena_t *arena, tcache_bin_t *tbin,
     size_t binind
@@ -426,9 +430,6 @@ void	arena_tcache_fill_small(arena_t *arena, tcache_bin_t *tbin,
 #  endif
     );
 #endif
-#ifdef JEMALLOC_PROF
-void	arena_prof_accum(arena_t *arena, uint64_t accumbytes);
-#endif
 void	*arena_malloc_small(arena_t *arena, size_t size, bool zero);
 void	*arena_malloc_large(arena_t *arena, size_t size, bool zero);
 void	*arena_malloc(size_t size, bool zero);
diff --git a/jemalloc/src/arena.c b/jemalloc/src/arena.c
index 0c2f4a35..81518b63 100644
--- a/jemalloc/src/arena.c
+++ b/jemalloc/src/arena.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static arena_chunk_t *arena_chunk_alloc(arena_t *arena);
 static void	arena_chunk_dealloc(arena_t *arena, arena_chunk_t *chunk);
 static arena_run_t *arena_run_alloc(arena_t *arena, size_t size, bool large,
     bool zero);
-static void	arena_purge(arena_t *arena);
+static void	arena_purge(arena_t *arena, bool all);
 static void	arena_run_dalloc(arena_t *arena, arena_run_t *run, bool dirty);
 static void	arena_run_trim_head(arena_t *arena, arena_chunk_t *chunk,
     arena_run_t *run, size_t oldsize, size_t newsize);
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ arena_maybe_purge(arena_t *arena)
 	    (arena->ndirty - arena->npurgatory) > chunk_npages &&
 	    (arena->nactive >> opt_lg_dirty_mult) < (arena->ndirty -
 	    arena->npurgatory))
-		arena_purge(arena);
+		arena_purge(arena, false);
 }
 
 static inline void
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ arena_chunk_purge(arena_t *arena, arena_chunk_t *chunk)
 }
 
 static void
-arena_purge(arena_t *arena)
+arena_purge(arena_t *arena, bool all)
 {
 	arena_chunk_t *chunk;
 	size_t npurgatory;
@@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ arena_purge(arena_t *arena)
 	assert(ndirty == arena->ndirty);
 #endif
 	assert(arena->ndirty > arena->npurgatory);
-	assert(arena->ndirty > chunk_npages);
-	assert((arena->nactive >> opt_lg_dirty_mult) < arena->ndirty);
+	assert(arena->ndirty > chunk_npages || all);
+	assert((arena->nactive >> opt_lg_dirty_mult) < arena->ndirty || all);
 
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_STATS
 	arena->stats.npurge++;
@@ -784,8 +784,9 @@ arena_purge(arena_t *arena)
 	 * purge, and add the result to arena->npurgatory.  This will keep
 	 * multiple threads from racing to reduce ndirty below the threshold.
 	 */
-	npurgatory = (arena->ndirty - arena->npurgatory) - (arena->nactive >>
-	    opt_lg_dirty_mult);
+	npurgatory = arena->ndirty - arena->npurgatory;
+	if (all == false)
+		npurgatory -= arena->nactive >> opt_lg_dirty_mult;
 	arena->npurgatory += npurgatory;
 
 	while (npurgatory > 0) {
@@ -841,6 +842,15 @@ arena_purge(arena_t *arena)
 	}
 }
 
+void
+arena_purge_all(arena_t *arena)
+{
+
+	malloc_mutex_lock(&arena->lock);
+	arena_purge(arena, true);
+	malloc_mutex_unlock(&arena->lock);
+}
+
 static void
 arena_run_dalloc(arena_t *arena, arena_run_t *run, bool dirty)
 {
diff --git a/jemalloc/src/ctl.c b/jemalloc/src/ctl.c
index 64913067..e904fdff 100644
--- a/jemalloc/src/ctl.c
+++ b/jemalloc/src/ctl.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ CTL_PROTO(arenas_nbins)
 CTL_PROTO(arenas_nhbins)
 #endif
 CTL_PROTO(arenas_nlruns)
+CTL_PROTO(arenas_purge)
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_PROF
 CTL_PROTO(prof_active)
 CTL_PROTO(prof_dump)
@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ static const ctl_node_t arenas_node[] = {
 #endif
 	{NAME("bin"),			CHILD(arenas_bin)},
 	{NAME("nlruns"),		CTL(arenas_nlruns)},
-	{NAME("lrun"),			CHILD(arenas_lrun)}
+	{NAME("lrun"),			CHILD(arenas_lrun)},
+	{NAME("purge"),			CTL(arenas_purge)}
 };
 
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_PROF
@@ -1293,6 +1295,43 @@ CTL_RO_GEN(arenas_nhbins, nhbins, unsigned)
 #endif
 CTL_RO_GEN(arenas_nlruns, nlclasses, size_t)
 
+static int
+arenas_purge_ctl(const size_t *mib, size_t miblen, void *oldp, size_t *oldlenp,
+    void *newp, size_t newlen)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned arena;
+
+	WRITEONLY();
+	arena = UINT_MAX;
+	WRITE(arena, unsigned);
+	if (newp != NULL && arena >= narenas) {
+		ret = EFAULT;
+		goto RETURN;
+	} else {
+		arena_t *tarenas[narenas];
+
+		malloc_mutex_lock(&arenas_lock);
+		memcpy(tarenas, arenas, sizeof(arena_t *) * narenas);
+		malloc_mutex_unlock(&arenas_lock);
+
+		if (arena == UINT_MAX) {
+			for (unsigned i = 0; i < narenas; i++) {
+				if (tarenas[i] != NULL)
+					arena_purge_all(tarenas[i]);
+			}
+		} else {
+			assert(arena < narenas);
+			if (tarenas[arena] != NULL)
+				arena_purge_all(tarenas[arena]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+RETURN:
+	return (ret);
+}
+
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_PROF