diff --git a/jemalloc/configure.ac b/jemalloc/configure.ac
index dc77d752..c40d22fd 100644
--- a/jemalloc/configure.ac
+++ b/jemalloc/configure.ac
@@ -770,6 +770,28 @@ dnl modification.
 AC_CHECK_FUNC([ffsl], [],
 	      [AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot build without ffsl(3)])])
 
+dnl ============================================================================
+dnl Check for atomic(3) operations as provided on Darwin.
+
+JE_COMPILABLE([Darwin OSAtomic*()], [
+#include <libkern/OSAtomic.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+], [
+	{
+		int32_t x32 = 0;
+		volatile int32_t *x32p = &x32;
+		OSAtomicAdd32(1, x32p);
+	}
+	{
+		int64_t x64 = 0;
+		volatile int64_t *x64p = &x64;
+		OSAtomicAdd64(1, x64p);
+	}
+], [osatomic])
+if test "x${osatomic}" = "xyes" ; then
+  AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_OSATOMIC])
+fi
+
 dnl ============================================================================
 dnl Check for allocator-related functions that should be wrapped.
 
diff --git a/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/atomic.h b/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/atomic.h
index 43faeafc..089affa8 100644
--- a/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/atomic.h
+++ b/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/atomic.h
@@ -49,6 +49,20 @@ atomic_sub_uint64(uint64_t *p, uint64_t x)
 
 	return (__sync_sub_and_fetch(p, x));
 }
+#elif (defined(JEMALLOC_OSATOMIC))
+JEMALLOC_INLINE uint64_t
+atomic_add_uint64(uint64_t *p, uint64_t x)
+{
+
+	return (OSAtomicAdd64((int64_t)x, (int64_t *)p));
+}
+
+JEMALLOC_INLINE uint64_t
+atomic_sub_uint64(uint64_t *p, uint64_t x)
+{
+
+	return (OSAtomicAdd64(-((int64_t)x), (int64_t *)p));
+}
 #else
 #  error "Missing implementation for 64-bit atomic operations"
 #endif
@@ -68,6 +82,20 @@ atomic_sub_uint32(uint32_t *p, uint32_t x)
 
 	return (__sync_sub_and_fetch(p, x));
 }
+#elif (defined(JEMALLOC_OSATOMIC))
+JEMALLOC_INLINE uint32_t
+atomic_add_uint32(uint32_t *p, uint32_t x)
+{
+
+	return (OSAtomicAdd32((int32_t)x, (int32_t *)p));
+}
+
+JEMALLOC_INLINE uint32_t
+atomic_sub_uint32(uint32_t *p, uint32_t x)
+{
+
+	return (OSAtomicAdd32(-((int32_t)x), (int32_t *)p));
+}
 #else
 #  error "Missing implementation for 32-bit atomic operations"
 #endif
diff --git a/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in b/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in
index 90cd6042..f660bc8b 100644
--- a/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in
+++ b/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h.in
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 #define	JEMALLOC_MANGLE
 #include "../jemalloc@install_suffix@.h"
 
+#ifdef JEMALLOC_OSATOMIC
+#include <libkern/OSAtomic.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_ZONE
 #include <mach/mach_error.h>
 #include <mach/mach_init.h>
diff --git a/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in b/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in
index d6698416..c08c5a2c 100644
--- a/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in
+++ b/jemalloc/include/jemalloc/jemalloc_defs.h.in
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
  */
 #undef CPU_SPINWAIT
 
+/*
+ * Defined if OSAtomic*() functions are available, as provided by Darwin, and
+ * documented in the atomic(3) manual page.
+ */
+#undef JEMALLOC_OSATOMIC
+
 /* Defined if __attribute__((...)) syntax is supported. */
 #undef JEMALLOC_HAVE_ATTR
 #ifdef JEMALLOC_HAVE_ATTR