diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d55c0b8e..ca5e2f13 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2132,6 +2132,16 @@ if test "x${je_cv_madvise}" = "xyes" ; then
 	madvise((void *)0, 0, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
 	madvise((void *)0, 0, MADV_NOHUGEPAGE);
 ], [je_cv_thp])
+  dnl Check for madvise(..., MADV_[NO]CORE).
+  JE_COMPILABLE([madvise(..., MADV_[[NO]]CORE)], [
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+], [
+	madvise((void *)0, 0, MADV_NOCORE);
+	madvise((void *)0, 0, MADV_CORE);
+], [je_cv_madv_nocore])
+  if test "x${je_cv_madv_nocore}" = "xyes" ; then
+    AC_DEFINE([JEMALLOC_MADVISE_NOCORE], [ ])
+  fi
 case "${host_cpu}" in
   arm*)
     ;;
diff --git a/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_defs.h.in b/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_defs.h.in
index 7af28f73..5ea1a191 100644
--- a/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_defs.h.in
+++ b/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal_defs.h.in
@@ -298,6 +298,11 @@
  */
 #undef JEMALLOC_MADVISE_DONTDUMP
 
+/*
+ * Defined if MADV_[NO]CORE is supported as an argument to madvise.
+ */
+#undef JEMALLOC_MADVISE_NOCORE
+
 /*
  * Defined if transparent huge pages (THPs) are supported via the
  * MADV_[NO]HUGEPAGE arguments to madvise(2), and THP support is enabled.
diff --git a/src/pages.c b/src/pages.c
index 05bbf728..59a03f21 100644
--- a/src/pages.c
+++ b/src/pages.c
@@ -413,8 +413,10 @@ bool
 pages_dontdump(void *addr, size_t size) {
 	assert(PAGE_ADDR2BASE(addr) == addr);
 	assert(PAGE_CEILING(size) == size);
-#ifdef JEMALLOC_MADVISE_DONTDUMP
+#if defined(JEMALLOC_MADVISE_DONTDUMP)
 	return madvise(addr, size, MADV_DONTDUMP) != 0;
+#elif defined(JEMALLOC_MADVISE_NOCORE)
+	return madvise(addr, size, MADV_NOCORE) != 0;
 #else
 	return false;
 #endif
@@ -424,8 +426,10 @@ bool
 pages_dodump(void *addr, size_t size) {
 	assert(PAGE_ADDR2BASE(addr) == addr);
 	assert(PAGE_CEILING(size) == size);
-#ifdef JEMALLOC_MADVISE_DONTDUMP
+#if defined(JEMALLOC_MADVISE_DONTDUMP)
 	return madvise(addr, size, MADV_DODUMP) != 0;
+#elif defined(JEMALLOC_MADVISE_NOCORE)
+	return madvise(addr, size, MADV_CORE) != 0;
 #else
 	return false;
 #endif