diff --git a/libc/bionic/malloc_common.cpp b/libc/bionic/malloc_common.cpp
index bb3aade..f817281 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/malloc_common.cpp
+++ b/libc/bionic/malloc_common.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <private/bionic_config.h>
+#include <private/bionic_malloc.h>
 
 #include "malloc_common.h"
+#include "malloc_limit.h"
 
 // =============================================================================
 // Global variables instantations.
@@ -278,8 +280,10 @@
 // Platform-internal mallopt variant.
 // =============================================================================
 #if defined(LIBC_STATIC)
-extern "C" bool android_mallopt(int, void*, size_t) {
-  // There are no options supported on static executables.
+extern "C" bool android_mallopt(int opcode, void* arg, size_t arg_size) {
+  if (opcode == M_SET_ALLOCATION_LIMIT_BYTES) {
+    return LimitEnable(arg, arg_size);
+  }
   errno = ENOTSUP;
   return false;
 }