diff --git a/tests/Android.mk b/tests/Android.mk
index c2e76b6..ce0c5f2 100644
--- a/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/tests/Android.mk
@@ -115,9 +115,18 @@
 libBionicStandardTests_cflags := \
     $(test_cflags) \
 
+ifeq ($(MALLOC_IMPL),jemalloc)
+  libBionicStandardTests_cflags += -DUSE_JEMALLOC
+else
+  libBionicStandardTests_cflags += -DUSE_DLMALLOC
+endif
+
 libBionicStandardTests_cppflags := \
     $(test_cppflags) \
 
+libBionicStandardTests_c_includes := \
+    bionic/libc \
+
 libBionicStandardTests_ldlibs_host := \
     -lrt \
 
diff --git a/tests/malloc_test.cpp b/tests/malloc_test.cpp
index ed98f15..d701364 100644
--- a/tests/malloc_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/malloc_test.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+#include <libc/bionic/malloc_debug_common.h>
+#endif
+
 TEST(malloc, malloc_std) {
   // Simple malloc test.
   void *ptr = malloc(100);
@@ -291,6 +295,10 @@
   free(ptr);
 }
 
+#if defined(HAVE_DEPRECATED_MALLOC_FUNCS)
+extern "C" void* pvalloc(size_t);
+extern "C" void* valloc(size_t);
+
 TEST(malloc, pvalloc_std) {
   size_t pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
   void* ptr = pvalloc(100);
@@ -315,3 +323,4 @@
 TEST(malloc, valloc_overflow) {
   ASSERT_EQ(NULL, valloc(SIZE_MAX));
 }
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/string_test.cpp b/tests/string_test.cpp
index a468b97..2ab60d7 100644
--- a/tests/string_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/string_test.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -143,9 +144,9 @@
     int max_alignment = 64;
 
     // TODO: fix the tests to not sometimes use twice their specified "MAX_LEN".
-    glob_ptr = reinterpret_cast<Character*>(valloc(2 * sizeof(Character) * MAX_LEN + max_alignment));
-    glob_ptr1 = reinterpret_cast<Character*>(valloc(2 * sizeof(Character) * MAX_LEN + max_alignment));
-    glob_ptr2 = reinterpret_cast<Character*>(valloc(2 * sizeof(Character) * MAX_LEN + max_alignment));
+    glob_ptr = reinterpret_cast<Character*>(memalign(sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 2 * sizeof(Character) * MAX_LEN + max_alignment));
+    glob_ptr1 = reinterpret_cast<Character*>(memalign(sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 2 * sizeof(Character) * MAX_LEN + max_alignment));
+    glob_ptr2 = reinterpret_cast<Character*>(memalign(sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), 2 * sizeof(Character) * MAX_LEN + max_alignment));
 
     InitLenArray();