diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 84e6a4e2a2a9..30966d36f37a 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -552,3 +552,34 @@ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This project includes code from the jemalloc project
+
+https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc
+
+Copyright (C) 2002-2017 Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>.
+All rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Mozilla Foundation.  All rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice(s),
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice(s),
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
+OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO
+EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
+OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
index 42d7eddc9c9d..411cf7584f7f 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake_modules/ThirdpartyToolchain.cmake
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set(GFLAGS_VERSION "2.2.0")
 set(GTEST_VERSION "1.8.0")
 set(GBENCHMARK_VERSION "1.1.0")
 set(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION "1.7.1")
-set(JEMALLOC_VERSION "4.4.0")
+set(JEMALLOC_VERSION "17c897976c60b0e6e4f4a365c751027244dada7a")
 set(SNAPPY_VERSION "1.1.3")
 set(BROTLI_VERSION "v0.6.0")
 set(LZ4_VERSION "1.7.5")
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ if (ARROW_JEMALLOC)
     set(JEMALLOC_STATIC_LIB "${JEMALLOC_PREFIX}/lib/libjemalloc_pic${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
     set(JEMALLOC_VENDORED 1)
     ExternalProject_Add(jemalloc_ep
-      URL https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/download/${JEMALLOC_VERSION}/jemalloc-${JEMALLOC_VERSION}.tar.bz2
-      CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure "--prefix=${JEMALLOC_PREFIX}" "--with-jemalloc-prefix=je_arrow_" "--with-private-namespace=je_arrow_private_"
+      URL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/jemalloc/${JEMALLOC_VERSION}.tar.gz
+      CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./autogen.sh "--prefix=${JEMALLOC_PREFIX}" "--with-jemalloc-prefix=je_arrow_" "--with-private-namespace=je_arrow_private_" && touch doc/jemalloc.html && touch doc/jemalloc.3
       ${EP_LOG_OPTIONS}
       BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
       BUILD_COMMAND ${MAKE}
diff --git a/cpp/thirdparty/jemalloc/17c897976c60b0e6e4f4a365c751027244dada7a.tar.gz b/cpp/thirdparty/jemalloc/17c897976c60b0e6e4f4a365c751027244dada7a.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29d9266a12de
Binary files /dev/null and b/cpp/thirdparty/jemalloc/17c897976c60b0e6e4f4a365c751027244dada7a.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/cpp/thirdparty/jemalloc/README.md b/cpp/thirdparty/jemalloc/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..272ff9c730be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/thirdparty/jemalloc/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<!---
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+
+This directory contains a vendored commit from the jemalloc stable-4 branch.
+You can bump the version by downloading
+https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/archive/{{ commit }}.tar.gz
