diff --git a/include/zmalloc.h b/include/zmalloc.h
index 383f377..cacfb92 100644
--- a/include/zmalloc.h
+++ b/include/zmalloc.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #error "Newer version of tcmalloc required"
 #endif
 
-#elif defined(USE_JEMALLOC)
+#elif defined(USE_JEMALLOC) && (JEMALLOC_VERSION_MAJOR > 2)
 #define ZMALLOC_LIB ("jemalloc-" __xstr(JEMALLOC_VERSION_MAJOR) "." __xstr(JEMALLOC_VERSION_MINOR) "." __xstr(JEMALLOC_VERSION_BUGFIX))
 #include <jemalloc/jemalloc.h>
 #if (JEMALLOC_VERSION_MAJOR == 2 && JEMALLOC_VERSION_MINOR >= 1) || (JEMALLOC_VERSION_MAJOR > 2)
diff --git a/src/zmalloc.c b/src/zmalloc.c
index fad1c2b..44f6d6a 100644
--- a/src/zmalloc.c
+++ b/src/zmalloc.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void zlibc_free(void *ptr) {
 #define calloc(count,size) tc_calloc(count,size)
 #define realloc(ptr,size) tc_realloc(ptr,size)
 #define free(ptr) tc_free(ptr)
-#elif defined(USE_JEMALLOC)
+#elif defined(USE_JEMALLOC) && (JEMALLOC_VERSION_MAJOR > 2)
 #include <jemalloc/jemalloc.h>
 #define malloc(size) je_malloc(size)
 #define calloc(count,size) je_calloc(count,size)