diff --git a/codegen/valaccodemethodmodule.vala b/codegen/valaccodemethodmodule.vala
index ef8c41d..880e128 100644
--- a/codegen/valaccodemethodmodule.vala
+++ b/codegen/valaccodemethodmodule.vala
@@ -756,7 +756,14 @@ internal class Vala.CCodeMethodModule : CCodeStructModule {
 					var thread_init_call = new CCodeFunctionCall (new CCodeIdentifier ("g_thread_init"));
 					thread_init_call.line = cmain.line;
 					thread_init_call.add_argument (new CCodeConstant ("NULL"));
-					main_block.add_statement (new CCodeExpressionStatement (thread_init_call)); 
+					main_block.add_statement (new CCodeExpressionStatement (thread_init_call));
+				}
+
+				if (context.mem_profile) {
+					var mem_profile_init_call = new CCodeFunctionCall (new CCodeIdentifier ("g_mem_set_vtable"));
+					mem_profile_init_call.line = cmain.line;
+					mem_profile_init_call.add_argument (new CCodeConstant ("glib_mem_profiler_table"));
+					main_block.add_statement (new CCodeExpressionStatement (mem_profile_init_call));
 				}
 
 				var type_init_call = new CCodeExpressionStatement (new CCodeFunctionCall (new CCodeIdentifier ("g_type_init")));
diff --git a/compiler/valacompiler.vala b/compiler/valacompiler.vala
index bddaa1f..6b9f81f 100644
--- a/compiler/valacompiler.vala
+++ b/compiler/valacompiler.vala
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
 	static string output;
 	static bool debug;
 	static bool thread;
+	static bool mem_profile;
 	static bool disable_assert;
 	static bool enable_checking;
 	static bool deprecated;
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
 		{ "output", 'o', 0, OptionArg.FILENAME, ref output, "Place output in file FILE", "FILE" },
 		{ "debug", 'g', 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref debug, "Produce debug information", null },
 		{ "thread", 0, 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref thread, "Enable multithreading support", null },
+		{ "mem_profile", 0, 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref mem_profile, "Enable GLib Memory statistics support", null },
 		{ "define", 'D', 0, OptionArg.STRING_ARRAY, ref defines, "Define SYMBOL", "SYMBOL..." },
 		{ "main", 0, 0, OptionArg.STRING, ref entry_point, "Use SYMBOL as entry point", "SYMBOL..." },
 		{ "disable-assert", 0, 0, OptionArg.NONE, ref disable_assert, "Disable assertions", null },
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@ class Vala.Compiler {
 		}
 		context.debug = debug;
 		context.thread = thread;
+		context.mem_profile = mem_profile;
 		context.save_temps = save_temps;
 		if (profile == "posix") {
 			context.profile = Profile.POSIX;
diff --git a/vala/valacodecontext.vala b/vala/valacodecontext.vala
index e9e694d..9812ab4 100644
--- a/vala/valacodecontext.vala
+++ b/vala/valacodecontext.vala
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ public class Vala.CodeContext {
 	public bool thread { get; set; }
 
 	/**
+	 * Enable g_mem_profile support.
+	 */
+	public bool mem_profile { get; set; }
+
+	/**
 	 * Specifies the optional module initialization method.
 	 */
 	public Method module_init_method { get; set; }