diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 47233b63..e7092a48 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -812,6 +812,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dhat"
+version = "0.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "98cd11d84628e233de0ce467de10b8633f4ddaecafadefc86e13b84b8739b827"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "mintex",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thousands",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "diff"
 version = "0.1.13"
@@ -2321,6 +2337,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mintex"
+version = "0.1.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c505b3e17ed6b70a7ed2e67fbb2c560ee327353556120d6e72f5232b6880d536"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -3138,6 +3160,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "cyphernet",
+ "dhat",
  "fastrand",
  "gix-packetline",
  "indexmap",
@@ -3485,6 +3508,12 @@ version = "0.1.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b50b8869d9fc858ce7266cce0194bd74df58b9d0e3f6df3a9fc8eb470d95c09d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -4286,6 +4315,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thousands"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3bf63baf9f5039dadc247375c29eb13706706cfde997d0330d05aa63a77d8820"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.9"
diff --git a/crates/radicle-node/Cargo.toml b/crates/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
index 1f7d271e..80c75719 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/radicle-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["backtrace", "i2p", "systemd", "structured-logger", "socket2", "tor"]
+dhat-heap = ["dep:dhat"]
 i2p = ["cyphernet/i2p", "radicle/i2p", "radicle-protocol/i2p"]
 systemd = ["dep:radicle-systemd"]
 test = ["radicle/test", "radicle-crypto/test", "radicle-crypto/cyphernet", "radicle-protocol/test", "qcheck", "snapbox"]
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ backtrace = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 crossbeam-channel = { workspace = true }
 cyphernet = { workspace = true, features = ["dns", "ed25519", "p2p-ed25519", "noise-framework", "noise_sha2"] }
+dhat = { version = "0.3.3", optional = true }
 fastrand = { workspace = true }
 gix-packetline = { workspace = true, features = ["blocking-io"] }
 indexmap = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/radicle-node/src/main.rs b/crates/radicle-node/src/main.rs
index fb87335f..61251f7e 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-node/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle-node/src/main.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Options
     --help                                          Print help
 "#;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "dhat-heap")]
+#[global_allocator]
+static ALLOC: dhat::Alloc = dhat::Alloc;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 enum Logger {
     Radicle,
@@ -449,6 +453,9 @@ fn panic_hook(info: &std::panic::PanicHookInfo) {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "dhat-heap")]
+    let _profiler = dhat::Profiler::new_heap();
+
     let options = parse_options().unwrap_or_else(|err| {
         // The lexopt errors read nicely with a comma.
         eprintln!("Failed to parse options, {err:#}");