diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index b8723e7ce..1d4cb5835 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 #include <sys/feature_tests.h>
 #ifdef _DTRACE_VERSION
 #define HAVE_EVPORT 1
+#define HAVE_PSINFO 1
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/zmalloc.c b/src/zmalloc.c
index a04ecacae..2f9b4029d 100644
--- a/src/zmalloc.c
+++ b/src/zmalloc.c
@@ -433,6 +433,27 @@ size_t zmalloc_get_rss(void) {
 
     return 0L;
 }
+#elif defined(HAVE_PSINFO)
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/procfs.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+size_t zmalloc_get_rss(void) {
+    struct prpsinfo info;
+    char filename[256];
+    int fd;
+
+    snprintf(filename,256,"/proc/%d/psinfo",getpid());
+
+    if ((fd = open(filename,O_RDONLY)) == -1) return 0;
+    if (ioctl(fd, PIOCPSINFO, &info) == -1) {
+        close(fd);
+	return 0;
+    }
+
+    close(fd);
+    return info.pr_rssize;
+}
 #else
 size_t zmalloc_get_rss(void) {
     /* If we can't get the RSS in an OS-specific way for this system just