5 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/rust/Cargo.lock b/src/rust/Cargo.lock
index 1d2a7359aa..7d6a6635c5 100644
--- a/src/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "smartlist 0.0.1",
+ "tor_allocate 0.0.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src/rust/external/Cargo.toml b/src/rust/external/Cargo.toml
index 4735144ee6..d5c3a739e0 100644
--- a/src/rust/external/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rust/external/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ name = "external"
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = "=0.2.39"
-
-[dependencies.smartlist]
-path = "../smartlist"
+smartlist = { path = "../smartlist" }
+tor_allocate = { path = "../tor_allocate" }
 
 [lib]
 name = "external"
diff --git a/src/rust/external/lib.rs b/src/rust/external/lib.rs
index b72a4f6e4c..d68036fcad 100644
--- a/src/rust/external/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rust/external/lib.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //! module implementing this functionality repeatedly.
 
 extern crate libc;
-
+extern crate tor_allocate;
 extern crate smartlist;
 
 pub mod crypto_digest;
diff --git a/src/rust/smartlist/lib.rs b/src/rust/smartlist/lib.rs
index 2716842af2..34d0b907ed 100644
--- a/src/rust/smartlist/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rust/smartlist/lib.rs
@@ -6,3 +6,12 @@ extern crate libc;
 mod smartlist;
 
 pub use smartlist::*;
+
+// When testing we may be compiled with sanitizers which are incompatible with
+// Rust's default allocator, jemalloc (unsure why at this time). Most crates
+// link to `tor_allocate` which switches by default to a non-jemalloc allocator,
+// but we don't already depend on `tor_allocate` so make sure that while testing
+// we don't use jemalloc. (but rather malloc/free)
+#[global_allocator]
+#[cfg(test)]
+static A: std::alloc::System = std::alloc::System;
diff --git a/src/rust/tor_allocate/lib.rs b/src/rust/tor_allocate/lib.rs
index 5a355bc8d6..1cfa0b5178 100644
--- a/src/rust/tor_allocate/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rust/tor_allocate/lib.rs
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@
 
 extern crate libc;
 
+use std::alloc::System;
+
 mod tor_allocate;
 pub use tor_allocate::*;
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static A: System = System;