--- ./src/OSD/OSD_MemInfo.cxx.old
+++ ./src/OSD/OSD_MemInfo.cxx
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <fstream>
 
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+
 #include <OSD_MemInfo.hxx>
 
 #if defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
@@ -161,18 +164,22 @@
    || IsActive (MemWorkingSetPeak))
   {
     // /proc/%d/status is not emulated - get more info from mallinfo()
-    const struct mallinfo aMI = mallinfo();
+    // mallinfo() not available with musl. We use getrusage to approximate it
+    // with the maximum resident set size
+    struct rusage ru = { .ru_maxrss = 0 };
+    getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ru);
     if (IsActive (MemHeapUsage))
     {
-      myCounters[MemHeapUsage] = aMI.uordblks;
+      myCounters[MemHeapUsage] = ru.ru_maxrss;
     }
     if (IsActive (MemWorkingSet))
     {
-      myCounters[MemWorkingSet] = aMI.uordblks;
+      myCounters[MemWorkingSet] = ru.ru_maxrss;
     }
     if (IsActive (MemWorkingSetPeak))
     {
-      myCounters[MemWorkingSetPeak] = aMI.usmblks;
+      //usmblks is always 0
+      myCounters[MemWorkingSetPeak] = 0;
     }
   }
   if (IsActive (MemVirtual))
@@ -182,18 +189,9 @@
 #elif (defined(__linux__) || defined(__linux))
   if (IsActive (MemHeapUsage))
   {
-  #if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GLIBC_PREREQ)
-    #if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2,33)
-      #define HAS_MALLINFO2
-    #endif
-  #endif
-
-  #ifdef HAS_MALLINFO2
-    const struct mallinfo2 aMI = mallinfo2();
-  #else
-    const struct mallinfo aMI = mallinfo();
-  #endif
-    myCounters[MemHeapUsage] = aMI.uordblks;
+    struct rusage ru = { .ru_maxrss = 0 };
+    getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ru);
+    myCounters[MemHeapUsage] = ru.ru_maxrss;
   }
 
   if (!IsActive (MemVirtual)